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Site Name: USA - Pennsylvania - Marietta

Posted Date: Sep 10 2024

Procurement is accountable for establishing and nurturing value-focused relationships with third parties. The Procurement Manager – Site (SPM) partners with the local Site team to drive and support across all the dimensions of Procurement delivery. At a strategic level, the SPM leads the alignment with the Site Leadership Team; ensures the Site business needs and priorities are well understood and supported from Global Category Procurement teams and contributes, directly or indirectly, to the strategic management of key suppliers. From a more tactical perspective, the SPM leads the operational management of activities, implementation of sourcing strategies and other global projects. They also ensure that the daily needs and transactional activities are executed in accordance with GSK’s policies and SOPs and that the communication provided to the local Procurement team and the stakeholder community is relevant and effective.

The SPM is a delivery-orientated value creating partner. Someone who is well connected to the business and has the strong people relationships necessary to make things happen to create value. It’s someone that is so well connected that they find things out, they get to know things from various sources and then they put two and two together to make five. It’s someone who can connect the dots. Who can challenge collaboratively and lead others to deliver the value. Someone others are drawn to because they know that that person will help make them be successful. To drive needle-moving value creation the SPM doesn’t just need to be a great partner with each Category Procurement team and each Supplier but also need to connect across Sites, particularly those in the same value chain and geography, connect across Procurement, across the Supply Chain and across the business.

Key Responsibilities:

Business strategy:

1. Develop and propose long and short-term plans to improve Procurement processes to enhance the overall performance of the Site. Provide leadership in the implementation of new processes.
2. Implement Global Procurement processes, policies, guidelines, strategies locally and ensure compliance.
3. Managing interfaces between Procurement and the Site, balancing the expectations of both Procurement and Site stakeholders. Understanding different perspectives and satisfying the needs and expectations of all stakeholders, both within Procurement and the Site.
4. Ensure the Site requirements are taken into account within the definition and implementation of Global Category strategies. Development and robust implementation of Procurement strategies for local categories of spend that clearly meet business requirements.

Procurement Management:

1. 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.
2. Manage the development of a long-term vision for all local purchasing categories to support the growth of GSK. Ensure the approval of this long-term vision by local key stakeholders.
3. For specific Categories, actively negotiate contracts.
4. Reduce the Directs, indirects and Capex costs of the site. Support the reduction of end-to-end total costs of the Site.
5. Influence the balance sheet of the Site through development and robust implementation of best Procurement practices.
6. Co-ordinate support from multiple Category teams and working within a matrix organisation. Manage relationships with other Procurement staff remotely.

Risk Management:

1. Secure the supply chain through integrating a risk management approach as a foundation of Procurement mission. Evaluate and mitigate risk associated with long standing local suppliers and single sourcing.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

1. Bachelor Degree or equivalent experience (Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, logistics)
2. 5+ years of operational Procurement experience across multiple categories of spend and some experience of regulated environments
3. 3+ years Procurement tools such as sourcing, quotation analysis, contract negotiation, supplier review, supplier development
4. 3+ years experience on Risk management

Essential Skills and Abilities:

Preferred:

1. Experience working in a matrix business environment.
2. Ability to work in high pressure environment, often under tight deadlines.
3. Good financial acumen.
4. Good acumen of corporate business norms and requirements needed; broad understanding of Procurement activities needed; ability to adapt quickly to new topics and responsibilities.
5. Good understanding of external environment & supplier relationship models.
6. Exceptional communication and influencing skills across internal GSK teams and external suppliers globally.
7. Good ability to motivate and inspire colleagues, and work in partnership with others to drive, implement and support change.
8. Good ability to manage sensitive partnerships, strong influencing and stakeholder partnering skills coupled with excellent negotiation and communication skills.
9. Excellent written and verbal communication skills – fluent English.
10. Good knowledge of finance (cost benchmark & financial audit with key supplier) and legal matters (contracting).
11. Demonstrated success in leading and improving outsourced services and projects to meet and improve the needs of business.
12. Ability to operate and influence across all business units and across multiple disciplines.