Inventory Manager

About the position
Clinical Manufacturing & Supply (CM&S) is accountable for the supply of medicines to AstraZeneca’s clinical trials and toxicology studies. Clinical supply chains are amongst the most complex of any industry and our customers are increasingly demanding more speed and agility, as well as management of complex device supply chains and new modalities, without compromising quality or risk, so we need well-managed, fit-for-purpose systems to meet these challenges. The Digital & Lean function within CM&S are responsible for the systems used within clinical supply chain and the linked master data to enable planning, manufacture, pack and label to occur according to GMP.

Responsibilities
What you’ll do
Within CM&S we currently use the SmartSupplies systems suite and this is a global platform comprising of both GXP & non GXP applications to support key clinical supply chain activities including planning, manufacture, release, inventory management, labelling, traceability, shelf life management and reporting. The Inventory Manager will support CM&S staff to create, manage and maintain high quality project and system data according to Good Manufacturing Practise (GMP) standards. This will require a broad range of system and business process knowledge and skills.

The role holder will support inventory management across all Clinical Supply Chains including but not limited to:
• Lead business activities related to creating and managing external inventory in AZ for all drug projects. This include system (AZ SmartSupplies), business process (relevant SOPs), data management (any necessary changes to existing data) and appropriate communication to relevant stakeholders.
• Perform study set up activities in Smart Supplies system via digital inventory process and during this convert clinical study design in to kit design.
• Responsible for creation of items masters and lots in to AZ SmartSupplies PMD and will also manage updates to already set up items/lots including shelf life updates and correction of quantities.
• Lead Data Quality Maintenance activities including cycle count and periodic auditing of all inventory related records.
• Provide global leadership within the Item Master network to ensure that we continue to create and maintain, high quality item masters across both internal and external drug substance, drug product and packing activities.
• Develop and provide training in inventory management to relevant parties.
• Support Clinical Manufacture and Supply organization with problem solving.

In addition to the above and based on business needs there are also element of SmartSupplies system management in scope for the role
• Support User System Access
• Support system maintenance activities
• Support system validation Testing

Your profile
Essential for the role
• College/university degree in Science/Engineering
• A track record of working with and managing data changes in GxP systems
• Experience of the AZ Clinical Supply Chain systems environment, including SmartSupplies or equivalent commercial systems eg SAP
• Experience and familiarity with Clinical or Commercial supply chain processes
• Highly numerate, supported by strong computing skills
• Demonstration of high attention to detail
• Experience of effective working in a multi-cultural team
• Proven analytical and strategic thinking
• Good pedagogic skills to be able to train others
• Demonstrated good time and stakeholder management skills & flexibility to adapt to changing customer need
• Excellent English, both verbally and written

Desirable for the role
• Experience of drug substance or drug product development
• Conceptual thinking and experience of strategic frameworks
• Experience of lean / lean leadership / lean thinking
• Experience of agile development

About the organisation
This position is a consultant assignment at AstraZeneca via QRIOS Life Science & Engineering in Göteborg for 8 months. During this time you will be employed by QRIOS.
QRIOS employs curious experts in IT, Life Science and Engineering. We want to continue to attract the best employees, to continue to support our partners with the important competences you require. We are a recruitment and consulting company that is strongly inspired by those who never stop looking for new solutions. As we say, QRIOS MINDS GO FURTHER

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 are opening new ways to work, pioneering ground-breaking methods and bringing unexpected teams together. Interested? Come and join our journey.