Job Description

Respiratory & Micronising Value Stream DirectorThe posting period will end on the 20th of April in 2025This is a site-based role at Ware, UKThis is a truly exciting opportunity to be part of the Site Leadership Team (SLT) at the Ware site, GSK. At the Global Supply Chain (GSC) Ware site, we have a heritage in making innovative medicines for diseases like asthma, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), HIV and cancer.An exciting place to work, Ware is the new product introduction site (NPI) for respiratory and oral solid dose medicines and has supported the launch of over 15 new innovative medicines since 2017.On site we produce over 60 million respiratory inhalers each year with growing demand in future years. The site also processes Active Pharmaceutical Ingredient (API) for use both on site and other manufacturing sites in our network.We are co-located with our R&D colleagues and recently opened a new, state-of-the-art oral solid dose facility at Ware, where scientists, technicians and engineers from R&D and GSC will work collaboratively together using the latest technologies and rapid knowledge transfer to deliver GSKxe2x80x99s most innovative, medicines faster and more efficiently.To achieve this we have a thriving community of employees who are committed to positively impacting the health of people around the world, with our products reaching patients in over 100 countries.We have an exciting opportunity for the Respiratory & Micronising Value Stream Director to join the team to lead the Respiratory & Micronising organisation in delivering medicines to patients and developing and delivering our strategy for the value stream.Job Purpose:The Respiratory & Micronising Value Stream Director manages the Respiratory and Micronising Value Streams to deliver high quality products, manufactured in a safe way to fulfil the needs of supply chain. The future incumbent develops area strategy that aligns to Ware future state including GSK Production System and manages personnel, operation, activities, and budget related to production. The Respiratory & Micronising Value Stream Director is part of the Site Leadership Team (SLT) and provides strategic input to enable the site to meet its business goalsKey responsibilities:

• Responsible for compliance (EHS, Quality, GMP and QMS) of the people, facilities and products manufactured at Ware
• Lead the Respiratory and Micronising Value Streams ensuring that customer demand and New Product Introduction requirements are achieved
• Provide clear leadership, development and direction for the team by creating and executing an up-skilling program for team members. This includes objectives with 70/20/10 development plans in place and in use, setting training targets and evaluating training results - aligned to achieving departmental goals
• Ensure appropriate governance and performance management processes are in place to manage Safety, Quality, People, Supply, Finance and Risk within Respiratory and Micronising
• Utilise GPS Standards to lead and sponsor change and improvement programmes to deliver the strategy plan
• Lead, coach and motivate a team towards delivering the Safety, Quality, Supply Chain Customer Service and Cost objectives. Report unsafe acts and hazards and encourage others to work safely.
• Adopt a participative management style that empowers the team by involving them in decision making, objective setting and performance evaluation & improvement processes
• Utilise supply chain understanding to develop strategy that aligns to the value stream, site and Global Manufacturing qoals

Basic Qualifications:

• University Degree level qualification (area of specialisation: Science, Engineering based, or Business discipline preferred)
• 10+ yearsxe2x80x99 experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing industry
• Leadership and management of large teams and organisations
• Demonstrated understanding of cGMP and QMS
• Lean manufacturing mastery. - Experience of working in a GPS or equivalent production system environment
• Ability to communicate with and influence at all levels throughout the organisation across a number of functional disciplines
• Understanding of Supply Chain Planning principles
• Strategic planning capability - Analysis of medium to long term business change forecasts and development of scenarios and risk mitigation
• Budgeting experience, financial awareness

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