Global Delivery Lead Senior Procurement Manager

Procurement Global Delivery Centers (GDC) are value centres providing Source to Contract process for all GSKs Global businesses.

Global Delivery Lead in GDC is responsible to lead the Procurement Global Delivery team in the assigned locations/ categories across organization and to deliver projects savings and other set KPIs.

This role is also responsible:

• To develop lead and manage a team of procurement professionals in assigned location to ensure effective performance of procurement team in the scope of responsibility : category or geographic
• To collaborate and execute strategy and value opportunities for Global Delivery Center
• To lead the source to contract execution of global sourcing strategies for all spend categories in scope in a matrix approach with Global Categories and LOC in order to best meet the needs of the business units

This role requires high cultural awareness to work seamlessly across multi-cultural business landscape and proven experience in managing complex prioritizations operational/people sensitive issues navigating through organizational complexity handling escalations and associated business impact.

Responsibilities:

• People leadership - lead and direct a Procurement team in assigned locations and develop and implement effective ways of working across the GDC LOC and Category team
• Strategy execution - execute sourcing strategies for spend categories in scope of responsibility aligned with the requirements of stakeholders and business partners with cooperation with Global Categories team
• Ensure GSKs 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 other set KPIs agreed with key stakeholders and Finance in accordance with the agreed Savings Methodology and global budgets.
• 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.
• Operations Management - resolve escalations manage complex prioritizations with multiple variables/considerations including but not limited to stakeholder sensitivity business value and impact spend savings compliance risk to GSK etc.
• Drive operational efficiency create and manage effective process to ensure the delivery of targets KPIs of GDC
• Set and deliver continuous improvement of all process with responsibility to build best in class Global Delivery Centre in Procurement
• Business partnering & stakeholder management in GSK - Collaborate and build strategic relationships with local GSK leadership teams to identify and deliver business benefits

Why you

Qualifications & Skills:

• Degree level (eg. MA MBA) CIPS or international equivalent will be an asset
• Demonstrated expertise in managing procurement teams
• Experience in managing high value indirect spends (Marketing/ sales/ professional services/ facilities etc.) and categories strategies execution.
• Power to effective stakeholder management and supplier relationship management .
• High skilled in strategic sourcing sourcing execution commercial and contract negotiations for complex global indirect categories
• Strong experience in using tools like Ariba or other equivalent sourcing execution technology
• Fluent English

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• Advanced level in one of the following languages: Spanish/Italian/French/Portuguese would be a plus
• Ability to manage and execute multi market projects with consideration to diverse business needs and regulation (eg taxes law regulation)

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
• Private medical package with additional preventive healthcare services for employees and their eligible counterparts
• Company Car or Car Allowance
• Long term incentives
• Sports cards (Multisport)
• Possibilities of development within the role and companys structure
• 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
• Free car and bike parking locker rooms and showers

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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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