Procurement Manager

2 weeks ago


Mississauga, Canada AstraZeneca Full time

**Grow a business with sustainability at its heart**

AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious disease. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies.

Do you have expertise in, and have a passion for Procurement? Would you like to be part of a high performing R&D procurement team passionate about delivering real value to AstraZeneca’s R&D units to ensure we optimally deliver our strong and ambition R&D pipeline? Are you ready to be part of a company that has set bold sustainability targets, is data driven, follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? If so, then AstraZeneca might be the one for you

**About AstraZeneca**

As AstraZeneca launches the Growth Through Innovation strategy we have created a single R&D Procurement group that will support the three new integrated R&D units - Oncology, BioPharmaceuticals (Respiratory, CVRM) and Vaccine and Immune Therapies. The units have responsibility for the value chain from discovery through to late-stage development, enabling rapid acceleration of promising early-stage assets and life-cycle management programs. The new R&D structure is designed to help us build on this proud legacy of scientific contribution, and ensure we are positioned to continue to translate our innovative science into even more life-changing medicines for patients.

**What you'll do**

This is an exciting opportunity to partner with AstraZeneca’s R&D units to drive their research efforts forward to develop medicines for patients. You will have accountability for a global spend category for AstraZeneca (may be single or multiple SET areas). Partnering with stakeholders you will develop long term strategic plans for the entire spend area within AstraZeneca or Region. Managing customer and supplier relationships to ensure that Category Strategies are highly aligned to current and future Business needs and that the supply base is capable of supporting these strategies. Overseeing implementation of the category plan to ensure that the underpinning process improvement and procurement activities deliver the expected business value in accordance with the strategic plans.

**Key responsibilities**
- Oversees implementation of market/ category plan to ensure that the underpinning process improvement and procurement activities deliver the encouraged business value in accordance with the strategic plans
- Supports Director/ Associate Director in the development of long term strategic plans for agreed scope of spend area
- Supports the Director/ Associate Director in strategic relationship management (customer and supplier) - to ensure that Market & Category Strategies are highly aligned to current and future Business need and that the supply base is capable of supporting these strategies.
- Works with relevant Director/ Associate Director(s) to ensure a fully integrated and customer-aligned AZ-wide category plan
- Works alongside OGPS in advising on and driving procurement strategies to make decisions necessary to purchase products and services in congruence with organisational objectives
- Coordinates the introduction of new and modified products and services with appropriate departments
- Analyses and resolves issues raised in procurement audit reports
- Advises on contracts and agreements for the supply of complex products and services with new and existing suppliers
- Develops, evaluates or manages internal and external relationships with suppliers and other cross-functional teams

**Essential requirements**
- Degree level or equivalent qualification
- Significant experience in similar environment at a management level
- Sound understanding of Safety, Health and Environment
- Project management, change management and people management skills
- Good working knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry
- Technical expertise in at least one Procurement or relevant R&D experience
- Communication skills and ability to influence others
- Comfort with risk and ambiguous situations

**Desirable requirements**
- Extensive experience in line management, technical support and project management

**Why AstraZeneca**

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 inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.

**So, what’s next?**

Are you already envisioning yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.


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