Director, Site Operations Procurement; Frederick Manufacturing Center Lead

Role Overview

Director, Site Operations Procurement is the senior procurement leader for the Frederick Manufacturing Center (FMC), a large-scale Bulk Drug Substance (BDS) site with multiple manufacturing trains and significant expansion plans over the next five years. The role owns end‑to‑end site spend and value delivery, partners closely with site leadership to enable reliable operations and growth, and leads the local procurement team to implement global category strategies while owning local supplier sourcing and supplier relationship management (SRM).

Serve as a strong influencer among executives, opinion drivers, and key stakeholders. Combine superior negotiation skills, business acumen, communication, and group facilitation skills with the ability to promote an inclusive high‑performing culture to ensure business needs are met or surpassed.

• Enable site performance and growth: Provide strategic and operational procurement leadership to support reliable BDS manufacturing across multiple trains and deliver on the expansion roadmap.
• Own site spend and value: Be accountable for total site spend (direct, indirect, and capital where in scope), driving supply delivery, savings, risk mitigation, and supplier‑enabled innovation including alignment to Finance on recognized savings and forecast accuracy, working capital improvement, and TCO‑based decision making.
• Align global, deliver local: Support the implementation of global category strategies; lead local sourcing and SRM for site‑specific suppliers and contracts.

• Americas Procurement leadership & cross‑site value: Member of the Americas Procurement Leadership Team; collaborate with US site leads to harmonize strategies and deliver cross‑site value, leveraging scale to accelerate Source to Contract and sustainability in line with AZ’s procurement 2‑2‑2 strategy ($2BN in effective savings; 2x the speed of source to contract; 2mtCO2 scope 3 reduction pathway confirmed with suppliers).
• Operations partnering & stakeholder engagement: Embed with the Site Heads, leadership team, and core functions (Manufacturing, MSAT, Quality, Engineering/Projects, Supply Chain/Planning, EH&S, Facilities, Finance, Legal); drive early procurement engagement in planning and capital approvals, translate operational needs into sourcing plans, and communicate priorities, risks, and outcomes to enable fast, compliant decisions.
• Strategy & spend ownership: Establish the site procurement strategy with integrated financial targets (productivity, inflation management), supply chain resilience objectives (dual sourcing, OTIF), and Facilities/Engineering reliability outcomes (asset uptime, cost per asset).
• Global category collaboration and localization: Partner with Global Category Leads to understand strategy and co‑translate it into site‑specific execution plans that meet site needs while delivering category goals; align on preferred suppliers, standards, contracts, and wave plans, and provide clear site demand signals, constraints, and readiness inputs to shape category designs.
• Local sourcing & SRM: Lead sourcing and SRM for local suppliers, including performance reviews, risk mitigation, lifecycle management, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Capital projects & Engineering collaboration: Establish & operate a size‑based CAPEX RACI with the Global Engineering Category Team—Global leads major capital initiatives and site Procurement leads smaller projects—ensuring alignment to global standards, preferred suppliers, and local compliance.
• Compliance & governance: Ensure adherence to AZ Code of Ethics, SHE standards, Financial Control Framework, Sarbanes‑Oxley, and applicable US regulations (cGMP, OSHA/EPA, labor).
• Risk & assurance: Lead site procurement risk management, including supply assurance, business continuity, dual sourcing where feasible, and proactive lifecycle management of critical suppliers and materials.
• Performance management: Set and report KPIs (e.g., savings, compliance, on‑time delivery, supplier quality, cycle time, risk indicators); maintain value tracking in the procurement value database and support annual budgeting (MTP).
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