External Operations Coordinator

**Job Title - External Operations Coordinator**

**Career Level - D**

**Competitive Salary and Benefits on offer.**

**Introduction to the role**:
Join us at AstraZeneca as an External Operations Coordinator. In this role, you will support
our External Operations using business processes, data management & reporting tools to
track performance management of the external supplier nodes within the ESM network.
You will support projects, continuous improvement activities and be responsible for
maintaining internal systems & processes that support AZ’s policies with 3rd parties. You
will act as change management support, be a change request owner and facilitate changes
by leading cross-functional forums and drive accountability.

**Accountabilities**:
As an External Operations Coordinator, you will provide analysis of supplier data and
reports, identifying patterns and trends, to inform decision making and support problem
solving. You will support development, aggregation and monitoring of supplier key
performance indicators and identify areas for performance and process improvements.
You will be accountable for maintaining External Operations data management in
SharePoint and MS Teams in line with 5S. You will be responsible for maintaining Head of
External Operations scorecard and monitoring critical metrics. You will drive improvement
projects and support the preparation of written project proposals, analytical reports, and
presentations. You will be responsible for gathering supplier data across several areas, one
key area being sustainability where you will lead the delivery of AstraZeneca Sustainability
plans leveraging the suppliers, External Operations Teams (EOTs) and other functions as
required. You will manage suppliers on interim basis across External Operations Teams
(EOTs) when experience is sufficient to gain insight and experience of the Supplier
Management process and driving transactional relationship and performance.

**Essential Skills/Experience**:

- Bachelor’s degree required in engineering, pharmacy, chemistry or related science,

or business related field.
- Experience of stakeholder management to achieve jointly agreed objectives.
- Analytical thinking and ability to manage several tasks during a limited time frame.
- Strong data management and reporting capability, good knowledge and experience

using IT systems.
- Organizational skills, understanding of quality principles and GMP requirements.
- Experience of using Lean tools to solve problems.
- An understanding of manufacturing operations and/or closely linked functions such

as Quality Assurance, post-approval change management, process engineering.

Desirable Skills/Experience:

- Experience of operations/manufacturing change management
- Experience of supply chain management
- Experience of implementing and handling business metrics
- ESM awareness and knowledge of systems used by the function, eg SAP, Ecovardis,

Veeva platform etc.
- Business Process Management (BPM) experience

At AstraZeneca, we are driven by our commitment to deliver accelerated growth and to
make people's lives better. We thrive in our often intense and ambiguous environment,
seeking out new challenges and working towards new solutions. We are part of an inclusive
and giving community, supporting each other on our journeys. We are intellectually
stimulated by constant learning. There's potential for multiple, global careers and great
rewards, for those who embrace the diverse opportunities.
part of shaping the future of Operations here at AstraZeneca