JOB TITLE GCC Procurement Manager
ABOUT ASTRAZENECA AstraZeneca is a global, science-led, patient-focused biopharmaceutical company that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world’s most serious diseases. But we’re more than one of the world’s leading pharmaceutical companies. ROLE SUMMARY Manages Procurement activities and will take responsibility for supplier relationship management. Handles complex management issues. Ensures all sourcing arrangements are successful and aligned to company and area strategy and manages supplier relationships at a strategic level. Otherwise, may be responsible for strategic planning, relationship management, and reviews of existing supplier arrangements for an entire spend category for a region or all of AstraZeneca. What you’ll do A key objective of this role is to move Procurement up the value chain across the region to become a more strategic and professional function supporting the business growth, cost management, and compliance objectives. To align to current structures, the role combines regional transformation with the delivery of Procurement support to the Gulf and Saudi markets. Accordingly, the other key objective is to build on the Procurement processes in place in the 2 MEA countries, through the effective undertaking of responsibilities typically associated with a Procurement Manager, including business engagement, sourcing suppliers, and supplier management. In essence, this is a role that requires involvement in 2 key MEA market spending – Gulf and Saudi. The role involves operating in challenging, complex environments and the ability to influence multiple stakeholders at a senior level.

• Develops strong working relationships with budget holders in the Gulf & Saudi markets
• Works with stakeholders to identify local opportunities for delivering value and benefit to the business
• Agrees on benefit commitments with the business and ensures the benefit is tracked and delivered
• Ensures addressable spend is categorized according to Global Procurement standard categories and factors in business projections on future spend
• Support the GCC Procurement Lead in working with the Global Procurement Services (GPS) to impose the transformation
• Liaises with Regional Procurement Category Leads to understand global strategies and the potential implementation in the Gulf and Saudi local markets
• Where potential is identified, supports Regional & Global Category Leads in securing local business buy-in to implementation
• Supports other Procurement Managers whenever needed across the region in best practice sourcing, supplier selection, contracting, and supplier management techniques
• Implements a governance model to manage relationships and performance of key suppliers to the Gulf and Saudi Markets
• Develops an understanding of the market dynamics across the region, particularly with a view to standardizing and aggregating requirements where possible
• Ensures the implementation of Global standards on Procurement policy, supplier due diligence, and P2P (e.g. no PO no Pay)
• Utilize AZ Procurement systems, such as SAP, Coupa, Ariba,APP(Jagger) where available
• Deliver WAPT targets as submitted by the CFO and improve cash benefit
• Deliver savings and cost reductions targets
• Maintain accurate records of spending, contracts, and suppliers

Essential for the role

• 2-3 years in a managerial role
• University degree and or equivalent professional qualification
• Knowledge of procurement, sourcing techniques, and negotiations skills
• Experience as Supplier/Customer/Stakeholder relationship manager
• Experience working with cross-functional teams
• Experience in managing multiple projects simultaneously

Desirable for the role

• Experience in the Pharmaceutical or healthcare Industry
• Knowledge and experience in managed markets (GCC)
• Experience in SAP
• English is a must, Arabic speaker is preferred

Why AstraZeneca? At AstraZeneca we’re dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. There’s no better place to make a difference to medicine, patients, and society. An inclusive culture that champions diversity and collaboration, and always committed to lifelong learning, growth, and development. We’re on an exciting journey to pioneer the future of healthcare.
So, what’s next?

• Are you already imagining yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you.
• Are you ready to bring new ideas and fresh thinking to the table? Brilliant! We have one seat available, and we hope it’s yours.

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