Contract Manager

7 months ago


Mississauga, Canada AstraZeneca Full time

At AstraZeneca, we pride ourselves on crafting a collaborative culture that champions knowledge-sharing, ambitious thinking and innovation - ultimately providing employees with the opportunity to work across teams, functions and even the globe.

Recognizing the importance of individualized flexibility, our ways of working allow employees to balance personal and work commitments while ensuring we continue to create a strong culture of collaboration and teamwork by engaging face-to-face in our offices 3 days a week. Our head office and BlueSky Hub in downtown Toronto are purposely designed with collaboration in mind, providing space where teams can come together to strategize, brainstorm and connect on key projects.

Our dedication to sustainability is also central to our culture and part of what makes AstraZeneca a great place to work. We know the health of people, the planet and our business are interconnected which is why we’re taking ambitious action to tackle some of the biggest challenges of our time, from climate change to access to healthcare and disease prevention.

At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. Working here means being entrepreneurial, thinking big and working together to make the impossible a reality. If you are swift to action, confident to lead, willing to collaborate, and curious about what science can do, then you’re our kind of person.

**Summary of the group**:
BPD’s Business Planning and Operations team leads the development and implementation of BPD’s functional strategy and operational business planning and support. Major areas of responsibility include supporting the creation of long-term technical objectives, development of annual budgets, functional resource management, contract management, ensuring is operating in a compliant state and ensuring cross functional leadership bodies and business processes are effective.

**Contract management responsibilities**:

- Works independently to manage contracts with 3rd parties and provides end-to-end support for contracts including drafting, negotiating and supporting execution
- Advise, triage and route contract requests to relevant expert functions to ensure timely approval
- Provide guidance on corporate policies including fair market value rates and nominated signatory approvals
- Track and ensure milestone payments are processed as agreed
- Ensure data integrity in SharePoint, iBuy/Coupa Purchase Requisition and any other relevant systems/databases
- Manage external sponsorships using CyberGrants tool and file bi-annual disclosures to meet transparency reporting requirements
- Liaises with Legal and Procurement as required to ensure AstraZeneca remains compliant and contracts deliver the best value to the company
- Support cost center owners to effectively manage external spend
- Implements and maintains systems for tracking and projecting external spend
- Review SAP compliance reports and month end financials and work with Business Development and Finance to validate posted transactions
- Support scientists and cost center owners with day-to-day business operation needs
- Educate scientists on contract-to-pay processes and their roles and responsibilities
- Conduct P2P training and support for purchase requisition creation, receipting, invoice reconciliation, non-PO invoice processing, generation of supplier e-forms, user profile creation and updates in key internal systems

**Education & Experience Requirements**:

- Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline
- Experience as a professional contracts manager
- Excellent communication skills
- Good negotiation skills

**Required Skills**:

- Experience as a professional contracts manager
- Excellent communication skills
- Good negotiation skills

**Desired Skills**:

- Previous experience of working in the Pharmaceutical and/or Health Care industry.
- Alternatively experience of working in a complex multinational, multicultural environment.
- Experience with internal AZ systems including iBuy, Coupa, AZ Procurement Platform and Echo
- Experience in use of analytics platforms such as Spotfire, Tableau, Power BI

**Great People want to Work with us Find out why**:

- GTAA Top Employer Award for 10 years
- Top 100 Employers Award
- Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Culture
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