Associate Category Manager, HR Services, Talent Acquisition, and Benefits Administration
AstraZeneca

Associate Category Manager, HR Services, Talent Acquisition, and Benefits Administration

Location: Wilmington, DE

Introduction to role:

Join our Commercial Americas Procurement team as an integral member, managing the Human Resources spend categories across the Americas region. This role is pivotal in managing customer and supplier relationships to ensure that Category Strategies are highly aligned to current and future business needs and that the supply base is capable of supporting these strategies.

Accountabilities:

As the Associate Category Manager, HR Services, Talent Acquisition, and Benefits Administration, you will oversee the implementation of Human Resources regional category plan for the Americas region. You will work closely with business stakeholders and to ensure alignment with business needs. Your role will involve advising on and driving procurement strategies, preparing competitive bids, quotations and proposals, negotiating with suppliers, and managing stakeholder and supplier relationships. You will lead project initiatives tied to the category strategies to deliver value to the business, ensure sustainability initiatives with key suppliers within category, and lead cost, service, SLAs and other negotiations for strategic suppliers in the region.

Essential Skills/Experience:

• Bachelor's Degree required
• 5 or more years of relevant work experience, including Procurement/Category anagement/Supply Chain experience
• Oral and written fluency in Business English
• Strong analytical and financial skills
• Strong communicator, ability to influence others
• Supplier or Project Management experience, including the ability drive negotiations to closure under time constraints
• Understanding of HR Services in the US environment
• Knowledge of the Employee Benefits landscape in the US
• Ability to leverage a range of influencing techniques
• Proven ability to manage change
• Comfort with risk and ambiguous situations

Desired Skills/Experience:

• Professional Procurement Qualification
• Experience with HR Services, Contingent Labor, Benefits Administration, or Insurance Services
• Ability to quickly learn and master new concepts related to HR Services in the US
• Strong working knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry / or related industries
• Significant experience in Category Management
• Significant negotiation experience with favorable outcomes for the stakeholders.

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