Procurement Data Analytics Manager - Mississauga, Canada - AstraZeneca

AstraZeneca

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Mississauga, Canada

2 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

The role will be available in: Warsaw (Poland)/ Lisbon (Portugal) or Mississauga (Canada).

ABOUT PROCUREMENT
Join the
AstraZeneca Global Procurement Organization as we focus on delivering life changing medicines to Patients.

Our function is focussed on driving Value, Speed and Sustainability, for which the access to powerful Data and Insights is critical.

The
Procurement Data and Analytics team plays a key role in developing actionable insights to support category excellence, driving improved business decision-making capabilities, preventing supply chain risks, and identifying opportunities to create additional value.

JOB ROLE

As a
Procurement Data Analytics Manager, you will lead interactions with colleagues across the function to understand how we can partner to generate value through deeper category, supplier, and spend insights derived from various internal and external datasets existing within our organization's centralized data platform.

This role will lead improvements in business outcomes by identifying and interpreting trends and patterns to prepare actionable insights, advanced analysis, data models, and visualizations to aid in complex data storytelling.

You will play a vital role in supporting and consulting with the Global Procurement organization to identify business opportunities that drive change, cost reduction and simplification.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Collaborate with the Procurement Data & Analytics team to identify competitive actionable insights needed within different regions and categories
Lead interactions across the procurement network to coordinate the translation of business problems into appropriate analytical products and solutions in the project scope
Design, develop, and implement data models of descriptive and predictive nature which may include data validation checks, data transformation and harmonization, and the creation of different views to expose the data
Partner with the function to build and test appropriate analytics models and create greater visibility into analytical scenarios to enable Procurement to continually improve performance
Leveraging External Data sets, bring insights forward to the Procurement organization the role will also have the opportunity to scout for new external data sources that can deliver business impact and uncover new insights and opportunities
Develop data visualization dashboards to allow data interrogation and manipulation for realtime performance
Ensure proper utilization and articulate the value of data products, information resources and services provided to the wider network

ESSENTIAL REQUIREMENTS

Proven experience in analysing complex data sets to identify trends, performance, and efficiency improvements
Handson experience in manipulating large datasets & extrapolating insights
Advanced ability to draw conclusions from data and present them in a succinct fashion to stakeholders
Experience with BI platform (preferably — Power BI)
Proficiency in databases and data integration techniques
SQL, ETL tools
Proven experience in working with colleagues in a global environment and engaging with them to understand their analytical needs and build a pipeline of analytical requirements
Strong communication, collaboration and influencing skills
Meticulous attention to detail
Good command of English both written and spoken

DESIRABLE:

Demonstrated knowledge of programming languages like R, Python
Working knowledge/experience regarding statistical & predictive modelling
Knowledge of Finance, Procurement, or Supply Chain domains
Degree in engineering, computer science, data science/statistics, or business administration, or equivalent experience

Why us?

Join us at a crucial stage of our journey to becoming a digital and data-led procurement organization that's focused on supporting the Growth Through Innovation of AstraZeneca.

Make the impossible possible by building partnerships and ecosystems, creating new ways of working and driving scale and speed to deliver exponential growth.

Here you'll be empowered and supported to develop further as an individual - given the freedom and autonomy to run with it and deliver.