Procurement Manager - Direct Materials

GSK Procurement is a pioneering, influencing function with approximately 500+ members across 50 countries who buy goods and services on a global scale and support our core functions. But we do more in global procurement than just purchase things. We partner with business units to drive value from supplier relationships to support GSK’s strategies and targets to ensure a secure supply in all areas of our business – from pharmaceutical development to consumer health products. With a stream of diverse and interesting projects, Procurement is a fascinating area with tremendous scope for progress.   The Global Delivery Centre provides the critical Source to Contract capability for GSK. Leading the delivery of a high volume of sourcing and contracting projects globally, the centre acts as the operational engine of the procurement organisation. As such, the GDC plays a critical role in delivering both the in-year savings and the functions long term operating model. Procurement Manager – Direct Materials   This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:   In this role you will: • Execute sourcing strategies for spend categories in scope, aligning with the requirements of business stakeholders, and cooperating with Procurement Global Category and Manufacturing Sites. • Deliver Source to Contract activities (RFI, RFP, RFQ, eAuctions) using eSourcing tool in a timely manner under a defined category strategy (execution of end-to-end sourcing and contracting process). • Contracts Management and Negotiations with suppliers: understand legal challenges, communicate with peers in GSK’s legal, SME and Procurement, and provide guidance related to contract drafting and negotiation. • 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. • Ensure GSK’s Procurement policies, procedures, processes, systems and methodologies are utilized in a compliant manner in the area of responsibility. • 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.   • Collaborate and build strategic relationships with GSK leadership teams, to identify and deliver business benefits aligned to assurance of supply, quality, service, cost and innovation requirements. • Resolve escalations, including from senior business stakeholders, timely and tactfully. • 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.   This role requires cultural awareness to work seamlessly across multi-cultural business landscape and proven experience in managing complex projects, operational/people sensitive issues, navigating through organizational complexity, handling escalations and associated business impact.   If you have these skills, we would like to speak to you: • 6-10+ years of proven Procurement experience across multiple categories of spend particularly with respect to Sourcing and Contracting: implementing strategies, stakeholder management and supplier relationship management and some experience of regulated environments. • A degree in business, supply chain, engineering, law or a related discipline. • Demonstrated experience in managing global/regional projects. • Proven expertise in strategic sourcing, sourcing execution, commercial and contract negotiations for complex global direct categories. • Ability to demonstrate knowledge of multiple Direct