Job Description

We are looking for someone to join our high performing ViiV Procurement team to take on the role of Procurement Manager for ViiV. In the team, we are the xe2x80x98face of procurement to the ViiV Healthcare business our exciting fast-paced specialist HIV business. If you are willing to grow and develop motivated by a patient focus organization which makes an impact in peoples lives, this could be the right opportunity for you.
This role represents a great opportunity for you to build strong relationships with a variety of diverse stakeholders across the ViiV business. You will use these relationships to understand objectives, priorities, business strategy and work, along with the ViiV head of procurement, to advise how procurement can help achieve these goals. This may include ambitious cost savings, driving value including top line growth and managing risk and/or ensuring that the right suppliers are being chosen. All supporting the overall ViiV strategy.
It is a fantastic chance for someone to be part of ViiV mission to leave no person living with HIV behind. Due to the scope and influence of the role, it will also present various development opportunities as your career with GSK continues.
Key Responsibilities
Strategy execution

• Align with Global category teams and work in collaboration with these teams to provide ViiV business requirements through preferred supplier
• Execute global sourcing strategies for multiple spend categories in scope of responsibility, operating with a truly global mindset and ensuring all applicable ViiV needs are accommodated
• Be the local expert in agreed spend categories and ViiV BUs within scope of responsibility

Benefit delivery

• Ensure financial benefits are managed in accordance with the Savings methodology approach, ensuring business unit and Finance agreement to financial value delivered and transparency on treatment of benefits in the budgeting process
• Negotiate goods and services contracts with suppliers that secure favorable terms for ViiV in line with the agreed business requirements

Business partnering & stakeholder management in GSK

• Build strategic relationships with ViiV stakeholders, to understand business requirements, identify opportunities to create value and to position Procurements value proposition. Align sourcing strategies accordingly
• Influence key stakeholders and business partners to support strategy development, endorse recommended strategies, support execution and agree how benefit delivery will be budgeted

External supplier relationships

• Execute and manage effective contracts with suppliers that will allow ViiV to maximize opportunity globally. Ensure global views on supplier negotiations are taken
• Identification/evaluation of new vendors in line with agreed business requirements, as well as tracking and monitoring of service level agreements and performance standards for existing vendors

Supply chain & risk management

• Contribute to the transformation of the supply chain to release value and make ViiV more responsive to business and customer needs for example in cost control, complexity reduction, simplification, best practice procurement and use of KPIs
• Identify and manage risks in the supply chain. Ensure appropriate mitigation plans are in place and in use and that the risks are communicated appropriately within business units impacted, Procurement and the supply base

Why You?
Basic Qualifications:

• Procurement experience including the ability to support multiple spend categories within a commercial business environment
• Business stakeholder management and influencing, this includes the ability to build strong relationships and to influence without express authority
• Experience managing suppliers (including performance management)
• Able to drive and deliver business impacting cost savings
• Ability to articulate the value that procurement can bring to an organization
• Ability and track record to manage contract negotiations
• Commercial and financial acumen
• Experience leading supplier tender/RFP processes

Preferred Qualifications/Experience:

• Pharmaceutical Industry Experience but open to other industries
• Qualified to bachelors degree level or equivalent experience
• Category experience within commercial areas
• Experience working with Procure-to-Pay and Spend Analysis systems
• Experience managing the delivery of sourcing projects in collaboration with cross functional teams
• Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.

Why GSK?
GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns as an organization where people can thrive.
Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years. Our R&D focus is to deliver a new generation of vaccines and medicines using the science of the immune system, human genetics and advanced technologies to get ahead of infectious diseases, HIV, cancer and other immune-mediated and respiratory diseases. We do all this with a commitment to operate responsibly for all our stakeholders by prioritizing Innovation, Performance and Trust.
Our bold ambitions for patients are reflected in new commitments to growth and a significant step-change in delivery over the next five years. This means more GSK vaccines and medicines, including innovative new products, will reach more people who need them than ever before.
We have long believed that building trust is key to stronger performance, helping to create value for shareholders, impact for patients and society and a reason outstanding people choose to work for and with us. Thats why being a responsible business is an integral part of our strategy. Taking action on environmental, social and governance issues is a key driver in our strategy.
Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, its also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves feeling welcome, valued and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together
Closing Date for Applications: 12 th June 2025(EOD)
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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 special purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).
Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, its also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.
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.
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