Global Supply Chain & Strategy Director – Oncology

Macclesfield (UK) Sodertalje, Gartuna (Sweden) & Gaithersburg (USA)

Are you ready to contribute to the strategic optimisation of product supply chains within the Oncology Therapy Area at AstraZeneca?

As the Global Supply Chain and Strategy Director for Oncology, you will play a pivotal role in establishing and optimising product supply chains throughout their lifecycle, using your expertise to make data-driven recommendations for investment decisions. Your leadership will extend to providing product/brand guidance to senior managers within Operations and representing Operations and product supply on AstraZeneca's Global Product Teams and other senior product partner forums.

About the role

You will represent GSC on the Global Product across functional Teams, which develop, commercialize and optimize brands across the Oncology and Biopharma Business Units (OBU/BBU) in AstraZeneca. You will be the key link leading these relationships via a single point of contact.

You will also have a critical interface role to ensuring forecasts are regularly aligned with OBU/BBU and Marketing Companies, and the impact incorporated into the Product Strategy Plans.

As the Operations brand owners, you have full accountability for productive collaboration with site and functional representatives deployed around the world on the strategic direction of the brand, which will be translated into current and future supply plans, including recommendation for additional capacity/investment where needed. You will take accountability for the supply chain whilst the brand in clinical development (Phase II/III) all the way through to the end of the life cycle for the brand.

In this role, you will be responsible for optimising the performance of current supply chains, implementing lean methodologies to improve supply chain lead time, and taking accountability for improving the Cost of Goods throughout the lifecycle. You will collaborate with the Global Supply group to deliver end-to-end Supply Chain operational performance critical metrics and support initiatives to optimise inventory, ensuring a constant state of readiness for product supply through effective business continuity plans.

You will regularly represent your brands in senior key governance interactions such as reviews at the senior Operations governance forum, Supply Committee or in reviews with the Operations EVP and colleagues. This broad, senior-level transparency will give you the opportunity to continually demonstrate your communication, influencing and partner leadership skills.

Key accountabilities

• Apply your knowledge and expertise to craft, establish and optimize product supply chains throughout the lifecycle for a portfolio of products within a Therapy Area. This may require you to make recommendations for investment decisions, demonstrating your supply chain financial foresight

• Provide product/brand leadership to other senior managers within Operations and represent Operations and product supply on AstraZeneca’s Global Product Teams and in other senior product partner forums

• Optimize performance of current supply chains including using lean methodologies to improve supply chain lead-time

• Have accountability for improving product Cost Of Goods throughout the lifecycle

• Work across the Global Supply group to deliver end-to-end Supply Chain operational performance critical metrics and support initiatives to optimize inventory

• Own and manage the product business continuity plans for your brands and ensure a constant state of readiness to ensure product supply

• Lead and direct a matrixed supply chain team to complete the brand strategy and deliver key supply chain changes

• Deliver successful, seamless, on-time new product launches to parameters agreed with our Oncology and Biopharma Business Units

• Lead all aspects of multi-region supply issue resolution to successful conclusion, including demand allocation/prioritization

Essential Skills & Capabilities

• Specific experience within the Therapy area of Oncology is essential

• Experience working with senior leaders in an organisation

• Demonstrated in-depth experience in end-to-end supply chain management, lean supply chains, and data integrity.

• Demonstrated proficiency in supply strategy development, influencing, team work, enterprise thinking, relationship management, financial a foresight product costing and case development.

• A comprehensive understanding of product development, manufacturing, and supply management and how other functions contribute to achieving the business's supply chain objectives.

• Previous experience working in a global complex cross-matrix matrix environment, where you are accountable for part or all of the supply chain.

• Understanding global, regional and local environments to identify risks and design robust supply chains that deliver products in the real world.

• A detailed understanding of the pharmaceutical or broader healthcare industries, the global context, and how this relates to business opportunities.

• Excellent influencing/ communication and presentation skills (written, visual, virtual)

• Advanced supply chain (inventory and capacity) planning skills including systems and data

• Understanding of different supply methods (e.g. VMI/CMI, Flow, Kanban)

• Understanding of supply chain planning parameters, master data and master data integrity & quality

• Capable working in long term horizons, projects – setting longer term strategies etc

When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash ambitious thinking with the power to inspire life-changing medicines. In-person working gives us the platform we need to connect, work at pace and challenge perceptions. That’s why we work, on average, a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesn't mean we’re not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility.

Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Why AstraZeneca?

With constant new products and launches, there's never been a better time to join Supply Chain and shape our future with a big contribution to life-changing medicines. The challenge to stay ahead in rapidly changing markets is what keeps us driving forward, as we continuously seek new and better ways to deliver medicines all the way to our patients. Our resilience helps us to thrive as we innovate and evolve. If you are driven, take smart risks and are able to act quickly, then this is the place for you.

Ready to make your mark? Apply now!

Date Posted

14-Mar-2024

Closing Date

29-Mar-2024Our mission is to build an inclusive and equitable environment. We want people to feel they belong at AstraZeneca and Alexion, starting with our recruitment process. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of characteristics. We offer reasonable adjustments/accommodations to help all candidates to perform at their best. If you have a need for any adjustments/accommodations, please complete the section in the application form.