Operational Excellence Associate

AstraZeneca / Undersköterskejobb / Göteborg
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At AstraZeneca when we see an opportunity for change we seize it and commit real resources to make it happen, because an opportunity no matter how small can be the start of something big. Do you like to work smarter and related to current and future improvements within Business Improvement?

As an Operational Excellence Associate you will support planning, directing and overseeing a wide range of analyses, related to current and future improvements within GMD. You will be the expert, develop and monitor a range of projects involving business improvements and coaches junior staff. You will also own and manage parts of an initiative, supporting the OE team in the wider project. This will include prioritising and managing activities through to benefit realisation, and being responsible for ensuring appropriate application of OE/Lean, Project Management and Process Management and Improvement tools. You will contribute to developing & leveraging continuous improvement capability across GMD.

You will be part of our Operational Excellence (OE) team works to create sustainable efficiencies throughout AstraZeneca's Global Medicines Development (GMD) delivering tangible benefits by driving a culture of learning, improvement and innovation.

The team is accountable for the delivery of GMD wide OE activities delivering high profile organisational change via OE principles and methods to drive end-to-end continuous improvement of medicines development, which result in the realisation of evident, data-driven benefits.



Responsibilities

As part of the wider OE team, you will champion Operational Excellence and demonstrate Lean behaviours in your ways of working, and encourage others to do so. As part of this you will:

* Work with a lean certified OE colleagues to gain awareness of current OE practices and influence new evolving practices
* Apply project management practices to run parts of or whole change initiatives
* Provide OE process expertise & tools to enable flexible, sustainable OE implementation across GMD
* Collaborate and support business process owners within the functions to drive continuous improvement
* Drive performance improvement by translating improvement opportunities into practical and implementable program plans, in a structured & consistent way that exploits OE tools & techniques to realise quantified value & deliver sustainable solutions, in a timely & efficient manner
* Visibly engage and champion 'OE' to ensure understanding, buy-in, and strong sponsorship across all functions
* Facilitate the sharing and transfer of best practices across functions and hubs
* Support the design, development, calculations, and reporting of key performance metrics for process improvement projects to help drive the maintenance and continuous improvement of GMD
* Track and monitor key performance indicators on a monthly basis - proposing performance measures using insight of this data



Requirements

ESSENTIAL

* Project management experience gained within a pharmaceutical / drug development context
* Knowledge of OE / lean best practices
* Evidence of excellence in helping to delivering change and continuous improvement programs with a proven business benefit delivery
* Understanding of lean principles, processes, tools and behaviours
* Ability to lead cross functional activities with energy, engagement & focus on results
* Ability to travel internationally as required



DESIRABLE

* Educated to degree level (or equivalent)
* Six Sigma / Lean certification, and/or training (e.g Green Belt) from an accredited external Quality program (or desire to achieve this)
* Good understanding of the late stage drug development process
* Project Management certification



If you are interested, please apply now!

Closing date for applications - 6th April 2018.



AstraZeneca is an equal opportunity employer. AstraZeneca will consider all qualified applicants for employment without discrimination on grounds of disability, sex or sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity leave status, race or national or ethnic origin, age, religion or belief, gender identity or re-assignment, marital or civil partnership status, protected veteran status (if applicable) or any other characteristic protected by law.

Varaktighet, arbetstid
Heltid Permanent

Publiceringsdatum
2018-03-21

Ersättning
Not Specified

Så ansöker du
Sista dag att ansöka är 2018-04-04
Ange följande referens när du ansöker: R-023997
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Kontakt
AstraZeneca daniela.borquez@astrazeneca.com

Företag
AstraZeneca

Adress
AstraZeneca
43183
43183 1480

Kontorsadress
Pepparedsleden 1

Jobbnummer
4036638

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