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Supply Chain Leadership Degree Apprenticeship - Logistics and Clinical Supply
At AstraZeneca, we put patients first and strive to meet their unmet needs worldwide. We’re deeply committed to our strategy of being a great place to work. For us, that includes fostering an environment where everyone can be among inclusive, supportive individuals with curious minds.
A company that genuinely follows the science and values individuals at all levels, you’ll be backed and encouraged to speak up, ask questions, and share ideas to push the boundaries of science and continuously learn and explore.
Make the start of your journey a life changing one!
As part of our Early Talent Programme, you’ll be involved in projects and learning opportunities that have real impact from day one.
Being part of our journey and helping us to provide life changing medicine to patients all over the world and transform lives for the better. Making important contributions and embracing our values to deliver on our purpose. Because regardless of role or level, we all have an important part to play in making a positive difference.
Cambridge
Cambridge is one of the most exciting bioscience hotspots in the world. The Discovery Centre (DISC), located at the heart of the Cambridge Biomedical Campus, is designed to play a central role in our mission to deliver life-changing medicines to patients. As our largest research and development centre in the UK, it will have more than 2,000 people working across therapy areas and drug discovery and development once fully occupied.
About the Apprenticeship Programme
We are offering an apprenticeship within our Logistics and Clinical Supply (LCS) team to be based at the newly built global research headquarters in Cambridge. The LCS team support the manufacture, labelling and delivery of investigational medicinal product (IMP) for human trials at hospitals, universities, and private clinics around the world. A successful candidate will assume responsibilities for design, planning and delivery of clinical trial supply. As part of the role, you will develop an understanding for how the supply of medicines within clinical trials are controlled and regulated, how information technology is used to manage the medical Supply Chain and how the delivery of trial medicines fits into the broader clinical trial process and the wider pharmaceutical industry, from discovering a new medicine right up to launching a medicine on the market.
You will be trained to contribute actively to multiple project teams in addition to providing support across the department. You will ultimately be expected to assume responsibility for tasks such as:
- Creating supply requests and distribution plans to prepare for new clinical trials.
- Analysing forecasted and historical data to help develop a supply strategy.
- Coordinating trial progress with external contracted companies in multiple time zones
- Monitoring and managing global inventory to enable continued supply for planned and ongoing clinical trials.
- Identifying, communicating, and managing opportunities and risks
- Coordinating international shipment of medicine between depots and Clinical trial sites
- Managing documentation to ensure compliance with international regulations and departments such as the MHRA in the UK
- Working independently with minimal supervision
- Presenting and providing reports to senior management as required
Training and Development
AstraZeneca will sponsor you through your Supply Chain Leadership degree with Aston University
The apprenticeship combines working, earning a full-time salary, with fully funded part-time university learning (on average 1 day/week). This will give you the opportunity to gain a Supply Chain Leadership degree, just as you would if you went to university full-time, with the advantage of gaining relevant work-life skills and the excitement of helping to develop new medicines whilst taking your first steps towards a rewarding career.
We truly value Early Talent– their thoughts, ideas and contributions. So throughout the programme, you’ll be encouraged and inspired to speak up, have a voice and make an impact.
Skills and Capabilities
- Good communication & team working skills
- High organisation skills and confidence to work independently
- The ability to apply a rational approach to problem solving; making judgments based on sound reasoning, approaching problems in a logical manner
- Concerns for Standards
- High numeracy, digital and literacy skills
- Self-motivation & able to work on own initiative
Entry Requirements
- 5 GCSEs Grades 9-4 including minimum 6 grade in Maths, English and preferably a Science subject or business subject
- To have achieved or predicted to achieve 3 A-Levels at Grade C or equivalent
About AstraZeneca
We are a global pharmaceutical company with a major UK presence. Our purpose is to push the boundaries of science to deliver life-changing medicines. The best way we can help patients is to be science-led and share this passion with the scientific, healthcare and business communities of the UK.
We’re curious about science and the advancement of knowledge. We find creative ways to approach new challenges. We’re driven to make the right choices and be accountable for our actions.
As an organisation centred around what makes us human, we put a big focus on people. Across our business, we want colleagues to wake up excited about their day at the office, in the field, or in the lab. Along with our purpose to bring life-changing medicines to people across the globe, we have a promise to you: to help you realise the full breadth of your potential. Here, you’ll do work that has the potential to change your life and improve countless others. And, together with your team, you’ll shape a culture that unites and inspires us every day.
There are many career paths and programmes available to you, whatever your level of study.
How to apply
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Please note that applications may close before the application deadline, so apply early to avoid disappointment.
