Site Name: Warsaw, UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage, UK - London - Brentford
Posted Date: May 12 2023

Senior Procurement Manager– Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients

In Global Procurement we have a unique opportunity to bring an enterprise approach and knowledge with industry-leading insights, to our strategic priorities and deliver the benefits to our patients and consumers. We’re partnering with business units and using our expertise to drive value, diversity and flexibility from our suppliers to invest in accelerating the discovery, development and commercialization of an exciting pipeline of new products. With a stream of diverse and interesting projects, Procurement is a fascinating area with tremendous scope for progress.

The API & Excipients team is responsible for managing GSK’s external supply chains delivering a range of APIs, intermediates, registered starting materials and excipients through our commercial supply external manufacturing network.

The Senior Manager role is responsible for securing value from the supply chain through category strategy, contracting, delivery of continuous improvement, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), cost savings and successful changes to the external network ensuring supply of product to patients while maintaining high quality standards. The key focus on driving Business priorities, including Sustainability targets to facilitate delivery of 2030 & 2045 Ambition on Climate and Nature.

You will cooperate with cross functional team (Quality, Technical, Supply, R&D, Finance) including senior leaders in GSK and suppliers to deploy strategies globally/regionally.

This role is critical to underpin the success of GSK and requires strong forward-looking strategic thinking.

In this role you will:

• Lead the development, management and implementation of comprehensive strategies in alignment with GSK and Procurement to deliver agreed savings targets and other benefits that significantly impact GSK financial results.

• Develop supply strategies that not only deliver year on year savings but also key business requirements across assurance of supply, quality, regulatory, service and innovation.

• Drive the category agenda on relevant supply chain /franchise forums

• Protect GSK revenue streams by managing supply security through robust risk management process and ensure regulatory compliance.

• Be responsible for major supply base issue resolution e.g. recalls, sudden cessation of supply.

• Establish and maintain relationships with key internal stakeholders on local, regional and global levels.

• Build strategic relationships with key suppliers at a senior level and lead processes to ensure value is driven from these relationships. Ensure global and regional considerations are accounted for in supplier relationships. Leverage the Business Review Meeting process to drive the relationship.

• Negotiate, create, execute and manage effective global and regional contracts with suppliers. Ensure regional considerations are taken into account in global supplier negotiations and contracts.

• Be responsible for supply of a global category and lead global and regional strategy and supply base reviews.

Why you?

Qualifications & Skills:

• Experience in direct procurement (pharmaceutical/CDMO sectors are preferred)

• Experience in new product introduction (nice to have)

• Ability to manage mature product portfolio across GSK therapeutic areas

• Ability to operate independently, influencing senior management across multiple countries

• Proven negotiations and contract management skills - ability to lead high level negotiations for long term and/or multi-countries contracts.

• Experience delivering quality, compliant, timely, well-specified agreements to generate a clear return on investment for GSK.

• Market knowledge of supplier capabilities (current and future) required to acquire and maintain competitive advantage

• University/Master’s degree

• English proficiency (written and spoken)

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• Demonstrated business acumen & knowledge of the API space, excipients or raw materials (nice to have)

• Clear understanding business value, business priorities, and potential implementation risks

• Strong interpersonal skills and stakeholder engagement agility

• Good communications and presentation skills

• Strong understanding of commercials drivers, objectives, and challenges

• Procurement experience with CDMO network (nice to have)

• Crisis Management and Business Continuity Planning

• Good problem-solving skills to address issues/blockage, beware of risks, support implementation and robustly forecast spend and savings

Why GSK?

• Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies

• Contract of employment

• Attractive reward package (annual bonus & awards for outstanding performance, recognition awards for additional achievements and engagement, holiday benefit)

• Life insurance and pension plan

• Car allowance

• Long term incentives

• Private medical package with additional preventive healthcare services for employees and their eligible counterparts

• Personalized learning approach (mentoring, online training’ platforms: Pluralsight, Business Skills, Harvard Manage Mentor, Skillsoft and external training)

• Extensive support of work life balance (flexible working solutions, short Fridays option, health & well-being activities)

• Supportive community and integration events

• Modern office with creative rooms, fresh fruits everyday

Inclusion & Diversity at GSK:

Inclusion and diversity at GSK are key for our success. Here, you will thrive through bringing your unique experiences to both our company and the recruitment process. We want you to be you, feel good and keep growing your career. GSK is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Applicants will travel through a transparent recruitment journey that adheres to all required employment standards and regulations. Beyond this, we commit to our values of integrity and respect towards every applicant. We want to hear from you and support with any adjustments that you may require during the recruitment process. Please get in touch with our Recruitment Team (pl.recruitment-adjustments@gsk.com) to further discuss this today. We will request equal opportunities information from you and whilst disclosure is optional, we encourage you to be open, enabling us to monitor the inclusivity of our recruitment practices for the benefit of everyone. Your data will remain confidential, is never shared with our Hiring Managers and never affects the status of your application.

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