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Job purpose:
Senior Global Category Lead for Tech Procurement is accountable for all sourcing and contract management across their assigned categories. This will include the development and implementation of category strategies; the contracting for master/service/product agreements within the categories; the management of key supplier relationships; and for ensuring the suppliers key to their categories commit to deliver GSK’s performance/quality/financial requirements.
Key Responsibilities:
This role will provide YOU with the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following
Strategy Development
* Procurement category strategy leadership for Commercial Tech, leading the development, management and implementation of comprehensive strategies on a global scale that deliver the business requirements across assurance of supply, quality, service, cost and innovation.
Strategy Implementation
* Negotiates contracts with suppliers that secure favourable terms for procurement contracts in line with the agreed business requirements.
* Contract planning, negotiation, execution, interpretation and maintenance; manages / monitors ongoing negotiations with 3rd parties.
* Lead and implement key projects to support savings delivery or risk mitigation.
Business partnering & stakeholder management in GSK
* Global leadership and global influence including business partnering of senior stakeholders.
* Build strategic relationships with GSK stakeholders, to understand business requirements, identify opportunities to create value and to position Procurement’s value proposition. Align sourcing strategies accordingly.
* Lead stakeholder alignment and Plan delivery
* Working across multiple countries requiring high cultural awareness
External supplier relationships
* Lead SRM for key strategic vendors in category
* Manage the suppliers for the categories within scope through a robust performance management process. Ensure supplier performance is understood and measured.
* Requires significant external supplier knowledge
Business Strategy
* Champions the sourcing group management process and policies across functions and links these to GSK's strategic direction
* Knows and utilises complex business processes in all GSK supplier transactions, including all risk/regulatory/compliance requirements
Why you :
We are looking for professionals with the following skills to help us achieve our goals:
Basic qualification:
* University Degree- Procurement, Business, Finance, Law
* Software and Tech Services procurement experience required.
Preferrred :
* Strong Procurement experience particularly with respect to developing & implementing strategies, stakeholder management and supplier relationship management and some experience of regulated environments
* Demonstrated experience in influencing strategy and managing across multiple markets
* Leadership/communication skills
* Good understanding of Procurement tools / skillset such as sourcing, quotation analysis, contract negotiation, supplier review, supplier development and others
* Good ability to motivate and inspire colleagues, and work in partnership with others to drive, implement and support change
* Good ability to manage sensitive partnerships, strong influencing and stakeholder partnering skills coupled with excellent negotiation and communication skills
* English proficiency (written and oral), other language will be a plus
* Good knowledge of finance (cost benchmark & financial audit with key supplier) and legal matters (contracting)
* Demonstrated experience in managing global projects
* Contracting experience required, including a thorough understanding of contracting fundamentals and experience with contract planning, negotiation, execution, interpretation and maintenance
Job Application End Date : 20th Dec 2023
Please note : The interviews and screening process would happen in Jan due to upcoming holiday period.
Why Us?
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 positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.
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