Head of Make CoE

Job Title: Head of Make CoE

Location: Macclesfield

Hybrid Working: Minimum 3 days per week in the office

Introduction to role:
Are you ready to shape the future of how we make life-changing medicines across a global manufacturing network As Head of the Make Center of Excellence you will set the strategy and roadmap that transforms end-to-end Make processes partnering with sites and central teams to deliver safer higher-quality more sustainable faster and more productive operations. Your leadership will enable our vision for autonomous manufacturing and top-decile performance turning ambition into outcomes for patients and the business.

Based in Macclesfield (UK) Södertälje (Snackviken and Gärtuna Sweden) or selected Americas sites you will orchestrate a complex portfolio through robust governance enterprise alignment and rigorous Business Process Management. Do you thrive on questioning the status quo integrating digital and process innovation and coaching a high-performing team to deliver enterprise-wide results

Accountabilities:

- Strategy and Roadmap Leadership: Shape maintain and communicate the Make CoE strategy and multiyear roadmap; ensure clear priorities and measurable value delivery.
- Governance and Alignment: Lead the Make steering committee co-lead the Make IT Strategy steering committee and actively contribute to Smart Factory and Advanced Data & Analytics governance achieving enterprise alignment across sites functions and regions.
- Senior Decision-Making: Formulate compelling business cases improvement plans and recommendations; present at senior forums to drive decisions that improve quality performance and productivity.
- Cross-Functional Integration: Partner closely with IT Data & Analytics PT&D and GTO to integrate process technology with operational processes ensuring holistic solutions that scale.
- Smart Factory and Advanced Analytics: Shape and deliver capabilities that advance digital autonomous and data-driven manufacturing aligning standards and architecture with business needs.
- End-to-End Process Optimization: Improve integration across the value chain and enabling processes breaking silos and unlocking flow reliability and responsiveness.
- Team Leadership and Development: Coach and develop the Make CoE team to excel in collaboration communication and influencing; build a culture of ownership curiosity and continuous improvement.
- Business Process Management Excellence: Design own maintain and communicate global standards; drive adherence; define global KPIs; monitor and improve performance; codify and spread good practices; strengthen BPM capability across the network.
- Customer Focus and Value Creation: Embed voice of the customer across process networks; deliver solutions that advance Safety Quality Sustainability Lead-time and Productivity.
- Risk and Issue Management: Proactively identify issues and risks; escalate effectively; ensure portfolio transparency and course correction.
- Facilitation and Ways of Working: Run effective meetings and workshops; maintain the Transformation Map; ensure team awareness of interdependent programs and initiatives.
- Digital Integration: Partner with IT and Digital/Autonomous teams to integrate digital and IT solutions with operations processes staying current with internal and external trends.

Essential Skills/Experience:

- 10 years of broad experience in pharmaceutical operations particularly within the area of manufacturing and preferably also in other functional areas of Operations
- Proven ability to effectively partner and collaborate with senior leadership across multiple Operations functions in order to reach optimal enterprise-level decisions that incorporate diverse perspectives and insights
- High level of proficiency in collaborating and influencing at many levels of the company through well-developed communication and interpersonal skills. Must be able to build productive relationships with colleagues across a range of functions including supply sites IT Quality PT&D/GTO and GERE amongst others.
- Demonstrated strength in verbal written and presentational skills which are clear and concise and the ability to communicate effectively to a wide range of groups across many nationalities and cultures.
- Proven ability to lead and coach teammates both in direct-line and dotted-line organizational models
- Broad understanding of IT systems and digital/autonomous solutions and how these elements integrate with manufacturing processes
- Keen interest and strength in the area of leveraging data to drive business value as well as a strategic mindset towards the governance and evolution of data and analytics standards and capabilities
- Thorough understanding of regulatory and GMP compliance standards for pharmaceutical operations
- Demonstrated high level of capability and proficiency in Business Process Management principles and their application with experience from cross-functional global process work. Genuine belief in and passion for the benefits of BPM

Desirable Skills/Experience:

- Track record leading global cross-site process transformations in pharmaceutical manufacturing
- Experience delivering Smart Factory Industry 4.0 or autonomous manufacturing capabilities at scale
- Mastery of Lean methods to drive productivity flow and defect reduction across networks
- Success defining global KPIs and using advanced analytics to steer performance improvement
- Experience operating in complex matrix structures and engaging site regional and functional leaders
- Credibility presenting at executive governance forums and influencing strategic decisions
- Exposure to end-to-end value chain integration from technology transfer through commercial supply
- Familiarity with sustainability-by-design approaches within manufacturing environments
- Willingness to travel globally approximately 15%

When we put unexpected teams in the same room we unleash bold thinking with the power to inspire life-changing -person working gives us the platform we need to connect work at pace and challenge perceptions. Thats why we work on average a minimum of three days per week from the office. But that doesnt mean were not flexible. We balance the expectation of being in the office while respecting individual flexibility. Join us in our unique and ambitious world.

Why AstraZeneca:

Here you will join a community that blends cutting-edge science digital manufacturing and Lean discipline to move medicines from idea to impact faster and more affordably. We bring unexpected teams together to solve complex problems pairing bold ambition with genuine kindness and support. With significant investment in smart factories data and analytics and sustainable practices your leadership will be visible on the shop floor and in the boardroomaccelerating delivery to patients while developing your craft through real-world challenges and global collaboration.

Step in to lead the Make agenda at scaleshape the roadmap elevate performance and help deliver life-changing medicines faster; take the next step in your impact-driven career today!

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