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Site Name: UK - County Durham - Barnard Castle
Posted Date: Jan 10 2025
Closing Date for Applications: 24th January (COB)
Site Procurement Manager
The Global Procurement Site team is responsible for Procurement across all the GSK manufacturing Sites for Pharma, Vaccines and Consumer. The team covers Direct and Indirect spend, focusing on the creation and execution of Procurement strategies by creating strong relationships with stakeholders at different levels within the Site.
Procurement is accountable for establishing and nurturing value-focused relationships with third parties. The Site Procurement Manager (SPM) partners with the local Site team to drive and support all dimensions of Procurement delivery. At a strategic level, the SPM aligns with the Site Leadership Team, ensuring the Site business needs and priorities are understood and supported by Global Category Procurement teams, contributing to the strategic management of key suppliers. From a tactical perspective, the SPM supports the local Procurement team in operational management, implementation of sourcing strategies, and other global projects, ensuring daily needs and transactional activities are executed in accordance with GSK's policies and SOPs.
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 practices; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.
In this role you will:
* Develop and propose long and short-term plans to improve Procurement processes to enhance the overall performance of the Site.
* Manage interfaces between Procurement and the Site, balancing the expectations of both Procurement and Site stakeholders.
* Develop and manage the Site supply base to meet GSK's requirements: assurance of supply, quality, regulatory, service, cost, and innovation to control costs in a fast-moving environment.
* Manage the development of a long-term vision for all local purchasing categories to support GSK's growth.
* Actively develop, negotiate, and maintain contracts for specific Categories.
* Secure the supply chain through integrating a risk management approach as a foundation of Procurement mission.
Qualifications & Skills:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
* Bachelor's degree.
* Several years of operational Procurement experience across multiple categories of spend and some experience in regulated environments.
* Good understanding of Procurement tools such as sourcing, quotation analysis, contract negotiation, supplier review, and supplier development.
* Ability to motivate and inspire colleagues, working in partnership with others to drive, implement and support change.
* Ability to manage sensitive partnerships, with strong influencing and stakeholder partnering skills coupled with excellent negotiation and communication skills.
* Good knowledge of finance (cost benchmark & financial audit with key supplier) and legal matters (contracting) and experience in Risk management.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:
* Experience working in a matrix business environment.
* Ability to work in a high-pressure environment, often under tight deadlines.
* Good acumen of corporate business norms and requirements; broad understanding of Procurement activities; ability to adapt quickly to new topics and responsibilities.
* Good understanding of external environment & supplier relationship models.
* Exceptional communication and influencing skills across internal GSK teams and external suppliers globally.
* Ability to operate and influence across all business units and multiple disciplines.
Why GSK?
GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines, focusing on the science of the immune system and investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/immunology, and oncology).
Our success depends on our people. 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.
Equal Opportunity Employer
GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are open to all talent and adhere to Affirmative Action principles.
As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information which is entirely voluntary. This information will assist us in considering a diverse pool of qualified candidates.
Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies: GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies without prior written authorization.
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