Job Description / Capsule
To collaborate with Business Stakeholders, Procurement Category Teams and in-market Procurement Managers and lead end to end Source to Contract projects , including preparing and running sourcing events and negotiations/renegotiations of contract clauses. The Procurement Senior Specialist will perform Procurement activities in line with ONE Procurement Operating Model.
Typical Accountabilities, Experience & Behaviours
Responsible for Source to Contract activities:
- Collaborate with Procurement category / in-market teams in sourcing and contracting strategies implementation delivering category targets and savings targets
- Drive Contracting process, including advising on the right template or contracting approach, ensuring contract renewals, and leading new contracts creation, negotiations/renegotiations of the T&C’s, contracts administration – gathering signatures and contract storage in the system.
- Knows and applies Procurement Processes and Tools in a daily work and actively participate in the Source to Contract process simplification, improvement, and optimisation (process steps, internal ways of working, legal support model, documents and templates etc.)
- Has category knowledge to independently drive the S2C process, understands the category/SET area specifics, business needs and priorities and applies them to the work.
- Knows and advises Stakeholders about Sourcing events and Contracts types
- Is able to drive E2E S2C process independently.
- Analyse received proposals, making recommendations for supplier selection, prepare summary reports. Make evaluative judgments based on analysis of factual information. Display data and provide recommendations.
- Enhance relations with Global Category Leaders and business stakeholders ensuring high standards and ability to connect and build strong relationship with stakeholders across the globe (matrix organization)
- Ensure compliance to company procurement policies and improve the usage of the procurement tools
- Actively uses the opportunities to work across the teams
Typical People Management Responsibility (direct / indirect reports)0
Approximate number of people managed in total (all levels)
Matrix Manager – (projects/dotted line)
Manager of a team
Grandfather (manager of a manager)
What is the global remit?
(how many countries will the role operate in?)
Operates in:
Own country
Another country
2 or 3 countries at a minimum of 40% of time
4 or more countries at a minimum of 40% of time
Remit which covers all AstraZeneca countries
Education, Qualifications, Skills and Experience
Essential
Desirable
Education
- Bachelor´s degree required
Experience:
- At least 2 years of the work experience in the procurement department or supply chain (preferably in the organisation with a big or mature procurement organisation)
- Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously
Skills:
- Very good communications skills (verbal and written) with the ability to present information in a clear and concise format to all levels within the organization including applying appropriate style for different types of writing (notes of a conversation, minutes of a formal meeting, or report preparation).
- Good presentation skills know best practises, able to choose presentation method and adjust the content to the audience. Shapes the message that gets through to the audience.
- Strong relationship and business partnering skills and ability to engage with the stakeholders on different level in the organization
- Experience with E2E Source to Contract process
- Project management skills (contribution to the procurement process by participation in designing, implementing and managing projects)
- Flexibility and fast adaptation to changing environment
- Time management (timely decisions to create real savings or cost avoidance) and prioritization (the ability to place urgency on varying demands)
- Strong team player able to collaborate with stakeholders from different cultures.
- “Can do attitude”
- Microsoft Office literacy
Language capabilities:
- Excellent English communications skills (verbal and written), minimum B2 level
- Other languages are a plus
- Knowledge of Procurement tools (i.e. Jaggaer, Coupa)
- Experience in negotiating commercial terms and contract clauses
- Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry
Key Relationships to reach solutions
Internal (to AZ or team)
External (to AZ)
- Global Category Teams
- AstraZeneca business stakeholders
- GPS Teams
- Suppliers and service providers
Other Role Requirements
- Schedule flexibility to work on holidays and/or weekends when necessary.
- Schedule flexibility to work on the days off given by the wellness Policy when necessary (Política de Bienestar).
- Flexibility to travel and work in another AZ facilities outside the country when necessary.
According to the company policies, the candidate must prove that there are no situations that generate a conflict of interest (COI) for the company. The non-existence of COI is considered as an objective requirement of the position. To know beforehand the weightings of COI contained in the policies of the company, consult the Human Resources Department.
AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer. AstraZeneca will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law. AstraZeneca only employs individuals with the right to work in the country/ies where the role is advertised.
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.
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