Site Name: UK - County Durham - Barnard Castle
Posted Date: Jan 3 2025
Global Supply Chain Planner
GSK is transforming its Supply Chain to align with best-in-class performance. To achieve this, the organization will be required to deliver an integrated end-to-end Supply Chain, aligned to the business objectives.
Reporting to the Global Supply Chain Planning Lead, the successful candidate will be responsible for planning a group of resources for the Global Supply Chain from production to the point of sale. He/she will perform Rough Cut Capacity Planning for the resources, maintain accurate planning parameters in the system and handover an optimal, achievable supply plan to the Global Site Production Scheduler for execution.
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.
In this role you will
* Develop an optimal, achievable supply plan for an SKU subset, aligned to a manufacturing resource, or group of resources, for the full planning horizon.
* Lead the handover of the Supply Plan to Site Production execution and Scheduling.
* Manage the order book to the point of sale (ex-GSK) liaising with the Therapy SC Managers to gather regional intelligence to support decisions on supply plan priorities.
* Own the input to the Supply Review Meeting (SRM) as part of the Core Commercial Cycle.
* Maintain accurate supply planning parameters in the ERP system, through all supply nodes, in line with the inventory and service policies, accountable for updating the FRS. Review the demonstrated performance against SC design.
* Execute and support inventory optimization activities with the Global SC Planning Lead and TSCM.
Basic Qualifications & Skills:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:
* Degree level qualification or demonstrated experience of working in a supply chain role within a pharmaceutical or FMCG environment.
* Experienced in the use of SAP, including data parameterization to drive planning outcomes.
* Advanced level Excel skills.
* Problem-solving skills with the ability to pull together multiple data sources to reach decisions directly impacting supply to customers.
* Ability to connect and influence multiple stakeholders across various disciplines including finance, quality, technical, production & scheduling to drive performance.
* Continuous improvement mindset to drive supply chain performance in the areas of service and inventory.
Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:
* In-depth knowledge of supply planning processes operating over 0-36 month horizon including rough-cut capacity planning and inventory management.
Closing Date for Applications – 20th January 2025 (COB)
Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.
When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.
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.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent.
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