Summary
We are offering Apprenticeships within our Global Procurement team. Procurement at AstraZeneca is critical to enabling us to deliver life-changing medicines across the world. You'll be working with procurement professionals managing a wide range of categories all of which have a pivotal role in driving the competitive advantage of AstraZeneca.
Wage
£21,500 a year
Yearly salary increase
Training course
Procurement and supply chain practitioner (level 4)
Hours
Monday-Friday, 9am-5pm
36 hours 30 minutes a week
Possible start date
Monday 1 September
Duration
1 year 10 months
Positions available
1
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
* experience the full procurement lifecycle including building a category strategy
* sourcing and contracting
* managing supplier performance and driving continuous improvement whilst also enhancing the skills and behaviours needed for success
* opportunity to rotate across the various Procurement teams including: Operations, Research & Development, Commercial and IT Procurement
Where you’ll work
Charter Way
Silk Road Business Park
Macclesfield
SK10 2NA
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
CIPS CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED
Your training course
Procurement and supply chain practitioner (level 4)
Equal to higher national certificate (HNC)
Course contents
* Manage relationships with stakeholders.
* Interpret business requirements by assessing the demand for the product or service.
* Undertake market analysis to establish potential routes to market.
* Conduct benchmarking to evaluate costs against industry standards.
* Prepare or contribute to the drafting of a sourcing plan which meets business needs, including corporate social responsibility factors.
* Use the organisation's documentation designed for commercial procurement processes for the supply of goods and services.
* Notify potential suppliers of proposal requirements.
* Use selection and award criteria to source requirements from external suppliers evidencing how supplier bids are evaluated against them.
* Analyse the financial implications of decisions and identify cost-saving opportunities.
* Liaise and negotiate with suppliers and stakeholders to ensure the timely delivery of purchased goods and services.
* Support contract award and briefing of suppliers in line with the organisations processes and governance.
* Monitor and manage contract performance to meet time, costs, service, and quality objectives.
* Manage contract performance and advise suppliers on any areas for improvement.
* Maintain contract documentation such as change control, version control.
* Use IT and software to produce spreadsheets and presentation packages to communicate information.
* Identify, raise, and facilitate discussions with stakeholders to resolve any issues or risks.
* Analyses sustainability challenges and risks at each stage of the product or contract life cycle.
* Manage information in accordance with policy and processes.
* Continuously review work processes to identify and eliminate inefficiencies and simplify workflow.
* Use available systems and tools to identify relevant data.
* Interpret, analyse, and evaluate data through questioning to drive actionable intelligence and support decision making.
* Use horizon scanning to identify future changes in procurement and contracting.
* Manage relationships with stakeholders.
* Interpret business requirements by assessing the demand for the product or service.
* Undertake market analysis to establish potential routes to market.
* Conduct benchmarking to evaluate costs against industry standards.
* Prepare or contribute to the drafting of a sourcing plan which meets business needs, including corporate social responsibility factors.
* Use the organisation's documentation designed for commercial procurement processes for the supply of goods and services.
* Notify potential suppliers of proposal requirements.
* Use selection and award criteria to source requirements from external suppliers evidencing how supplier bids are evaluated against them.
* Analyse the financial implications of decisions and identify cost-saving opportunities.
* Liaise and negotiate with suppliers and stakeholders to ensure the timely delivery of purchased goods and services.
* Support contract award and briefing of suppliers in line with the organisations processes and governance.
* Monitor and manage contract performance to meet time, costs, service, and quality objectives.
* Manage contract performance and advise suppliers on any areas for improvement.
* Maintain contract documentation such as change control, version control.
* Use IT and software to produce spreadsheets and presentation packages to communicate information.
* Identify, raise, and facilitate discussions with stakeholders to resolve any issues or risks.
* Analyses sustainability challenges and risks at each stage of the product or contract life cycle.
* Manage information in accordance with policy and processes.
* Continuously review work processes to identify and eliminate inefficiencies and simplify workflow.
* Use available systems and tools to identify relevant data.
* Interpret, analyse, and evaluate data through questioning to drive actionable intelligence and support decision making.
* Use horizon scanning to identify future changes in procurement and contracting.
Your training plan
Level 4 Procurement and supply chain practitioner apprenticeship standard
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE in:
* English (grade 4 or above)
* Maths (grade 4 or above)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
* Communication skills
* IT skills
* Attention to detail
* Organisation skills
* Problem solving skills
* Logical
* Team working
* Initiative