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Macclesfield, Gb

Cheshire, England, United Kingdom

Responsible for the strategy, design & deployment of the People capability & culture agenda. Creating Capability Frameworks and Learning solutions for the Procurement network. Partnering with the business and HR to support the people & talent strategy. Leading the Portfolio & Project team and culture agenda to support ways of working following significant transformation relating to changed op model, processes & systems.

Alderley Park, Cheshire

At AstraZeneca we are preparing for accelerated growth. Our organisation and systems need to be in the best shape possible to maximise each and every opportunity, on a journey to deliver excellence in financial operations and insight. Our Finance Transformation Programme builds on our simplification foundations and moves us to the next level of efficiency. The programme creates a modern, flexible and integrated financial platform, bringing together and simplifying our processes, policies, data, systems and organisation. As the Global Culture Change & L&D Lead for Finance, I led on the design and deployment of all people related culture and capability initiatives to support our Global Finance Transformation programme. Working on the design of the future state of our finance function, I designed & deployed the strategies & learning programmes to achieve our culture change & ensure successful behaviour change associated with this transformation.

Alderley Park

Supporting global business areas with HR solutions. Responsible for HR support in Finance, Investor Relations and Strategic Partnering Business Development (SPBD) which is a globally integrated cross business organisation, formed to provide AZ with a leading edge capability for licensing, collaborations, mergers and acquisitions to strengthen our portfolio. Providing a specialist role in the following areas: Employee Relations, Performance Development, Reward Management, Benefits Administration and Recruitment.

Cheshire

Project leading a global R&D culture change programme addressing positive mindsets and behavioural change, designed to increase portfolio value and deliver more meaningful medicines. Responsible for working closely with senior stakeholders to design and deliver the culture agenda to support innovation and improve productivity.

Alderley Park

Supporting Site Operations employees through general HR queries, business change, performance management, capability uplift, Union consultation etc.

Recruitment Partner in Human Resources supporting Discovery recruitment. Experience of supporting Corporate Functions and Enabling, Global External Sourcing (Operations) and Finance. Responsible for working closely with hiring managers across the business, delivering recruiting strategies that will meet AZ’s evolving needs. Management responability of 2 Recruitment Cordinators

AchievementsPromoted to Senior Consultant in shortest time frame possible (15 months)Ranked 3rd of 15 consultants for most revenue generated (2003)Average billing of £60,000/quarter against a new target of £54,000Exceeded all set targets in the Southern territoryBuilt up a patch from the South to cover Northern EnglandGiven additional responsibility to conduct campaigns and manage accounts (Schering Plough and GSK)Responsible for 2 major account wins Roche and Orion (2003 and 2004) generating £125,000 in new business with Orion (2004)Representing the first and only consultant to ever achieve Senior Consultant in the Edinburgh office, given additional responsibility to manage team in the absence of a manager.Awarded team player of the month on several occasionsAs the 'Product Champion', responsible for relaying information on new products to the rest of the team

This role was to challenge the defence organisations monopoly on the liability insurance by all Doctors and Dentists. Involved in generating quotes for insurance premiums and building mutually beneficial long lasting relationships with the client.AchievementsBy strong influencing skills, developed my territory to a ranking of #1 in sales closed (out of 4). Responsible for developing and introducing the student programme into teaching hospitals, this idea was rolled out to the region for brand awareness.

was to establish and sell wound care products within hospitals and primary care trusts by demonstrating and training healthcare professionals on product use. Also responsible for managing 3 part -time medical representatives.

responsible for the sales performance of products in Southwest of England. AchievementsConsistently exceeded Sales Versus Target for lead productGiven a permanent headcount position with MSD based on performance.Initiated and implemented the Healthy Heart audit on territory, idea was rolled out to team.Product champion, responsible for collating information on competitor products, reviewing clinical papers and summarising for the team.

Bsc(Hons), Biochemistry And Immunology

Activities and Societies: ABPI

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