Senior Site Procurement Manager

Are you energized by a procurement leadership role where you can drive efficiency and shape procurement objectives across the organization?  If so, this Senior Procurement Manager role could be an exciting opportunity to explore.

As Senior Procurement Manager, you will lead site procurement for our Zebulon site, one of the largest manufacturing sites in the GSK network. You will partner with operations, engineering, quality and finance to ensure the site has the goods and services it needs to operate reliably and safely.

We value collaborative problem-solvers who drive supplier performance and cost value while keeping quality and compliance front and center. This role offers clear growth, visible impact on site performance, and the chance to help GSK unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together

Business strategy:

• Develop and propose long and short-term plans to improve Procurement processes to enhance the overall performance of the site

• Manage the interfaces between Procurement and the site, balancing the expectations of both Procurement and site stakeholders.

• Ensure that site requirements are considered within the definition and implementation of Global Category Strategies

• Develop and implement Procurement strategies for local owned categories of spend that clearly meet business requirements

Procurement Management:

• Lead the Procurement function across the site (Direct and Indirect Spend)

• Develop and manage the site supply base to meet GSK’s requirements: assurance of supply, quality, regulatory, service, cost, and innovation to control costs in a fast-moving environment.  Adapt and respond to regularly changing business requirements. 

• For specific spend categories, actively negotiate contracts.

• Co-ordinate support from multiple Category Teams and work within a matrix organization.

Team:

• You will manage a ‘Site Procurement Specialist’ professional also based at the Zebulon site

• Responsible to select, train, supervise, develop and evaluate team members.  Lead and motivate team members towards the pursuit of operational excellence and attainment of best practices.  In addition, promote empowerment and process ownership

 Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

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

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably science or business based

• 5-8 years of operational Procurement / Supply Chain experience across multiple categories of spend

• Direct experience leading procurement for a specific supply category, or more generically across site level spend (Direct or Indirect)

• Proficiency with procurement tools and basic spend analysis; experience with ERP systems is preferred

• Demonstrated experience establishing annual Direct Material budgets, establishing Standard Costs and tracking PPV performance vs targets

• Commercial and negotiation skills, demonstrated through supplier contracts or savings delivery

• Ability to drive & implement change

• Enterprise mindset – translating & mapping Procurement goals to business needs

• Demonstrated team leadership and ability to motivate and inspire colleagues, and work in partnership with others to drive, implement and support change

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• Advanced degree or professional certification in procurement or supply chain (for example CPSM or CIPS)

• Previous experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences or highly regulated manufacturing environments

• Experience in sourcing Respiratory Devices &/or Printed Paper Packaging

• CI Mindset – operational excellence trained/certified

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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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