Site Sustainability Lead

GSK Barnard Castle is a key secondary manufacturing site and has invested heavily in industry 4.0 state of the art, bespoke equipment to support sustained new product introductions and volume increases, and as a key supplier of some of GSK’s blockbuster products, the site contributes revenues of ~$2Bn annually.

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The purpose of the Site Sustainability Lead role is to drive the required cross-functional activities for the Barnard Castle Site to deliver its overall sustainability goals in support of the company sustainability targets.

• In this role you will…
• Manages the overall Site sustainability plan – coordinating the various cross functional workstreams.
• Coaching and supporting workstream leads to identify/mitigate risks.
• To be the Site Single Point of Accountability for Sustainability activities ensuring activities are resources, planned and executed to deliver the overall goals and targets.
• Any issues and risks to be escalated for support through the appropriate governance and performance management forums.
• Manage the Communication and Stakeholder Management Plan to ensure compelling, consistent and timely communication of key messages.
• Create clear messaging for wider audiences.
• Programme manage the various activities across the Site and ensure clear delivery plans are in place and being executed.
• Connects regularly with workstream leads, including PMO leads, and holds regular governance meetings to ensure visibility of key milestones and risks are clearly understood, escalated and mitigated to ensure successful implementation of sustainability activities
• Accountable for change readiness assessments to ensure the business change plan is comprehensive and aligned to the Site targets.
• Addressing any impacts of change prior to deployment
• Ensure use of GPS or ADP principles and/or Business Change Management toolkit throughout the programme, increasing the business change capability of the site project team.
• Liaison with Central Teams and Functions to understand organisational plans and targets, communicate the Barnard Castle Site plans and progress and to leverage support as required

Qualifications & Skills

• Passion for sustainability and biodiversity topics and ability to ‘infect’ others with this passion
• Demonstrated matrix leadership skills, including balancing delivery of tactical and strategic objectives.
• Strong programme management experience and proven delivery record
• High levels of personal energy with an ability to energise others
• Operational experience with knowledge of change management methodology and GPS standards.
• Ability to work independently, operating in complex and ambiguous situations with high levels of uncertainty
• Demonstrated analytical and strategic thinking skills.
• Strong interpersonal skills and ability to influence with or without authority across all grade levels.
• Exceptional communications and presentation skills, able to facilitate interfaces with diverse audiences and synthesize the most critical insights from large amounts of information.
• Ability to understand, map out and scenario plan the complexities and interdependencies of multiple programmes.
• Working effectively in large, complex cross functional teams.
• Demonstrated skills in leading and driving change to deliver improvement initiatives.
• Focus on output, setting clear goals and tracking realisation to ensure tangible progress and momentum in each workstream.
• Preferred Qualifications & Skills
• University Degree or equivalent

Skills

• Data Integrity
• Digital Fluency
• Environmental Reports
• Environmental Sustainability
• Environment Management
• Gx P Regulations
• Influencing Without Authority
• Lean Management
• Problem Solving
• Risk Awareness
• Sustainable Development

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GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive.

We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines.

We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most.

Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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