Are you looking for an opportunity to drive the distribution planning cycle and lead the strategic development and improvement process?  If so, this is the role for you.

As Site Launch and Change Control Specialist you will be responsible for ensuring all pack design changes (New Product Introductions (NPIs), Product Transfers, and Site Changes) in support of pack changes and packaging supply goals for NA, Europe, Japan, and External Supply Pharma sites are achieved, aligned to compliance and regulatory requirements.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career.  These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Assess new pack request changes and verify creation of artwork in the GPM system.

• Initiate site change requests in the GPM system for Packs, Specifications and Drawings as requested by Pack technologists.

• To fully evaluate all pack, change requests and co-ordinate the site impact assessment with Pack Technologists, QA, Operations Planning, NPS Team Leads and Regulatory Compliance.

• Use the GPM system and Acrobat to manage the annotation, circulation, collaborative review and approval of proposed pack/artwork changes.

• To collaborate via the weekly change meeting with all key functional areas, to ensure that all matters relating to changes are fully discussed, understood and communicated and that activities are carried out to ensure security of supply to commercial customers.

• To ensure that all change order tasks are completed against the activity target dates in the GPM system workflow plan.

• To Create and activate site Bill of Materials (BOM) in SAP and GPM System.

• Receive and evaluate all SAP master data create and change requests.

• Initiate an SAP notification workflow plan to create or change SAP master data in collaboration with data owners, providers and maintainers.

• To create and approve lifecycle changes and trigger deletions of obsolete packs /components resulting from new pack introduction or pack change, in SAP, GPM system, and other supply chain systems.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• High School Diploma or GED

• 3+ years’ experience in distribution and supply chain

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Associates degree in Logistics/Supply Chain

• APICS Certification, Black or Green Belt, Lean Sigma Certification

• Ability to manage multiple projects and deadlines effectively and respond to changes in priority.

• Knowledge of SAP (appropriate MRP system), Agile, and interdependencies

• Ability to work effectively in a matrix organization across geographies and cultures.

• Strong Communication skills (presentations, meetings, conference calls, etc.) to ensure clear, concise, well-structured communication that is easily understood by a variety of stakeholders.

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Please visit  GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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