■ 職務内容 / Job Description
This is a critical role with accountability for a spend category across a region or the whole of AstraZeneca (may be single or multiple Senior Executive Team areas). Leading both demand and supply side activities. Strategic planning - the development of long term strategic plans for the entire spend area within AstraZeneca or Region. Strategic relationship management (customer and supplier) - to ensure that Category Strategies are highly aligned to current and future Business need and that the supply base is capable of supporting these strategies. Oversee implementation of category plan - Ensure that the underpinning process improvement and procurement activities deliver the expected business value in accordance with the strategic plans.

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Strategy
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•    Accountable for designing and implementing APAC IT category, regional, and market strategies that optimize performance, speed to market, and value for money.
•    Owns IT category management regionally/locally, including strategic sourcing, contracting, supplier performance, risk, and sustainability.
•    Develops and maintains expert knowledge of APAC IT supply markets, competitive dynamics, pricing models, and innovation trends.
•    Partners with stakeholders to understand spend, channel mix, and campaign priorities; identifies opportunities to generate value, quality, and efficiency; facilitates procurement led change initiatives within to improve business performance.
•    Collaborates with Global Category teams to align on global strategies, leverage scale, and localize for APAC market needs and regulatory requirements.

Leadership
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•    Coordinate with APAC country teams with clear targets (savings/ROI, quality, speed, compliance, sustainability);
•    Oversees and lead the regional portfolio and performance.
•    Leads, builds capabilities in agency management, market benchmarking, rate/fee negotiations etc..
•    Fosters a diverse, collaborative, and growth oriented team culture.

Business & Supplier Engagement
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•    Develops deep understanding of IT customer needs, brand strategies, omnichannel plans, and market environments; builds strong relationships with senior stakeholders to ensure satisfaction and outcomes.
•    Works with Strategic Intelligence/Insights and Finance to deliver reporting and analysis, incorporate external insight, to identify improvement opportunities and innovative sourcing solutions that drive cashable savings and process efficiencies.
•    Addresses supplier/agency issues to ensure highest service delivery; maintains contractual and business relationships to the highest standards, including clear scopes of work, KPIs, SLAs, and governance.
•    Fosters trusted, performance based partnerships with agencies and platforms to achieve better pricing, transparency, quality, and innovation.
•    Conducts annual peer reviews of category, regional, and market strategies; calibrates against industry benchmarks.
•    Plans and reviews performance of Procurement and cross functional teams within scope; drives initiatives for compliance, continuous improvement, technical excellence, and cost effectiveness.
•    Leads business case development and approval for major IT investments, translating needs into resource and supplier requirements.
•    Develops senior level relationships to resolve issues, optimize performance, and shape future opportunities.
•    Ensures the highest standards of compliance and ethics across AZ, including data privacy, fair market value, anti bribery, third party risk, inclusion & diversity, and sustainability in production.