Senior Global Procurement Analyst

You will support the growing portfolio of AstraZeneca's Cell Therapy pipeline across several global sites. The candidate will be responsible for procurement operations, performing supplier risk assessments, supplier relationship management and designing and deploying supplier development and improvement plans. You work cross functionally with team members including Manufacturing, MSAT, Global Supply Chain and external stakeholders and suppliers supporting the Cell Therapy goals and team goals of AstraZeneca. You will report to the Director of Cell Therapy Supplier Development. This position could be located in Gaithersburg, MD or Santa Monica, CA.

You Will:

• Collaborate with internal and external partners in procurement of goods and services supporting cell therapy business units of AstraZeneca

• Design and deploy supplier performance and development strategy to ensure AstraZeneca has robust, resilient and reliable supplier base

• Implement risk assessment and tracking strategy for critical Cell Therapy suppliers along with supplier relationship management and risk mitigation strategies

• Collaborate with Global Sourcing to ensure the execution of the sourcing strategy, primarily the enforcement of preferred vendors, pricing, and any contractual obligations

• Collaborate with Global Planning to synchronize procurement activities with demand forecasts and inventory targets

• Collaborate with Site Supply Chain teams to align procurement activities with site receiving and other site-based considerations

• Issue purchase orders for direct materials, indirect materials, equipment, and services for manufacturing sites

• Escalate any critical supplier delivery or quality issues to Global Sourcing and help with resolution

• Help Manage the new vendor onboarding process to ensure new vendors are setup to ensure uninterrupted clinical supply

• Manage any performance improvements to the ERP purchasing module and punchout catalogs

• Contribute to the establishment of purchasing policies and provide ad hoc training and support for internal customers
  

You Have:

• 4+ years of CGT operations, supply chain, procurement, or related experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry with a bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or similar fields

• 2+ years of CGT operations, supply chain, procurement, or related experience in the biotechnology or pharmaceutical industry with a master's degree in supply chain, business, engineering, or similar fields

• Experience to cell therapy, gene therapy or biologics operations

• Experience with enterprise systems such as Coupa, SAP, Oracle NetSuite or similar

• High level of Microsoft Excel proficiency

• Can work independently and under general direction to accomplish objectives

• Can be a primary contact on projects or business processes

• Excellent interpersonal, collaboration, organization and project management skills

• Comfortable in a fast-paced, dynamic, and highly fluid company environment and able to adjust workload based upon changing priorities

The annual base salary for this position ranges from $86,670.40 to $130,005.60. However, base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. In addition, our positions offer a short-term incentive bonus opportunity; eligibility to participate in our equity-based long-term incentive program (salaried roles), to receive a retirement contribution (hourly roles), and commission payment eligibility (sales roles).

Our Benefits:

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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 authorisation and employment eligibility verification requirements.