Collaborative Contract and Compliance Manager

Do you have a genuine passion for science and extensive experience in Contract and Compliance Management? Do you see improvement areas as meaningful possibilities? Then this is the role for you!

At AstraZeneca, we 're dedicated to being a Great Place to Work. Where you are empowered to push the boundaries of science and fuel 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. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth and development.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Contract and Compliance Manager to join our Facilities Management department. Our colleague Johanna, who currently holds this position, has been offered an internal role, and we are now looking to find her replacer.

What you'll do

Your main responsibility will be to enable, influence and drive standard methodology to deliver improvement of the compliance framework across Facilities Management, including third-party supply partners. You will get the opportunity to work across multiple services lines and support the organisation at a significant number of levels.

You will interpret demand from customers and subject matter specialists to define appropriate processes and Service Levels together with suppliers. This means you'll liaise with, advises and influence key customers, other colleagues and members of the delivery teams. You will work to maximize value from the external spend through the optimisation of contracts and supplier relationships.

Your responsibility also spans the establishment; maintenance and management of effective contract arrangement with suppliers in line with external spend and standard methodology. The strategic relationship with the suppliers remains for contracts less than 700 kUSD in areas such as Print and Copy, Archiving services and Property Development services.

We will rely on you to:

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Compliance Framework and in accordance with relevant laws and regulatory requirements.
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Coordinate compliance tasks by delivering solutions, improvements and initiatives and be responsible to perform compliance audits of FM contracted Suppliers.
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Develop operational excellence and best practise within FM and AZ to secure Gothenburg as the best R&D site in the world
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Shape the future sourcing strategy and auditing of suppliers
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Maintaining effective Customer relations and compliance to GMP, and SHE standards.
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Keep the level of compliance at FM, including supply partners, in accordance with AstraZeneca's and be an active advisor to the managers of FM to ensure continuous improvement of the compliance culture

Essential for the role

We believe that you have an education at degree level or considerable amount of proven experience in Facilities Management. This is combined with a proven record from sourcing and supplier management and negotiations in complex services.

Your interpersonal skills are of great importance in this role. To be successful, your service delivery attitude and a phenomenal ability to manage partners, customers and suppliers are essential. You love interactions and are truly passionate about understanding your customers' views and needs.

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Strong knowledge of Pharma Business within GMP compliant environment
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Ability to engage across seniority and culture in the organisation
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Strong and proven leadership skills
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Innovative, tenacious, conceptual and operational thinking

We truly believe that everyone contributes with a unique set of competence. Your curiosity and passion for personal development combined with support from colleagues, mentors and leaders, will ensure you maximise your skills, abilities and contribution.

The seniority of the role can depend and be adjusted depending on your previous experience.

Why AstraZeneca?

This is the place to make an impact. Here we ensure everyone can reach their full potential, perform at their best and make a valued contribution to the enterprise.

Our spectacular campus in Gothenburg is one of AstraZeneca's three strategic science centers. The site is home to over 2,500 employees, from 50 different nationalities. And the site itself has been designed with collaboration in mind. From the Coffee Lab to exercise areas, we've built a series of environments where innovation can happen.

We offer competitive salaries and excellent benefits, such as extra paid Holiday, Private Medical Benefit, on-site Work Out and much, much more.

So, what's next!

If you're curious to know more, please connect with Lars Stålhult via +46 8 553 260 00

We welcome your application, no later than June 27th, 2021.



We will be inviting relevant candidates to interviews continuously through the application time.



Where can I find out more?

Our Gothenburg site: https://careers.astrazeneca.com/sweden

Inclusion & Diversity at AstraZeneca: https://careers.astrazeneca.com/inclusion-diversity

Life at AstraZeneca: https://careers.astrazeneca.com/life-at-astrazeneca