Job Purpose

To support the creation, execution, implementation and management of comprehensive global sourcing strategies for Bioscience Materials.

Key Responsibilities:

• Under supervision or independently manages or supports one or more categories/commodities
• May work across multiple countries requiring high cultural awareness, but operate with medium to lower spend
• Manages medium to low complexity spend categories

Strategy Development

• Lead the development, management and execution of comprehensive strategies on a global, regional or local basis that deliver the business requirements across assurance of supply, quality, service, cost and innovation

Strategy Implementation

• Negotiates contracts with suppliers that secure favourable terms for procurement of goods and services contracts in line with the agreed business requirements.
• Lead strategic relationships with critical suppliers providing secure and cost-effective sources for relevant commodities.
• Lead and implement key projects to support savings delivery or risk mitigation

Business partnering & stakeholder management in GSK

• Build strategic relationships with GSK stakeholders, to understand business requirements, identify opportunities to create value and to position Procurement’s value proposition. Align sourcing strategies accordingly
• Represent the category on relevant strategy development and supply chain forums

External supplier relationships

• Researches, evaluates and selects suppliers
• Manage the supply base for the categories within scope through a robust performance management process. Ensure supplier performance is understood and measured

Supply chain & risk management

• Knows the sourcing group management process and policies; assesses risk
• Lead development and implementation of Risk Mitigation strategies to ensure security of supply.
• Awareness and adherence to risk/ regulatory/ compliance requirements
• Balance both strategic and operational requirements, managing any supply interruptions that may occur
• Contract planning, negotiation, execution, interpretation and maintenance; supports the negotiation process, maintains contracts and relationships

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

• University Degree Procurement, Business, Finance, or supply chain
• 3-5 years of operational Procurement experience across multiple categories of spend particularly with respect to developing & implementing strategies, stakeholder management and supplier relationship management and some experience of regulated environments
• Demonstrated experience in influencing strategy and managing across multiple geographies and supply chains
• Good understanding of Procurement tools such as sourcing, quotation analysis, contract negotiation, supplier review, supplier development and others
• Good Ability to motivate and inspire colleagues, and work in partnership with others to drive, implement and support change
• Good ability to manage sensitive partnerships, strong influencing and stakeholder partnering skills coupled with excellent negotiation and communication skills
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – fluent English
• Good knowledge of finance (cost benchmark & financial audit with key supplier) and legal matters (contracting)
• Experience on Risk management
• Demonstrated experience in managing global/ regional projects
• Good experience in negotiation and contracting

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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