Global Clinical Supply Chain Senior Planner (expert)

Hybrid work - Location: Warsaw

ABOUT ASTRAZENECA

At AstraZeneca every one of our employees makes a difference to patient lives every day. You may not feel you’re at the frontline of research but your role in changing patients’ lives is critical.  Our mission is ambitious, and it takes the skills of a collaborative team to really deliver on what science can do and to always put patients first. Working at AstraZeneca we believe in the potential of our people and our commitment to develop our people beyond what was thought possible.

ABOUT THE ROLE

Lead our transforming supply chain—drive change with high energy and an analytical, digital mindset.

Step into a transforming supply chain and lead the change—bring your high energy, analytical rigor, and digital-first mindset to modernize processes, unlock data-driven decisions, and elevate performance across our end-to-end network.

Pharmaceutical Technology and Development (PT&D) is the bridge which turns brilliant science into actual medicines that help millions of people. We work across the entire value chain, designing and delivering active ingredients, formulations and devices required to support new medicines – from supplies for use in clinical trials to developing the technology to ensure drugs can be scaled up for commercial manufacture.

Our global Clinical Program Supply team is growing, and we are now looking for a Supply Planner to join our team in our Clinical organization. This role is evolving to meet the needs of the CM&S strategy and you will have a fantastic opportunity to shape & develop the role to drive maximum value for the organization.

As a Clinical Supply Planner, you will translate the programme level demand into a supply plan and execute the plan. This will be accomplished by developing and execute an optimized plans in line with the Clinical Supply Chain Strategy.

You will work closely with Clinical Supply Chain Programme Leads (CSPL) and Clinical Study Leads to match demand & supply and ultimately deliver life changing medicines to patients.

Responsibilities include:

- Translating demand in to supply plans, which meet the inventory strategy set out by the Programme Lead (CSPL)

- Providing forecasts to our supply chain partners for each of the bill of material levels in the supply chain and representing Clinical Manufacturing & Supply in commercial S&OE/S&OP

- Executing the supply plan to ensure kits are available to meet patient demand

 placing orders with a range of supply chain partners

 tracking progress & escalating issues

 ensuring timely release of materials through co-ordination of supply chain team

- Owning inventory; Creating and allocating material to match individual study demand & maintaining accurate stock keeping records

Core Competencies:

- Change Leadership: Ability to lead transformation, inspire others, and sustain momentum through ambiguity.

- End-to-End Supply Chain Thinking: Holistic understanding of planning, sourcing, manufacturing, logistics, and customer service linkages.

- High Energy and Resilience: Sustained drive, adaptability, and persistence in fast-paced, evolving environments.

- Planning & Prioritization: Builds feasible, optimized plans under constraint.

- Collaboration: Works effectively with clinical Study Leaders, Clinical Supply Program Leaders, manufacturing, quality, external supplier, logistics and finance stakeholders.

- Continuous Improvement: Uses KPIs to identify risks and reduce waste.

- Compliance Mindset: Applies SHE/GMP rigor in day-to-day activities.

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AstraZeneca embraces diversity and equality of opportunity.  We are committed to building an inclusive and diverse team representing all backgrounds, with as wide a range of perspectives as possible, and harnessing industry-leading skills.  We believe that the more inclusive we are, the better our work will be.  We welcome and consider applications to join our team from all qualified candidates, regardless of their characteristics.  We comply with all applicable laws and regulations on non-discrimination in employment (and recruitment), as well as work authorization and employment eligibility verification requirements.