Supply Chain Planner (Secondment, 1 Year Contract))

GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.

 

Regional Supply Chain Planner (Secondment with 1 Year Contract)

Join GSK as a Supply Chain Planner supporting sites and Contract Manufacturing Organisations (CMOs) in Türkiye on a secondment contract until the end of 2027. In this role, you will develop and manage supply plans that keep essential products moving smoothly through our global network. You will work closely with teams across sites, regions, and functions to balance demand, capacity, and inventory while identifying and resolving supply risks. We seek someone curious, analytic, and collaborative to help us improve and innovate supply planning. This is a unique chance to build your career, expand your global network, and contribute to our mission of uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

 

Responsibilities:

This is a secondment role, with target end date as of December 1, 2027. This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

 

• Execute end-to-end supply chain and material planning for International Central Regional Sites and CMOs across a 0–3-year horizon to ensure product availability while optimizing working capital.
• Develop optimized supply plans (using RCCP and DRP) aligned with site and CMO teams, balancing demand, capacity, and inventory, and being accountable for key planning parameters (safety stock, lead times, MOQs).
• Proactively manage supply risks via SCIM and SRM within the CCC framework to prevent stock-outs, protect sales, and optimize customer service, inventory, and operating costs.
• Own and manage bulk/API material planning and inventory, including stock policies, replenishment models, and performance monitoring versus planning parameters, contracts, and working capital targets.
• Lead process and performance improvement initiatives with sites and CMOs to reduce overstocks, improve planning processes, shape consolidated demand signals, and support 3-year material purchasing visibility.
• Act as a change management and continuous improvement ambassador across the supply chain, implementing CCC processes and serving as a key business partner to LOCs, sites, and CMOs to drive collaboration and standardization.

Why You?

Basic Qualification

 

We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals

- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, logistics, business, engineering, or related field. 

- At least 3 years of practical experience in supply planning or related roles within manufacturing or supply chain environments. 

- Experience working with manufacturing sites and/or Contract Manufacturing Organisations. 

- Strong skills in Microsoft Excel and experience with ERP or supply planning systems. 

- Clear and confident written and verbal communication skills in English. 

- Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities within a matrix organization. 

 

Preferred Qualification

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

 

- Experience using SAP, OMP, APO, or similar supply planning tools. 

- Knowledge of inventory optimization methods and capacity planning techniques. 

- Familiarity with data analytics and visualization tools such as Power BI. 

- Experience supporting process improvement initiatives and operational change. 

- Relevant professional certifications such as APICS, Lean Six Sigma, or CILT. 

- Experience working in global, cross-functional, and culturally diverse teams. 

 

Work Arrangement

This role is based in Türkiye and follows a hybrid working model. You will be expected to work regularly from the office (2-3 days per week), with flexibility to work remotely on other days, aligned with local policies and business needs. 

 

Ready to join a team where your work will make a meaningful impact on patients and help shape the future of supply chain planning? Apply now and take your career to the next level at GSK. We welcome candidates from all backgrounds who share our commitment to collaboration, transparency, and continuous learning.

 

Why GSK?

You will join a team focused on patient outcomes and scientific excellence. You will have development opportunities and access to global expertise. You will work in a supportive environment that values inclusion, respect and open feedback. If you are ready to use your clinical knowledge and relationship skills to make a difference, please apply today. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

 

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law. #LI-Hybrid

 

 

Skills

Customer-Focused, Data Integrity, Data Visualization, Digital Fluency, Financial Acumen, GxP Regulations, Inventory Management, Lean Management, Master Data Management (MDM), Materials Requirements Planning (MRP), New Product Introduction (NPI), Problem Solving, Product Knowledge, Risk Awareness, Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP), Strategic Alignment, Supply Chain Operations, Supply Planning

 

 

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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