Axial Global Logistics Deployment Lead

Job Title - Associate Director Business Strategy & Portfolio

Career Level - F

The Axial Programme (Global S/4HANA implementation)

We are one purpose-led global organisation. The enablers and innovators, ensuring that we can fulfil our mission to push the boundaries of science and discover and develop life-changing medicines. We take pride in working close to the cause, opening the locks to save lives, ultimately making a massive difference to the outside world.

AstraZeneca (AZ) is in a period of strong growth and our employees have a united purpose to make a difference to patients around the world who need both our medicines and the ongoing developments from our science. In this journey AZ must continue to work across borders and with partners and new colleagues in a fast and seamless way. The ambition, size and complexity of the organisation, coupled with the opportunities afforded by new technology , has led the Board to approve a large-scale transformation programme - Axial.

The Axial Programme will be powered by S/4HANA a new ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system which will be implemented right across the organisation and will provide our business with standardised processes, enhanced financial management, common data and real time reporting, transforming the way we work through our entire supply chain - from bench to patient.

The new system will be used by more than 20,000 employees daily, is foundational to all AZ entities and is central to most core business processes. This is a once in a generation programme for AstraZeneca and will shape our ways of working globally for many years to come.

The Axial programme needs the best talent to work in it. Whether it s the technical skills, business understanding or change leadership, we want to ensure we have the strongest team deployed throughout. We are aiming to deliver a world class change programme that leaves all employees with a fuller understanding of their role in the end-to-end nature of our global company. This programme will provide AZ with a competitive edge, to the benefit of our employees, customers and patients.

We are now looking for a Deployment Lead for our Global Logistics F unction (GLF) within Axial Global Operations Deployment to join our team.

What youll do:

Work with Deployment wave teams , and your own indirect team of GLF change catalyst and super user s, to develop and drive execution of a deployment plan for the phase 1 deployments and beyond . This deployment plan will cover all bu siness tasks to deploy successfully including identification of change impacts, planning and execution of change management, testing, data migration verification and cutover and hypercare . You will need to work with your team to understand scope, risk s and complexities and resolve where necessary. You may have some involvement in execution or supporting execution of deployment tasks.

The role requires excellence in stakeholder management and influence skills, working across all levels within the organisation , external ly and across multiple teams .

Phase 1 covers four deployments - our legal entities in Mexico, our large and complex UK -owned operations , a new API plant in Ireland (APICOM) and a new Respiratory plant in China (Qingdao) .

So, what s next

Are you already imaging yourself joining our teamGood, because we can t wait to hear from you!