Deputy Manager GDC Sourcing

GSK Procurement is a pioneering, influencing function with approximately 800 members across 50 countries who buy goods and services on a global scale and support our core functions. But we do more in global procurement than just purchase things. We partner with business units to drive value from supplier relationships to support GSK’s strategies and targets to ensure a secure supply in all areas of our business – from pharmaceutical development to consumer health products.  With a stream of diverse and interesting projects, Procurement is a fascinating area with tremendous scope for progress.

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

Responsibilities:

The GDC Sourcing Deputy Manager will be responsible for the delivery of the critical Source to Contract service for one or multiple regions across Indirect Categories such as Marketing & Sales, Professional & Corporate Services etc. This role will collaborate with the procurement category and local market teams (LOC) to deliver sourcing, negotiation, contract execution, and supplier lifecycle management services to the global procurement organisation. This service is a cornerstone of the future procurement operating model and will enable the function to industrialise its core operation, driving best practice, providing practical knowledge for development of best-in-class category strategies, consistency of execution, and continual improvement.

The role is also accountable for the transition to, and ongoing delivery of, the future ready procurement operation model, for assigned geographies, as it relates to the GDC. As such the role is pivotal to the successful execution of the procurement future ready transformation

Strategy Execution

• Execute sourcing strategies for spend categories in scope of responsibility aligned with the requirements of stakeholders and business partnering with Global Category team.

• Deliver benefits identified in strategies, local, regional and global, through effective and collaborative strategy execution, aligned to assurance of supply (risk management), quality, service, cost and innovation.

• To ensure GSK’s Procurement policies, procedures, processes, systems and methodologies are utilized in a compliant manner in the area of responsibility.

Benefit delivery

• Support category leads in the creation and delivery of effective savings targets agreed with key stakeholders and Finance in accordance with the agreed Savings Methodology.

• Deliver benefit identified in strategies, local, regional and global, through effective and collaborative strategy execution, aligned to assurance of supply (risk management), quality, service, cost and innovation.

• Deliver savings and other set KPIs critical to global procurement plans as aligned with key stakeholders and Finance in accordance with the Savings Methodology and global budgets.

Sourcing & Contracting

• Partner with Category & LOC Procurement teams to execute global / regional / local sourcing projects.

• Execute and deliver contracting requirements in line with organization’s requirements.

Business Partnering & Stakeholder Management in GSK

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to deploy strategies globally/regionally, facilitated by robust implementation and transition plans.

• Demonstrated success in collaboration with a wide range of senior leaders across [business areas] and supplier. 

• Resolve escalations, including from senior business stakeholders, timely and tactfully.

• Understand and efficiently navigate organizational complexity to deliver set goals.

We are looking for a Sourcing Manager and if you have these skills, we would like to speak to you.

• 5-8 years of relevant experience

• This role should have strong demonstrated procurement expertise in commercial and contract negotiations, strategic sourcing, Indirect category management, cost model synthesis and supplier relationship management for delivering multi-country, high spend complex engagements.

• Demonstrated experience in navigating through organizational complexity, collaborating simultaneously with multiple teams, influencing without authority, handling escalations and associated business impact.

• Demonstrated experience in understanding and utilising complex business processes in all GSK supplier transactions, including all risk/regulatory/compliance.

• Strong experience in using tools like Ariba or other equivalent sourcing execution technology.

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Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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