Supply Chain Support Specialist

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Supply Chain Support Specialist

We are seeking a highly motivated Supply Chain Support Specialist that thrives in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. The Supply Chain Support Specialist is responsible for ensuring compliance and overseeing the integrity of processes across the worldwide Clinical Supply Chain.

This role involves managing activities for Vaccines and Pharma from the Clinical Study Set-up until the Product Preparation step at Clinical Sites and timely progression and approval of clinical site temperature excursions to ensure continuity of clinical supplies.

You will collaborate with various stakeholders internal and external, ensuring that vaccines are stored and transported within approved temperature ranges and promptly addresses and resolves any Temperature Excursions during Clinical studies.

We are looking for this role to be based at either Ware R&D site or Wavre Belgium.

Job Purpose

• Responsible for ensuring compliance and overseeing the integrity of processes across the worldwide Clinical Supply Chain
• Timely management of temperature excursions for local depots, in-transit excursions from local depots, and clinical site excursions to ensure continuity of clinical supplies.
• Master Cold Chain activities related to distribution, production operations and site operations
• Lead, manage, and address both Vaccines & Pharma Temperature Excursions and report issues for process improvement & communicate
• Support GSK Vaccines sites and collaborate with the QA to ensure compliance with cGMP
• Assist with deviations including investigations and CAPA management: determine corrective and preventive actions in agreement with SME Cold Chain
• Assist with KPI and Performance management monitoring:
• - Develop monitoring compliance through KPIs and reporting (KPI operational and performance weekly - monthly)
• Understand & explain the gap versus the target
• Identify and escalate risk
• Propose corrective and preventive actions to maintain performance on target
• Communicate and share good practices to appropriate stakeholders
• Manage audit compliance (cGxP -  Support GCP and Management Monitoring)
• Ensure visibility on demand and supply information across the supply chain and support proactive management: Identify risk, issue, escalate and communicate
• Participate in meetings with internal business partners, global functions, and external suppliers for operational progress.
• Contribute to ad hoc projects with process and tool improvement opportunities and change control management
• Seek and support process improvement opportunities.
• Veeva TMF activities to support Supply Chain Study Leads/studies

In this role you will…

Timely management of temperature excursions for local depots, in-transit excursions from local depots, and clinical site excursions ensuring all relevant documentation is retained in the appropriate archiving / trial master file system to ensure continuity of clinical supplies.

• On-time execution of pre-production tasks (such as PMD Manufacturing Request (MRs) approval) in order to maintain the supply of clinical trial material
• Right first-time documentation completion
• Veeva activities to support Supply Chain Study Leads/studies for maintaining integrity of clinical trial information.
• Quality – Management monitoring audits
• Management of inventory: movement of stock around the network as required ensuring the right stock is in the right place at the right time, timely destruction of expired materials
• Understand processes across the supply chain in order to ensure timely and accurate delivery of both information and documentation to the next node in the supply chain

Basic Qualifications/Experience:

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

• University Degree or equivalent experience.
• Previous experience in working in a pharmaceutical environment
• High degree of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Strong Oral & Written communication skills
• Proficient IT skills in Microsoft office suite of products
• Demonstrates an understanding of clinical packaging and manufacturing terminology.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs) preferential
• Able to manage own time and workload priorities, self-motivated and be able to work as part of a team.
• Works effectively with others to meet timelines, business goals and objectives.
• Ability to work across different departments to deliver desired outcome to the wider business.

Preferred Qualifications/Experience:

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

• Packaging and/or logistics experience
• Ability to accurately review, edit and approve documentation for completeness, with attention to detail.
• Demonstrates an understanding of clinical packaging and manufacturing terminology.
• Knowledge of Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs).
• Ability to manage own time and workload priorities, self-motivated.
• Experience with using AI technology and other advanced IT skills.
• Languages: English proficiency required (verbal and written), French is an asset but not required

Closing Date for Applications – 09/06/2026

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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.

GSK R&D

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people over the next 10 years. R&D is committed to discovering and delivering transformational vaccines and medicines to prevent and change the course of disease. Science and technology are coming together in a way they never have before, and we have strong tech-enabled capabilities that allow us to build a deeper understanding of the patient, human biology and disease mechanisms, and transform medical discovery.  We are revolutionising the way we do R&D. We’re uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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Our approach to R&D.   

Belgium Salary Range / Fourchette salariale – Belgique: EUR 50,325 to EUR 83,875The annual gross base salary range for new hires in this position is listed above for each applicable location. These ranges take into account a number of factors including the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position may offer an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. More detailed information on the total benefits package will be supplied during the recruitment process. This role is available for applicants from multiple locations, and therefore salary ranges for certain locations are also shown. Salary ranges for other locations are shown because some markets have pay transparency laws that require salary information on job postings, and those locations are potential job sites for this role. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific location or country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process. Please note salaries vary by country based on the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. Offers are typically made within the advertised range based on the candidate’s skills, experience and qualifications, with the upper end generally reserved for highly experienced candidates or other exceptional circumstances aligned with these criteria.

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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