Global Procurement, Director, Business Process Management
At AstraZeneca, we’re dedicated to pushing the boundaries of science and unleashing your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients, and society. We champion diversity and collaboration and are committed to lifelong learning, growth, and development. AstraZeneca’s Global Procurement Function aims to be the leading biopharmaceutical Global Procurement organization, delivering innovative and cost-effective solutions to our internal business partners. We act as trusted advisers, using best-in-class market intelligence for valuable insights, strong supplier partnerships, and effective digital tools enabling smooth and efficient processes for our organization and end users.
Accountabilities:
The Strategy & Operational Excellence (S&OE) team is the backbone of Global Procurement, supporting the delivery of our vision and strategic plan to become a best-in-class function. We work to drive and deliver excellence in a high-performance culture that puts people and patients at the heart of everything. Business Process Management (BPM) is central to our strategic success within Global Procurement. As the Director for BPM, you will be instrumental in defining and shaping the vision for optimizing and managing our processes, ensuring they align with industry-leading standards and best practices. In this high-impact, cross-functional role, you will drive initiatives that enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of our core processes in alignment with our longer-term strategic goals. Leveraging our existing BPM framework, you will collaborate closely with Business Process Owners (BPOs) and key stakeholders across Global Procurement and other functions (e.g., Global Financial Services) to elevate the maturity of our core processes. Your leadership will ensure alignment across business processes and objectives while providing expert guidance and coaching to foster a culture of continuous improvement. Lean and Digital are critical aspects to us becoming more agile and productive as a function and are key components in shaping the strategic direction of our processes. You will collaborate closely with subject matter experts in Lean and Digital to understand their strategies, ensuring alignment with the business process needs and contributing to the ongoing evolution of these strategies.
Essential Skills/Experience:
• Proven experience in process excellence or continuous improvement, ideally within a Global Procurement or Supply Chain environment.
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to interpret data and translate insights into actionable strategies. Ability to use data and insights to drive innovation.
• Credible and influential leader. Ability to build and actively maintain positive relationships with internal/external partners.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to influence others.
• Experience in driving change management.
• Strong business acumen and the ability to think strategically.
• Proven track record of delivering projects in a global environment.
Desirable Skills/Experience:
• Expertise in Lean, Six Sigma, and Business Process Management (BPM) methodologies is desirable.
When we put unexpected teams in the same room, we unleash bold 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.
AstraZeneca is an exciting place to work where you can embrace change to deliver greater value. The speed of change in our industry commands a shift in perspective that looks beyond managing spend. Procurement is becoming an even more strategic and value-adding function at AstraZeneca. Use your business acumen, entrepreneurial spirit, and determination to reinvent the way we make commercial decisions.
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