External Operations Lead - Macclesfield, United Kingdom - AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca

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Macclesfield, United Kingdom

3 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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Description

External Operations Lead

Competitive salary and benefits
At AstraZeneca we're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There's no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients, and society. An expansive culture that champions diversity and collaboration. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.

Join the team where everyone feels a personal connection to the people that we impact. From our science labs to manufacturing at scale, we are committed to delivering at the highest quality. It's inspiring and rewarding work, influencing every part of the product lifecycle to deliver life-changing medicines. To ultimately make people's lives better - from patients and their families to all of us in society

External Supply and Manufacturing
(ESM) supports the Operations strategy by establishing and managing suppliers across the world that meet our global standards.

Through external suppliers, the team manages approximately one third of AstraZeneca's value of production.

ESM plays a key role in ensuring the external supply chains are robust and deliver value to AstraZeneca through driving continuous improvement.

The team also supports New Product Introduction through external supply, plays a pivotal role in integrating companies and products that AstraZeneca acquires and bringing innovation through supply chain programmes e.g.

Market Access.

What you'll do

You'll have ultimate accountability for the overall supply performance of assigned external suppliers within AstraZeneca's ESM network.
Work with key functions (Quality, Technical, Regulatory, Global Supply Chain, etc.) within ESM and the supplier to ensure timely delivery of highquality products to customers and patients at the most effective cost.
Primary responsibility for supply performance, issue resolution, risk management, change management, continuous improvement, and for overseeing supplier compliance to the company's and external (SHE, cGMP, SOX, etc.) requirements.
Support with business decisions by using understanding of the manufacturing technologies at suppliers with the aim of achieving improved business outcomes.
Take accountability for the overall portfolio of projects executed at the supplier in support of either ESM or Global Supply Chain strategy initiatives. Key to this role's success will be its ability to effectively drive AstraZeneca's Supply System (Lean) to implement and manage process centric teams that promote and sustain a culture of continuous improvement.
Support complex business development projects such as acquisitions and divestments, new launches and market access projects.
Manage between 12 complex, high value and high AZ business impact supplier accounts within portfolio that are across multiple supply chains.
Drive the strategic agenda for these complex/high value or high impact suppliers supporting AZ needs and building the partnership according to business/stakeholder expectation.
Potential line management of a team and/or mentor colleagues.

Essential Requirements:

Bachelor's degree required in engineering, pharmacy, chemistry or related science, or businessrelated field. Equivalent experience will be considered.
Experience in and demonstrated knowledge of various aspects of the pharmaceutical industry usually including experience in at least three of the following areas: Manufacturing management, Science Leadership, Supplier Management, Project Management, Supply Chain Management, Pharmaceutical development, Regulatory/Quality Assurance, Process Technology, Engineering, Logistics and Distribution or Procurement.
Demonstrated excellence in leadership, stakeholder management and business impact through collaboration across manufacturing, supply chain and commercial functions.
Proven experience in successfully delivering businesscritical projects/programs involving external organisations
Understanding of quality principles and GMP requirements
Sound financial skills and budget management
Experience of identifying, implementing and managing business metrics
Lean Manufacturing/OpEX/CI Experience
Ability to lead specific strategic initiatives for EO &/or ESM.

Desirable:

Line or matrix management experience
Change management
Previous supplier management experience or external service provision
Business Process management experience

We believe our best work happens when teams work in-person to collaborate, innovate, inspire and challenge each other.

That's why our offices will keep on playing an important role in how we work and why being primarily present in an AZ workplace is expected for office-based colleagues.

Our employees are required to be based in the office 3 days a week with 2 days flexibility.

At AstraZeneca, we work together across global boundaries to make an impact and find answers