I am the Tower Lead for Global Supply Chain & 策略(GSC&S) and External Supply Manufacturing (ESM) at our 全球创新 & Technology Centre in Guadalajara, 墨西哥. 我有责任 building and leading a high performing team that supports our Global 操作 as we focus on our digital journey to support the company’s bold ambition by 2030 and continue to deliver our life-changing medicines to our patients worldwide.

澳门葡京赌博游戏的GSC&S and ESM teams in Guadalajara are co-located with Global IT. I am fostering a strong collaboration between our teams by promoting the use of data analytics, data science and artificial intelligence to support our journey towards realising our world-class supply chain.

Over the course of nearly two decades at AstraZeneca, I have led diverse areas and projects, 来自资本支出, 新产品发布, technology transfer and supply chain establishment. Although the projects can all be really different in nature, all of them were always focused on our patients.

I am passionate about developing our people and building high performing teams, ensuring that we all have a clear understanding of our strategic direction and helping everybody to understand how their day-to-day activities help us achieve our bold ambition and improve patients’ lives.

I earned a post-graduate degree in Process Industry Business Management from the University of Warwick, UK and a bachelor’s degree in industrial Robotics Engineering from the National Polytechnic Institute, 墨西哥.

What excites me the most about my work is being part of a team that leverages digital and AI to take smart decisions, creating a self-healing supply chain that is ready for the future challenges in a volatile and complex environment, and ensuring that we keep delivering our life changing medicines to the millions of patients worldwide on time.

Gerardo Teja RiveraTower Lead for Global Supply Chain & Strategy and External Supply Manufacturing, Guadalajara GITC, AstraZeneca
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Tower Lead for Global Supply Chain & Strategy and External Supply Manufacturing, Guadalajara GITC, AstraZeneca

Support our Supply Growth Ambition in Emerging Markets

Created and implemented the business case to transfer the packaging of a blockbuster medicine to a manufacturing site in 墨西哥, doubling the growth of the Mexican market and reaching over one million patients with type-2 diabetes (2021-2023)

Made for the World – Our Vaccine Commitment

Established the Latin American supply chain for our COVID vaccine. Supported the delivery of over 100 million doses to patients in the Latin American region. (2020-2022)

Manufacturing Site Technology Upgrade

Led the transformation of technology at our manufacturing site in Lomas Verdes, 墨西哥. Upgraded existing packaging technology with state-of-the-art equipment; transferred a portfolio of over 200 SKUs without any supply disruptions and delivered productivity benefits. (2015-2019)

Veeva ID: Z4-66028
Date of preparation: July 2024