Associate Director - Category Supply Planner

Posted date Jun. 11, 2026

Contract type Full time

Job ID R\-254226

• *Why choose AstraZeneca India?**
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Help push the boundaries of science to deliver life\-changing medicines to patients. After 45 years in India, we’re continuing to secure a future where everyone can access affordable, sustainable, innovative healthcare.

The part you play in our business will be challenging, yet rewarding, requiring you to use your resilient, collaborative and diplomatic skillsets to make connections. The majority of your work will be field based, and will require you to be highly\-organised, planning your monthly schedule, attending meetings and calls, as well as writing up reports.

• *Who do we look for?**
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Calling all tech innovators, ownership takers, challenge seekers and proactive collaborators. At AstraZeneca, breakthroughs born in the lab become transformative medicine for the world's most complex diseases. We empower people like you to push the boundaries of science, challenge convention, and unleash your entrepreneurial spirit. You'll embrace differences and take bold actions to drive the change needed to meet global healthcare and sustainability challenges.

Here, diverse minds and bold disruptors can meaningfully impact the future of healthcare using cutting\-edge technology. Whether you join us in Bengaluru or Chennai, you can make a tangible impact within a global biopharmaceutical company that invests in your future. Join a talented global team that's powering AstraZeneca to better serve patients every day.

• *Success Profile**
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Ready to make an impact in your career? If you're passionate, growth\-orientated and a true team player, we'll help you succeed. Here are some of the skills and capabilities we look for.

### **Tech innovators**

Make a greater impact through our digitally enabled enterprise. Use your skills in data and technology to transform and optimise our operations, helping us deliver meaningful work that changes lives.

### **Ownership takers**

If you're a self\-aware self\-starter who craves autonomy, AstraZeneca provides the perfect environment to take ownership and grow. Here, you'll feel empowered to lead and reach excellence at every level — with unrivalled support when you need it.

### **Challenge seekers**

Adapting and advancing our progress means constantly challenging the status quo. In this dynamic environment where everything we do has urgency and focus, you'll have the ability to show up, speak up and confidently take smart risks.

### **Proactive collaborators**

Your unique perspectives make our ambitions and capabilities possible. Our culture of sharing ideas, learning and improving together helps us consistently set the bar higher. As a proactive collaborator, you'll seek out ways to bring people together to achieve their best.

• *Responsibilities**
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• *Job ID** R\-254226 **Date posted** 06/11/2026
• *Job Title: Associate Director\-Category supply planner**
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Introduction to role

Are you ready to orchestrate critical materials across a global network so life\-changing medicines reach patients without interruption? Do you see yourself turning capacity constraints into resilient plans that keep service high and inventories optimized? This role sits above site, crafting how materials flow across multiple brands and suppliers, and ensuring our complex pipeline moves from molecule to medicine at pace.

You will lead materials planning for a sophisticated, high\-impact category across a 3–24 month horizon, balancing global demand and supply while driving visibility, resilience, and performance. Working across internal manufacturing sites and external partners, you will deploy core planning processes, lead consensus forums, and turn data into clear decisions that safeguard our network. Your leadership will directly protect patient service, optimize working capital, and enable new products to scale.

• *Accountabilities**
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• Ensure supply is secured in a 3 to 24 month timeframe. Optimize inventory and align with 0–13 week site plans to meet customer service levels.
• Integrated Planning Deployment: Partner with global planning and internal sites to implement inventory design, forecasting, visibility, capacity planning, and scenario planning that drive network\-wide decisions.
• Critical Materials Consensus: Lead the materials supply consensus in line with the planning calendar, resolve exceptions, bring up risks, and ensure site plans reflect agreed solutions.
• Network Issue Resolution: Lead resolution of supply or capacity issues at suppliers impacting multiple sites and brands; align with network planning to define scenarios for decision\-making.
• Global MRP and Capacity Forecast: Lead all aspects of worldwide materials needs and capacity projection for essential suppliers to direct supply commitments and risk posture.
• Supplier and Site Collaboration: Work closely with critical suppliers and supply sites to maintain robust material flow, collate OTIF data, and set appropriate safety stocks for high\-risk materials.
• Supplier Performance Governance: Run a strong supplier performance cadence with weekly and monthly reviews to drive accountability and improvement.
• Business Continuity: Understand and apply business continuity strategies; implement actions to protect supply of critical materials.
• Network Engagement: Build strong links with the site planning community; lead regular supply and demand discussions to capture market and brand dynamics and reflect them in site forecasts and supplier S\&OP.

• *Essential Skills/Experience**
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• A degree or equivalent in Business, Logistics, Sciences or Engineering is preferred; equivalent experience will be taken into account.
• 10\+ years of prior experience in Supply Chain Environment (Manufacturing, Planning, \& Procurement).
• Proficient in complex supply chain planning encompassing inventory, capacity, and network aspects.
• Capacity management \& modelling.
• Strong process improvement expertise and operational experience with ERP/APS systems.
• Understanding of supply chain planning parameters, master data and master data integrity \& quality is a must.
• Strong competence in supplier contract T\&C, SLA (Service Level Agreement), and MSA (Master Supply Agreement).
• Experience in managing and developing solutions for supply chain events is needed.
• Proven leadership and influencing skills in a cross\-functional environment.
• Experience in collaboration with key interfaces within the end\-to\-end supply chain, with manufacturing, supply chain, procurement and commercial functions – experience working with third\-party suppliers.
• Digital savvy (data \& system minded), proficient in using key Lean tools, and excellent communication and collaboration skills to manage a broad range of internal and external partners.

• *Desirable Skills/Experience**
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• Robust understanding of and contributing to an S\&OP process.
• Sophisticated supply chain (capacity and inventory) planning skills.
• APICS/CSCP or equivalent certification.
• Lean certification.
• Leadership experience.

• *Why AstraZeneca**
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Here you will connect bold science with disciplined execution to make a tangible difference for patients. We bring unexpected teams into the same room to spark new solutions, combining modern digital tools, Lean ways of working, and real\-time data to run an agile, global supply network. You will gain hands\-on influence across a complex pipeline, with opportunities to lead, learn, and experiment as we scale new modalities and smarter factories. We value kindness alongside ambition, blend in\-person collaboration with flexibility, and back our people with investment in technology and capability building—while driving a sustainability agenda that pushes toward zero carbon operations and a carbon\-negative value chain. Your decisions will directly shape how quickly and reliably medicines reach those who need them most.

• *Call to Action**
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Step forward to lead critical materials planning at global scale—take ownership of this opportunity and help us deliver more medicines to patients, faster!

• *Date Posted**

10\-Jun\-2026

• *Closing Date**

23\-Jun\-2026

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.

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• *Reasons to Join**
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### **Thomas Mathisen**

There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.

Sales Representative Oslo, Norway

There are many things I enjoy when working at AstraZeneca, mainly the Speak up culture, the great colleagues that are in my teams, the great products that AstraZeneca provides to our patients and the challenging conversations I have around our medicines.

### **Christine Recchio**

Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work\-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.

Sales Representative California, United States

Working at AstraZeneca has impacted my life in such a positive way. I now have an improved work\-life balance through creating my own schedule and time management, I feel a balance that I didn’t have before.

### **Stephanie Ling**

There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.

Sales Representative Petaling Jaya, Malaysia

There are a lot of reasons why I enjoy working in AstraZeneca, my colleagues being one of them. My team members and the managers have provided a great deal of guidance in helping me to be more confident in my daily work.

• *What we offer**
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We're driven by our shared values of serving people, society and the planet. Our people make this possible, which is why we prioritise diversity, safety, empowerment and collaboration. Discover what a career at AstraZeneca could mean for you.

### **Lifelong learning**

Our development opportunities are second to none. You'll have the chance to grow your abilities, skills and knowledge constantly as you accelerate your career. From leadership projects and constructive coaching to overseas talent exchanges and global collaboration programmes, you'll never stand still.

### **Autonomy and reward**

Experience the power of shaping your career how you want to. We are a high\-performing learning organisation with autonomy over how we learn. Make big decisions, learn from your mistakes and continue growing — with performance\-based rewards as part of the package.

### **Health and wellbeing**

An energised work environment is only possible when our people have a healthy work\-life balance and are supported for their individual needs. That's why we have a dedicated team to ensure your physical, financial and psychological wellbeing is a top priority.

### **Inclusion and diversity**

Diversity and inclusion are embedded in everything we do. We're at our best and most creative when drawing on our different views, experiences and strengths. That's why we're committed to creating a workplace where everyone can thrive in a culture of respect, collaboration and innovation.