Sourcing Project Associate

The Global Sourcing Function

Hays Life Sciences is now looking to recruit a Sourcing Project Associate to join the Global Sourcing Function for a 1-year contract assignment at AstraZeneca in Gothenburg.

Here you'll have the opportunity to make a meaningful difference to patients' lives. With science at its heart, this is the place where breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicines - for the world's most complex diseases. Answer unmet medical needs by pioneering the next wave of science, focusing on outcomes and shaping the patient ecosystem.

Do you have an interest in clinical supply chain and working with external vendors and are you a person who would like to be part of a truly global team and play a key role in getting medicines to patient - then join us as Sourcing Project Associate!

Pharmaceutical Technology and Development (PT&D) apply science and technology that turns concepts into actual medicines which help millions of people. We work across the entire value chain, designing and delivering active ingredients, formulations and devices required to support new medicines - from supplies for use in toxicology studies and clinical trials to developing the technology to ensure drugs can be scaled up for commercial manufacture.

Clinical Manufacture & Supply (C&MS) within PT&D provides an agile and flexible end-to-end Clinical Supply Chain that manufactures, outsources and delivers supplies and services to hundreds of thousands of patients across the globe.

CM&S are now looking for a Sourcing Project Associate to join our global Sourcing function. We are seeking those who embrace change, show great initiative, flexibility and a willingness to learn. As Sourcing Project Associate, you will build working relationships with external suppliers and work in teams of internal experts (e.g., Technical, Quality Assurance, Procurement) in the sourcing of services and goods required by CM&S from external suppliers in support of global projects for AstraZeneca.

The supply chain areas managed by Sourcing are related to: Drug Substance, Drug Product, Devices & Intelligent Pharma, Analytical Services, Pack Label & Distribution and Comparators. This role will have a specific focus on sourcing the services required for Clinical Trial Pack, Label & Distribution and/or sourcing commercially available product for use in AstraZeneca sponsored Clinical Trials.

We would like to receive applications from people with excellent business admin skills, preferably who have worked with external suppliers as well as internal stakeholders in a supporting function.

Essential requirements

* Good secondary and higher level qualifications (degree not essential), including Maths, English and Science, Supply Chain or Business subject
* Good communication and team working skills
* High organisation skills and confidence to work independently
* Logical thinking to be able to apply processes
* The ability to apply a rational approach to problem solving; making judgments based on sound reasoning, approaching problems in a logical manner
* Concerns for standards
* High numeracy and literacy skills
* Digital literacy
* Ability to learn
* Self-motivation / Initiative

Desirable requirements

* Experience of working with external suppliers
* Technical knowledge for the activity being sourced (Clinical Supply Chain)

Why AstraZeneca?
AstraZeneca is a global, innovation-driven BioPharmaceutical business that focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialisation of prescription medicines for some of the world's most serious disease. But we're more than one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies.

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. Always committed to lifelong learning, growth, and development.