Deputy Manager, Procurement

Deputy Manager, Procurement will be responsible for the delivery of the critical Source to Contract regions across indirect categories with a focus on Facilities, Capital & Logistics. This role will collaborate with the procurement global category and local market teams (LOC) to deliver sourcing, negotiation and contract execution 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.

Strategy Execution

• Execute sourcing and contracting projects 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.
• Resolve escalations, including from senior business stakeholders, timely and tactfully.
• Understand and efficiently navigate organizational complexity to deliver set goals.
  
  

Basic Qualifications:

• 5-8 years of relevant experience in sourcing & contracting within Facilities, Capital & logistics categories (Experience in logistics is preferred)
• This role should have strong demonstrated procurement expertise in commercial and contract negotiations, strategic sourcing, Indirect category management and cost model synthesis for delivering multi-country, high spend complex engagements.
• Strong experience in using tools like Ariba, Fairmarkit or other equivalent sourcing execution technology.
  
  

Skills

Agile Thinking, Analytical Thinking, Contract Management, Detail-Oriented, Digital Literacy, Interactive Storytelling, Negotiation, Problem Solving, Sourcing Management, Stakeholder Management

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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