Cost Optimisation Manager
Join our dynamic team as a Cost Optimisation Manager, where you will play a pivotal role in project and change delivery, focusing on all areas of spend. You will work closely with key stakeholders to identify and manage improvements to cost processes, contract management, and adherence. This role is an exciting opportunity to be part of shaping the future of Operations at AstraZeneca.
As a Cost Optimisation Manager, you will develop, manage, and execute a cost-saving pipeline through internal process improvement. You will work closely with key sponsors and finance as well as cross-functional teams to deliver process improvements that yield financial benefit to UK operations. Your role will also involve influencing and negotiating commercial terms with product and service providers.
Essential Skills/Experience:
- Strong commercial acumen and extensive procurement experience
- Demonstrated negotiation skills
- Process driven with strong problem-solving experience
- Ability to challenge current ways of working and hold yourself and others to account
- Tenacity to aim big and achieve results
- Demonstrate strong communication and networking skills
- Excellent stakeholder engagement and management
- Resilience to work in a challenging environment
Desirable Skills/Experience:
- Experience in a highly regulated environment
- Project Management experience
- Demonstrated experience in business process definition and embedding
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, with potential for multiple, global careers and great rewards for those who embrace the diverse opportunities.
Are you ready to make a positive impact in a team where it means more? Are you motivated by the opportunity to break new ground and leave a shared legacy? If you have the passion and the drive to accelerate growth and make people's lives better, then this is the place for you. Apply now to be part of our journey towards the 2025 strategy!
AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity. We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills. We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be. We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics. We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.