Associate Director EMEA Procurement – Sales and Marketing Spend Categories

Do you have expertise in, and passion for, Procurement and Category Management? Would you like to apply your expertise to impact a company that follows the science and turns ideas into life changing medicines? Then AstraZeneca might be the one for you!

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

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

JOB ROLE

The role sits within the EMEA Regional Category Management team focused on Europe, Middle-East and Africa, reporting to the Senior Director of Category Management EMEA, engaging with the Global Category Management Team(s) for the categories within their responsibility and coordinating with the countries’ Procurement Managers as well as the Business. It is sitting within AstraZeneca’s category procurement network and will be ensuring strong and collaborative relationships are built and maintained to define the category strategies and lead the category plans’ execution. This role will be focused on a set of sales, marketing and other indirect spend categories. With the increased importance on data, a key focus would be to manage key categories impacting spend with data – e.g. Market Research.

TYPICAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

· Oversees implementation of category plans to ensure that the underpinning process improvement and procurement activities deliver the expected business value in accordance with the strategic plans

· Collaborates closely with the Global Category Managers, Sub-regional Category Managers (for Middle-East Africa and Eurasia), Country Procurement Managers as well as stakeholders to deliver category strategy implementation

· Engages proactively with Director Category Management EMEA in the development of long term strategic plans for agreed scope of spend area; including the delivery of savings objectives as well as broader value objectives

· Collaborates with the Global Category Managers and Senior Director Category Management EMEA in strategic relationship management (customer and supplier) - to ensure that Category Strategies are highly aligned to current and future Business need and that the supply base is capable of supporting these strategies

· Works with all relevant stakeholders in the procurement network to ensure a fully integrated and customer-aligned AZ-wide category plan

· Works alongside AstraZeneca’s GSCE organization in Warsaw (Global Sourcing and Contracting Excellence) advising on and driving procurement strategies to make decisions necessary to purchase products and services in congruence with organizational objectives

· Coordinates the introduction of new and modified services with appropriate departments

· Analyses and resolves issues raised in procurement audit reports

· Advises on contracts and agreements for the supply of complex services with new and existing suppliers

· Develops, evaluates or manages internal and external relationships with suppliers and other cross-functional teams

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

· Degree level or equivalent qualifications

· Significant experience in similar environment at a management level

· Project management, change management and stakeholder management skills

· Good working knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry

· Technical expertise in at least one Procurement area, and competence in several others

· Communication skills and ability to influence others

· Teamwork focused and relationship builder: Works well with others, across departments, levels and cultures

· Comfort with risk and ambiguous situations

· Intercultural awareness

· Proficiency in Procurement and other business-related systems, e.g. ERP, , Coupa, etc.

DESIRABLE

· Extensive experience in project management

· Experience in either a market-procurement role or a global or regional category management procurement role

· Experience of working in a complex matrix organization

· Experience in the categories in scope (indirect / commercial categories)

What we offer:

Welcome to Warsaw Site, one of over 400 sites here at AstraZeneca, providing a collaborative environment where everyone feels comfortable and able to be themselves is at the core of AstraZeneca’s priorities, it’s important to us that you bring your full self to work every day.

To help you maintain your best self, here’s a sneak peek into some of the things this site provides for you:

• The best team to support you,

• Multisport card,

• Pension plan,

• Life insurance,

• after-work events,

• private medical care

• lunch card,

• bright and spacious environment,

• sustainable office working environment.

Please note that we are working in a hybrid model of 3 days per week from the office in Warsaw

So, what’s next?

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

Date Posted

Closing Date

AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.