AstraZeneca

pharmaceutical

HeadofMakeCoE

Macclesfield, United Kingdom; Södertälje, Sweden FULL TIME Remote Friendly
The Brief

“Head of Make CoE at AstraZeneca. Skills: Strategy and Roadmap Leadership, Business Process Management Excellence, Team Leadership and Development. Shape, maintain and communicate Make CoE strategy. Lead Make steering committee”

What You'll Achieve.

deliver safer, higher-quality, more sustainable, faster and more productive operations; enable our vision for autonomous manufacturing and top-decile performance; turning ambition into outcomes for patients and the business; achieving enterprise alignment; drive decisions that improve quality, performance and productivity; ensuring holistic solutions that scale; aligning standards and architecture with business needs; breaking silos and unlocking flow, reliability and responsiveness; deliver enterprise-wide results; deliver solutions that advance Safety, Quality, Sustainability, Lead-time and Productivity; ensure portfolio transparency; maintain the Transformation; staying current with internal and external trends; move medicines from idea to impact faster and more affordably; accelerating delivery to patients; elevate performance; help deliver life-changing medicines

Industry & Context.

pharmaceutical
Problems you'll solve

leveraging data to drive business value; strategic mindset; course correction

Eligibility Requirements

Willingness to travel globally, approximately 15%

What They're Looking For.

Must Have

10+ years of broad experience in pharmaceutical operations, particularly within the area of manufacturing and preferably also in other functional areas of Operations, Proven ability to effectively partner and collaborate with senior leadership across multiple Operations functions in order to reach optimal enterprise-level decisions that incorporate diverse perspectives and insights, High level of proficiency in collaborating and influencing at many levels of the company through well-developed communication and interpersonal skills. Must be able to build productive relationships with colleagues across a range of functions including supply sites, IT, Quality, PT&D/GTO, and GERE, amongst others., Demonstrated strength in verbal, written and presentational skills which are clear and concise, and the ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of groups across many nationalities and cultures., Proven ability to lead and coach teammates both in direct-line and dotted-line organizational models, Broad understanding of IT systems and digital/autonomous solutions, and how these elements integrate with manufacturing processes, Keen interest and strength in the area of leveraging data to drive business value, as well as a strategic mindset towards the governance and evolution of data and analytics standards and capabilities, Thorough understanding of regulatory and GMP compliance standards for pharmaceutical operations, Demonstrated high level of capability and proficiency in Business Process Management principles and their application, with experience from cross-functional, global process work.

Nice to Have

Track record leading global, cross-site process transformations in pharmaceutical manufacturing, Experience delivering Smart Factory, Industry 4. 0 or autonomous manufacturing capabilities at scale, Mastery of Lean methods to drive productivity, flow and defect reduction across networks, Success defining global KPIs and using advanced analytics to steer performance improvement, Experience operating in complex matrix structures and engaging site, regional and functional leaders, Credibility presenting at executive governance forums and influencing strategic decisions, Exposure to end-to-end value chain integration, from technology transfer through commercial supply, Familiarity with sustainability-by-design approaches within manufacturing environments

What You'll Do.

maintain and communicate Make CoE strategy

Lead Make steering committee

Formulate business cases

Partner closely with IT

Shape and deliver capabilities

Improve integration across value chain

Coach and develop Make CoE team

Embed voice of the customer

Proactively identify issues

Run effective meetings

Partner with IT and Digital/Autonomous teams

How You'll Work.

Team & Collaboration

Partner closely with IT, Data & Analytics, PT&D and GTO; Collaborate with senior leadership across multiple Operations functions; Collaborate and influence at many levels of the company; Build productive relationships with colleagues across a range of functions; Lead and coach teammates; Engage site, regional and functional leaders

Communication Scope

well-developed communication and interpersonal skills; verbal, written and presentational skills which are clear and concise; communicate effectively to a wide range of groups

Process & Methodology

multiyear roadmap, improvement plans, portfolio transparency, Transformation

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