Senior Procurement Specialist

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

Every one of our employees makes a difference to patient lives every day. You may not feel you’re at the frontline of research but your role in changing patients’ lives is critical.  Our mission is ambitious, and it takes the skills of a collaborative team to really deliver on what science can do and to always put patients first. Working at AstraZeneca we believe in the potential of our people and our commitment to develop our people beyond what was thought possible.

JOB ROLE

We make the most of individuals’ skills and passion by actively supporting our people to see what can be achieved no matter of the starting point.  As a Senior Procurement Specialist in Global Source to Contract Excellence team in Poland, you’ll play a pivotal role in managing the day to day sourcing and contracting activity, in partnership with the Global and Regional Category Teams.

Our mission in Global Procurement Services is to deliver broader value, not only by actively managing global spend to ensure focus on the resources and the discovery of innovative medicines but also to support Global Procurement and the business to deliver outstanding value.

Currently, we are looking for professionals with experience in:

• Global/EMEA Professional Services categories (11 months secondment)

TYPICAL ACCOUNTABILITIES

As a Senior Procurement Specialist  your main responsibility is to play a key role in managing the end-to-end Source to Contract process.  In this role you will be instrumental in supporting the Global Category Manager with implementing Sourcing strategies to ensure successful deliver against category targets.  Working effectively with the Global, Regional and Local Teams, you will advise on and drive the execution of category strategies through the effective application of the Source to Contract process.  You will direct the preparation and delivery of each key element of the end to end sourcing and contracting process, influence best practice, standardization and ensure compliance across the lifecycle of the source to contract process.

ESSENTIAL EXPERIENCE

• University degree preferred

• Required min. 3 years’ experience of working in global or regional procurement function with the focus on sourcing (RFx, benchmarking) and contracting (contracts drafting and independently negotiating) activities

• Understanding of contract lifecycle, legal parameters, legally binding agreements with the focus on Professional Services categories;

• Leading procurement projects that are aligned with enterprise-wide business/Procurement needs;

• Excellent Project Management skills to effectively manage projects on behalf of the team;

• Excellent English communication skills (Polish is not a must);

• Desire to work as part of a strong team;

• Background experience of working collaboratively across teams;

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills as demonstrated by the ability to work effectively with others at all levels of the organization and externally with suppliers;

• Strong influencing and negotiation skills;

• Excellent time management and organizational skills;

• Experience with Microsoft Office Tools;

• Analytical and financial skills - demonstrating a good understanding of benchmarking tools, being able to provide quantitative and qualitative supplier summaries of the advantages and disadvantage of the proposals. Including a good understanding of working with, and presenting percentages and currency differences.

DESIRABLE

• Background operating in a similar complex, matrix, global organization like AstraZeneca or similarly heavily regulated industry;

• Professional Services categories procurement category expertise (consultancy, market research, HR) or similar;

• In-depth knowledge of regional market dynamics through in-market or regional experience;

• Experience with JAGGAER or any other sourcing tool;

• Very good command (B2+) in both spoken and written French, German, Italian and/or Spanish would be an additional asset.

BENEFITS:

• Flexible approach to working hours

• Stable employment with great atmosphere in a growing pharmaceutical company

• Employment contract with attractive benefit package (Multisport card, lunch card, medical and life insurance, pension plan)

• Attractive salary with annual bonus

• The opportunity to work and develop within an international company

• Modern and comfortable office (great social area with PlayStation, billiard and table football)