Cabotegravir Sales & Operations Planning Lead - ViiV 12 Month Fixed Term Contract

Why ViiV

ViiV Healthcare is a global specialty HIV company, the only company that is 100% focused on researching and delivering new medicines for people living with, and at risk of, HIV. ViiV is highly mission-driven in our unrelenting commitment to leave no person living with HIV behind. We do this by being a trusted partner for all people living with and affected by HIV.

Our aim is to think, act, and connect differently through a focus on education and treatment. We go to extraordinary lengths to deliver the sorts of breakthroughs, both in treatments, care solutions and communities, that really count. We go beyond the boundaries of medicine by taking a holistic approach to HIV through developing and supporting sustainable community programs and improving access to care.  We will push through every challenge until HIV/AIDS is eradicated.

We are aware of how much is at stake for those affected by HIV and we show up every day 100% committed to the patients. Our work culture is fast-paced, diverse, inclusive, competitive, and caring. But ViiV isn’t just somewhere to work – it’s a place to belong, an invitation to bring your very best, and a team full of impact-driven team members who are eager to make a difference.

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Cabotegravir Supply Lead within the ViiV Supply Chain team.  In this role you will lead the Cabotegravir Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process and governance forum and oversee the implementation of key cabotegravir programmes to ensure ViiV delivers on the ambition for patients who need Cabotegravir Long Acting and to do the right thing. 

You will be responsible for consolidation of the cabotegravir global demand across multiple sources for both Treatment and PrEP indications and total capacity picture by interacting with the key supply partners. You will represent ViiV Supply Chain in specific projects which have the potential to impact cabotegravir demand and will oversee the delivery of key programmes both internally and externally on cabotegravir and rilpivirine long acting.

You will ensure effectiveness of the governance process that proactively assesses trade-offs to balance demand and supply, and you will contribute by presenting relevant information to support stage-gated decisions and implement allocation principles (if necessary). 

Key Responsibilities

Your key deliverable is assurance of supply continuity in the near to mid-term for cabotegravir containing products through a robust governance process covering all cabotegravir supply and demand. Your key responsibilities will be:

• Engage and build relationships with a diverse set of ViiV stakeholders across Global Commercial, Access, Medical/Clinical, etc at Leadership-1 and -2 level to understand the variable and complex set of cabotegravir demand sources, each of with different external drivers – Business growth, public health, pipeline progression

• Engage and build relationships with key external supply partners in GSC and with other third-party suppliers (e.g. Janssen through existing governance forums) on delivery of our ambition through comprehension of key capacity-impacting projects or events in the product lifecycle of the highly complex cabotegravir and rilpivirine manufacturing processes.

• Effectively structure and coordinate the Cabotegravir S&OP governance meetings attended by senior representatives of ViiV Healthcare and GSK Global Supply Chain; deploying ViiV Enhance tools to reach clear outcomes.

• Consolidate required inputs from multiple sources across the business to prepare Cabotegravir S&OP inputs that facilitate effective decision-making on the LRF horizon.  This might include identifying improvements for demand consolidation and mapping new sources of demand.

• Effectively communicate key outcomes from the Cabotegravir S&OP meeting upward to ViiV Global S&OP for decision-making and then rapidly cascade governance outcomes, all to the monthly drumbeat of our Core Commercial Cycle  

• Represent ViiV Supply Chain in other key strategic business projects on Cabotegravir LA and translate impact of projects on demand and capacity.

• Become a contributing member of ViiV Supply Chain RMCB; proactively anticipate and manage any significant cabotegravir supply risks, recommending actions to the ViiV Senior Management as appropriate

Why You?

This role provides you with an opportunity to grow your networks across ViiV Healthcare and GSK Supply Chain, with visibility to a range of senior cross-functional stakeholders (particularly in ViiV), working across the enterprise with laser focus on a single specific asset. You will test your communication skills on a highly complex topic as part of a supportive team who are dedicated to delivering ViiV’s mission to leave no person living with HIV behind.

Basic Qualifications

• Degree level of a relevant field –supply chain, finance operational or business management

• Must have pharmaceutical background preferably in at least two operational roles

• Must understand principles of supply chain, demand generation and the systems and processes underpinning both; ideal to understand ViiV ways of working and have an excellent network across GSK and ViiV

• Detailed knowledge of the Core Commercial Cycle, finance, supply chain and logistics activities related to demand and capacity

• Project management experience / highly organised to deliver change

• Excellent critical thinking, analytical and decision-making skills

• Strong interpersonal skills and capable of building relationship aligned with excellent communication

• Problem solving abilities suitable for handling highly complex inputs across logistics, technical / engineering, quality, regulatory and operations

Preferred Qualifications

• Inspiring Change

• Making things happen/implementation

• Influencing at all levels

• Cultural awareness

Interested in Joining the Team?

Please apply via our online portal providing your CV and Cover Letter.
(Please take a personal copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available online post closure of the advert)

Closing Date: COP 31st August 2024

Hybrid working applies to this role, with ViiV expectation of 2-3 days per week being office based at London HQ.

As this is a temporary secondment role we are only able to consider applications from UK based employees. Due to the holiday period interviews are expected to start end of Aug &/or 1st week in Sept.

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

Discover more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK on our webpage Life at GSK | GSK

Why Us?

At ViiV Healthcare, we will not rest until we leave no person living with HIV behind. Until the 39 million people living with HIV is down to zero, we will continue searching for new ways to limit the impact of HIV. 

We are the only pharmaceutical company solely focused on combating, preventing, and ultimately eradicating HIV and AIDS. At ViiV Healthcare, we do things differently. Born out of a partnership between GSK and Pfizer in 2009, with Shionogi joining in 2012, we are determined to help end the HIV epidemic. We are guided by our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind and it is this mission that unites our employees located across the globe. We combine expertise in research, manufacturing, policy and more to push the boundaries of what people think is possible in HIV treatment and care. As a result of our connection with GSK, we are able to draw on their proud history and resources. This means that you would receive all the employee benefits offered by GSK.

Living our mission of leaving no person living with HIV behind means keeping inclusion and diversity at the heart of everything we do - from our breakthrough innovation, to our diverse portfolio of medicines as well as the work we do to partner with HIV communities. Having a diverse team and a truly inclusive culture where we’re all able to be ourselves and feel like we belong will make us an even stronger team, better able to perform as a business and deliver on our mission to leave no person living with HIV behind.

ViiV is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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