General Procurement - Marietta, United States - GSK

GSK

Verified Company

Marietta, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

beBee recruiter

Description

Site Name:
USA - Pennsylvania - Marietta

Posted Date:
May

Today, there are millions of people without access to basic healthcare, thousands of diseases without adequate treatments and millions more people who suffer from everyday ailments.

GSK wants to change this.

We are a science-led healthcare company that researches, develops and manufactures healthcare products and we are committed to widening access to our products.

We are on a mission to help people do more, feel better, live longer.

With three world-leading businesses - pharmaceutical medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products - we invest in scientific research and discovery to take on some of the world's biggest healthcare challenges.

The Global Procurement Site team is responsible for Procurement across all the GSK manufacturing Sites for Pharma, Vaccines and Consumer.

The team covers direct and FCL spend and focuses on the creation and execution of Procurement strategies by creating strong relationships with stakeholders at different levels within the Site.

Procurement is accountable for establishing and nurturing value-focused relationships with third parties.

The Procurement Site Specialist (SPS) partners with the local Site team in order to drive and support across all the dimensions of Procurement delivery.

At a strategic level, the SPS supports 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 SPS supports the local Procurement team in 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.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following

Business strategy:

Support the development of the long and shortterm plans to improve Procurement processes in order to enhance the overall performance of the Site. Provide support in the implementation of new processes.
Support the Implementation of Global Procurement processes, policies, guidelines, strategies locally and ensure compliance.
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.
Ensure the Site requirements are taking 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:

Support the Procurement function at Site
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 fastmoving environment. Adapt and respond to regularly changing business requirements.
Support the development of a longterm vision for all local purchasing categories to support the growth of GSK. Ensure the approval of this longterm vision by local key stakeholders.
For specific Categories, actively negotiate contracts.
Cost management. Support the reduction of endtoend total costs of the Site.
Influence the balance sheet of the Site through development and robust implementation of best Procurement practices.
Balancing both strategic and operational requirements. Any interruption of supply results in immediate and extended impact on GSK revenue stream.
Coordinate support from multiple Category teams and working within a matrix organization. Manage relationships with other Procurement staff remotely.

Risk Management:

Evaluate and mitigate risk associated with long standing local suppliers and single sourcing.

Why you?:

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

Bachelors degree is Procurement, Supply chain, Engineering or Finance
2+ years experience of Procurement tools such as sourcing, quotation analysis, contract negotiation, supplier review, supplier development and others
Experience managing partnerships, and working with stakeholders
Experience of risk management

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

Strong influencing and stakeholder partnering skills coupled with excellent negotiation and communication skills
Awareness of cost benchmark & financial audit with key supplier and legal ma