Manager R&D Procurement Clinical Ancillaries

As the Procurement Manager in R&D – Clinical Trial Supplies, Clinical Ancillaries team you will be responsible for negotiating contracts with suppliers that secure favorable terms for procurement of services in line with the agreed business requirements. Leading strategic category management of their category, in partnership with the business and stakeholders, ensuring that all value delivered from the category strategy is in line with GSK and Procurement goals. You will work on the implementation of category strategies, identification of appropriate buying channels.

Responsibilities also include identification/evaluation of new vendors as well as tracking and monitoring of service level agreements and performance standards for existing vendors. In this role you will…

• Be responsible for strategic category management activities
• Be responsible for contract planning, negotiation, execution, interpretation, and maintenance.
• Negotiate with suppliers and work with legal in bringing a contract from draft form to completion.
• Work across multiple countries, build strategic relationships with a network of GSK global stakeholders
• Manage / monitor ongoing negotiations with service providers
• Champion the sourcing group management process and policies across functions and links these to GSK's strategic direction
• Utilise complex business processes in all GSK supplier transactions, including all risk/regulatory/compliance requirements
• Implement and support procurement strategies to maximise supplier leverage
• Bring external supplier knowledge

Qualifications & Skills:

• University Degree - Procurement, Business, Finance or relevant scientific discipline
• Relevant experience in outsourcing small molecule R&D services or other scientific services provisions
• Negotiations and contract management skills.
• English proficiency (written and oral)
• Stakeholder management experience at a senior level (as far as SVP) internally and with key suppliers

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, it’s 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. We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.