Business Development Manager - Facility Management

Are you a Lean person with extensive experience in Change Management and a genuine passion for service? Do you see improvement areas as meaningful possibilities? If you can envision yourself in a position where your skills and personality will have a profound impact on the company efficiency, then this may be the role for you!

At AstraZeneca, we believe in the potential of our people and you'll develop beyond what you thought possible. We make the most of your skills and passion by actively supporting you to see what you can achieve no matter where you start with us.

Home to one of AstraZeneca's three strategic science centres, our Gothenburg site offers you the chance to delve into our entire world of research and innovation. Our site itself has been designed with collaboration in mind. From dedicated social spaces to coffee labs, recharge rooms, a community garden and even a 'walk and talk' meeting trail which can often mean trailing off into some amazing spontaneous discussions.

We are recruiting a dedicated Business Development Manager to our Scientific Services team. Our remit is to provide laboratory support and comprehensive laboratory equipment technical support. Your main responsibility will be to enable, influence and drive continuous improvement projects across the organisation. You will get the opportunity to work across multiple services lines and support the organisation at a significant number of levels.

What you'll do

Your focus will be supporting the leadership team and the different functions across Facilities Management with emphasis on improving Business Performance and processes by leading change and innovation projects. You will also work with performance tracking, LEAN and development of a Continuous Improvement culture across all levels within FM functions. You will be part of FM Leadership Team, accountable for shaping and communicating the long-term FM strategy.

We will rely on you to:

* Drive Organisational Change and Service Innovation across FM service lines
* Be accountable for FM Continuous Improvement and Lean strategy, methodology and processes including Lean Mentoring.
* Develop and track key performance indexes (KPI´s) & metrics to ensure high quality FM deliveries
* Benchmark against other FM organisations to identify areas for improvements.
* Lead and ensure delivery of improvement projects across Facilities Managements including supply partners.
* Optimise services by working across FM, other AstraZeneca functions and third-party supply partners

Essential for the role

Your interpersonal and communication skills are of great importance in this role. To be successful, your service delivery approach and a phenomenal ability to manage partners, customers and suppliers are crucial. You love interactions and are truly passionate about understanding your customers' views and needs. This requires you to have a balance between detail focus and critical thinking, combined with an analytical approach.

* Extensive experience in managing and delivering Change Management programs
* Lean Qualification or actively working towards qualification.
* Extensive experience of tracking, developing and reporting of performance indicators
* Experience from facility management industry or laboratories
* Knowledge of the operational needs of pharmaceutical business

Why AstraZeneca?

At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change, we seize it and make it happen, because any opportunity no matter how small, can be the start of something big. Delivering life-changing medicines is about being entrepreneurial - finding those moments and recognising their potential. Join us on our journey of building a new kind of organisation to reset expectations of what a bio-pharmaceutical company can be. This means we're opening new ways to work, pioneering cutting edge methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey.

So, what's next!

If you're curious to know more, then please contact Lars Stålhult (+46 705-761252) or Catharina Dahl (+46 703-412018).

Welcome with your application, no later than January 17th 2021.

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