Enterprise Process Lead – Global Manufacturing Lead
We are one purpose-led global organisation. The enablers and innovators, ensuring that we can fulfil our mission to push the boundaries of science and discover and develop life-changing medicines. We take pride in working close to the cause, opening the locks to save lives, ultimately making a massive difference to the outside world.
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AstraZeneca (AZ) is in a period of strong growth and our employees have a united purpose to make a difference to patients around the world who need both our medicines and the ongoing developments from our science. In this journey AZ must continue to work across borders and with partners and new colleagues in a fast and seamless way. The ambition, size and complexity of the organisation, coupled with the opportunities afforded by new technology, has led the Board to approve a large scale transformation of the IT landscape by the replacement of current ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) systems with one global solution.
Our current technology is used by more than 20,000 employees daily, is foundational to all AZ entities and is central to most core business processes. This programme provides the opportunity for real transformation and to shape the way of working globally for many years to come.
This programme requires the best. Whether it be the technical skills, business understanding or change leadership, we want to ensure we have the strongest team deployed throughout. The programme seeks to deliver a world class change programme that leaves all employees with a fuller understanding of their role in the end-to-end nature of our global company. This programme will provide AZ with a competitive edge, to the benefits of its employees and patients.
We now have an opportunity for an Enterprise Process Lead – Global Manufacturing Lead to join the programme, working within the Production to Dispatch Door process area.
As EPL, you will own and be accountable for transforming the full set of manufacturing processes to ensure effective deployment of our SAP (S4/HANA) solution aligned with other “operating technologies”, such as our Manufacturing Execution System(s), across our internal sites. You will lead a team of leaders focused by platform technologies and other SMEs in the definition, design and ongoing improvement of the processes and tools to ensure efficient, effective and transparent ways of working. Applicants with more specific experience will also be considered for the following roles:
- Enterprise Process Lead – Biologics Drug Substance and API
- Enterprise Process Lead – Formulation (including Oral Solid Dose and Sterile Fill Finish)
- Enterprise Process Lead – Packaging (OSD, Devices etc) and Serialisation
You will contribute to setting the strategic direction for the process with the Executive Process Owner (EPO), act as their deputy and drive the process towards that strategic direction. You will ensure you are not just defining the manufacturing capabilities to support our business today, but enabling our future needs as part of Ambition 2030 and aligned to our acceleration towards Smart Factories.
The scope starts with receipt of order and receipt of material from other EPO areas and includes all transformation steps to enable shipment of goods at Dispatch Door to handover to another EPO area, so ensuring effective integration with our Enterprise Processes is key.
What you’ll do
Recruit and lead a team of Enterprise Process Leads based on manufacturing technology platforms capturing the end to end process to ensuring an effective and integrated global design and specialists in OT (operating technologies) including chosen manufacturing execution systems and material flow systems (such as SAP-EWM, extended warehouse management)
Design and own the global processes including standards and procedures
Provide thought leadership and strategic input into the optimal adoption of S/4HANA technology
Form, engage and lead a global network of Operations professionals to assure cross-functional cooperation to integrate processes & promote End to End process thinking
Drive standardisation, harmonisation and alignment to the process
Define Key Performance Indicators; monitor and improve process performance
Manage continuous improvement and change and assure those are aligned with company and business strategic direction (aligned with EPO)
Partner with the Data teams to ensure the S/4HANA data model and data cleansing activities support your defined processes, broader enterprise processes and target key performance indicators
Document the process to appropriate level of detail and to relevant compliant requirements & assure relevant documentation and SOPs are available.
Partner with the Business Change Team to ensure the change journey is agreed and support training with Users
Facilitate sharing of good practice and learning
Identify issues and risks, highlighting as required and managing through Business Risk Log
Manage links with related processes and relationship with key partners (including key Global manufacturing leaders and members)
Own business continuity plan for the process as required
Essential for the role:
Bachelors degree (or equivalent) in relevant scientific, engineering or business field
Solid understanding of business process management, and establishing and governance global standard processes.
Solid understanding of manufacturing processes in a regulated industry and good knowledge how these are transacted in ERP systems.
Extensive experience of leading transformational business change within a pharmaceutical environment
Ability to influence and persuade tactfully, to obtain desired outcomes while maintaining effective, positive, organisational relationships
Strong influencing skills in a matrix organization
Please note, other locations may be considered on application
Consideration will be taken for the holiday period, so please firstly make your line manager aware that you are interested in applying for the role.
If successful, it is anticipated candidates would start no later than 1st Oct 2023.
Interviews will commence w/c 31st July 2023 but flexibility will be shown if interest is provided as above.
Applications open: 07/07/2023
Applications close: 03/08/2023
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 imaging yourself joining our team? Good, because we can’t wait to hear from you!
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