Job Description

Site Procurement Manager

Location: Barnard Castle

Office 2-3 days a week required

The Site Procurement Manager partners with the local Site team in order to drive and support across all the dimensions of Procurement delivery. At a strategic level, the Site Procurement Manager supports the alignment with the Site Leadership Team; ensures the Site business needs and priorities are well understood and supported from Global Category Procurement teams and contributes, directly or indirectly, to the strategic management of key suppliers.

From a more tactical perspective, the Site Procurement Manager supports the local site Procurement team in the operational management of activities, implementation of sourcing strategies and other global projects.

They also ensure that the daily needs and transactional activities are executed in accordance with GSK\xe2\x80\x99s policies and SOPs and that the communication provided to the local Procurement team and the stakeholder community is relevant and effective. Within the team you will have direct reports of Site Procurement specialists who report to the Site Procurement Manager.

Key Responsibilities:

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Support the Implementation of Global Procurement processes, policies, guidelines and strategies at a local site level and ensure compliance.
• Ensure the Site business requirements are taken into account within the definition and implementation of Global Category strategies
• Develop and implement robust Procurement strategies for local owned categories of spend that clearly meet business requirements.
• Manages / monitors ongoing negotiations with third parties
• Knows and utilizes complex business processes in all GSK supplier transactions, including all risk/regulatory/compliance requirements
• Implements and supports procurement strategies to maximise supplier leverage
• Significant external supplier knowledge

Procurement Management:

• Lead a team of 2 Procurement specialist based on site
• Create strong business partnership with Site Leadership team
• Develop and manage the Site supply base to meet GSK\xe2\x80\x99s requirements: assurance of supply, quality, regulatory, service, cost, and innovation
• For specific Categories, actively negotiate contracts.
• Cost management. Support the reduction of end-to-end total costs of the Site (Direct and Indirect Spend Categories).
• Co-ordinate support from multiple Category teams and work within a matrix organization. Manage relationships with other Procurement staff at site and Category level remotely.
• Create and deliver value creation pipeline using advance Procurement techniques and skills (e.g game theory, should cost modelling\xe2\x80\xa6)

Risk Management:

• Evaluate and mitigate risk associated with local suppliers, including management and escalations of supply issues.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor\xe2\x80\x99s Degree in Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance or Business Management,
• Operational Procurement / Supply Chain experience across multiple categories of spend
• Management of Procurement tools such as sourcing, quotation analysis, contract negotiation, supplier review, supplier development and others
• Ability to drive & implement change
• Ability to manage sensitive partnerships, strong influencing and stakeholder partnering skills coupled with excellent negotiation and communication skills
• Good written and verbal communication skills \xe2\x80\x93 fluent English.

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Experience working in a Regulated environment
• Ability to work in high pressure environment, often under tight deadlines
• Financial acumen
• Ability to operate and influence across all business units and across multiple disciplines
• Understanding of risk management

Why GSK?

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose \xe2\x80\x93 to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together \xe2\x80\x93 so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns \xe2\x80\x93 as an organisation where people can thrive.

Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years. Our R&D focus is to deliver a new generation of vaccines and medicines using the science of the immune system, human genetics and advanced technologies to get ahead of infectious diseases, HIV, cancer and other immune-mediated and respiratory diseases. We do all this with a commitment to operate responsibly for all our stakeholders by prioritising Innovation, Performance and Trust.

Our bold ambitions for patients are reflected in new commitments to growth and a significant step-change in delivery over the next five years. This means more GSK vaccines and medicines, including innovative new products, will reach more people who need them than ever before.

We have long believed that building trust is key to stronger performance, helping to create value for shareholders, impact for patients and society and a reason outstanding people choose to work for and with us. That\xe2\x80\x99s why being a responsible business is an integral part of our strategy. Taking action on environmental, social and governance issues is a key driver in our strategy.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it\xe2\x80\x99s 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 \xe2\x80\x93 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.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose \xe2\x80\x93 to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together \xe2\x80\x93 so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns \xe2\x80\x93 as an organisation where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it\xe2\x80\x99s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We\xe2\x80\x99re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, 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*(*US only).

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