AstraZeneca

BusinessOperationSpecialist

$200–350k ~AI est. China FULL TIME
Market Sentiment
HIGH DEMAND

Neural analysis suggests this role is
optimal for Mid+ candidates.

The Brief

“Business Operation Specialist at AstraZeneca. Skills: Business support, Customer service. Provide administrative services. Coordinate complex meetings”

Industry & Context.

Problems you'll solve

Problem solving

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

Prior Administrative Ability, Ability to follow Written and spoken, Specialist knowledge in relevant business support, Competent in office equipment, Experience of a variety of software/systems, Can create and maintain systems for efficiency, Customer Service Skills

Nice to Have

Relevant vocational qualifications, Team management skills

What You'll Do.

Provide administrative services

Coordinate complex meetings

Coordinate off-site events

Communicate information

Ensure production of reports

Ensure production of analyses

Provide interpretation of data

Reconcile information

Follow-up on discrepancies

Carry out calculations

Carry out investigations

Resolve complex customer queries

Resolve complex customer issues

Contact customers on sensitive issues

Contact customers on complex issues

Establish understanding of customer requirements

Organise clerical activities

Organise administrative activities

Control clerical activities

Control administrative activities

Deliver clerical activities

Deliver administrative activities

Motivate assigned staff

Control small projects

Deliver project outputs

Coordinate workflow management

Mentor junior team members

Monitor contract administration

Coordinate contract administration

Provide advice to line managers

Provide services to line managers

Deal with less complex contracts

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Internal Colleagues; Senior Other Department HR; Function whose service has been contracted; Legal; Vendors; Suppliers

Communication Scope

Written communication; Spoken communication

Process & Methodology

Project management

Full Job Description

Typical Accountabilities \- Provide administrative or secretarial services to the senior team, coordinating complex meetings and off-site events, diary arrangements and travel in line with AZ policy. - Co-ordinate, collate and communicate information at the detailed level, possibly of a technical or statistical nature. - Ensure the production of reports or analyses, to meet quality standards, and provides interpretation of data. - Reconcile figures or information from various sources, ensuring completeness and accuracy, and follow-up on discrepancies. - Carry out calculations, analyses or investigations to defined briefs to support the smooth functioning of the business area. - Resolve complex customer queries and issues to meet customer and business requirements. - Contact customers on non-typical, sensitive or complex issues. - Participates in establishing an understanding of (internal) customer requirements to ensure that planned activities and services meet needs, and in monitoring those services and activities to ensure requirements are fully met. - Organise, control and deliver specific clerical/administrative activities and services under guidance from a supervisor/manager. - Lead and motivate any assigned staff within defined parameters, ensuring they deliver their responsibilities effectively. - Control small projects under general guidance ensuring delivery of project outputs according to plan, reviewing and refining plans as necessary. - May co-ordinate workflow management and mentors junior team members to ensure effective allocation of resources. - Monitor and coordinate contract administration activities. - Provide advice and services directly to line managers, dealing with less complex contracts where precedents have already been set or contract renewals and referring more complex issues to more senior contracts personnel. Qualifications and Skills Essential: Prior Administrative experience; Ability to follow processes; Written and spoken communicatio

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