Director, Marketing Company Account Manager

Introduction to role

Are you a self-starter who excels in building relationships and has the financial acumen to communicate effectively with customers and suppliers? Join AstraZeneca as a Supply Chain Manager (MCAM) and contribute to our mission of developing life-changing medicines.

AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven biopharmaceutical company focused on the discovery, development, and commercialization of prescription medicines for serious diseases. We thrive in a complex and ever-changing world, reshaping our organization to seize new opportunities.

Located in Wilmington, DE, our North America Biopharmaceutical Business features a collaborative environment and an array of on-site amenities, fostering innovation among our 1,500 colleagues.

As a Supply Chain Manager in Wilmington, DE, you will ensure product supply and operational support for AstraZeneca’s US commercial organization. You will align operations with brand strategies, oversee the end-to-end supply chain, and be the primary contact for supply chain matters in the region. This role also involves representing the US market on global supply teams and advocating for changes that support our commercial strategies.

Accountabilities

• Be the primary link into the Marketing Company (MC), aligning the MC with Operations strategy and ensuring the effective flow of MC communications back into Operations and vice versa

• Deploy a long-term supply strategy, aligned to the overall business strategy, in collaboration with commercial and global supply colleagues 

• Ensure successful delivery of these strategies through establishment & close tracking with timely and effective remediation of any deviations or necessary adjustments to plan 

• Provide business insights, proactively interacting with Commercial and Finance to balance demand and supply plans and build supply solutions to help achieve AZ’s strong ambition 

• Lead and further improve the Integrated Business Planning(IBP) process to meet shared business objectives and build towards outstanding demand forecasting 

• Ensure market intelligence is detailed clearly and is also accountable for forecast validation and forecast challenging, customer service level targets, and MC collaboration related to supply issue management/product availability 

• Lead the use of models, reports, and forecasts to challenge and strengthen decision-making processes 

• Responsible for supporting the planning process including supply chain parameter setting, master data quality, and governance, arbitration/allocation setting, business continuity plans, and new product launch planning

Essential Skills/Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Sciences, Engineering, or related fields

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience in Supply Chain or customer service

• Experience with Senior strategic supply leadership, influencing, decision making, interpersonal and change management skills

• Ability to drive cross-functional Operations delivery of solutions to meet customers’ evolving needs

• Strong, broad understanding of global enterprise and the ability to develop and influence strategies across complex organizations

• Ability to prioritize and set performance targets and project initiatives in a global and regional environment

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills as well as negotiation, collaboration, and interpersonal leadership skills

• Ability to influence strategically and persuade thoughtfully to obtain desired outcomes while maintaining effective, positive, interpersonal, and organizational relationships

• Experience and a strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain experience.

Desirable Skills/Experience

• Master's Degree and/or APICS CSCP

• Strong understanding of Pharmaceutical and Lean production supply chain principles, FDA, GMPs.

• Experience operating in a process-centric environment

• Fast-moving Consumer Goods or pharma experience

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 offers an environment where you can feel a strong connection to the patient. It's what drives us every day. We are united behind one mission: finding the best solution to put our patients first. Play a critical role in making this happen by delivering our innovative medicines all the way until they reach our patients.

Ready to make a difference? Apply today!

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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.