CAPEX Procurement Manager

at  AstraZeneca

SUMMARY OF THE GROUP:

Biopharmaceutical Development’s (BPD) 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, and ensuring cross functional leadership bodies and business processes are effective.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in relevant discipline
• Experience in procurement and/or contracts management
• Previous experience of working in the Pharmaceutical and/or Health Care industry
• Experience with systems such as iBuy and Coupa
• SAP and Sox Compliance

REQUIRED SKILLS:

• Experience as a professional procurement manager
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills as proven by the ability to work effectively with others at all levels of the organization and externally with suppliers
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills
• Excellent time management and organizational skills
• Experience with Microsoft Office Tools including POWERBI

DESIRED SKILLS:

• Experience with the Salesforce.com platform and use of MS SharePoint
• Familiarity with sourcing marketplaces such as Scientist.com, SHI, VWR, etc
• Experience with internal AZ systems AZ Procurement Platform and Echo
• Experience in use of analytics platforms such as Spotfire, Tableau, Power BI