Global Production and Materials Demand Planner in Essex

This job is with GSK, an inclusive employer. As the Global Production & Materials Demand Planner, you will provide the global demand forecast analysis, manage inventory and support the component availability for items manufactured across the Clinical Supply Chain network of sites.

The Global Production & Materials Demand Planner delivers the network capacity picture, assisting with analysis and scenario plans to ensure we are optimising our network effectively in a constantly evolving landscape. This is a critical role to the delivery of clinical trial supplies to patients and offers an existing opportunity to drive change and improvements in process at an exciting time for CSC.

In this role you will:

• Forecast, purchase and manage inventory of packaging components to ensure on-time availability to enable completion of the global production schedules on time and in full.
• Execute site to site transfer of components when necessary.
• Develop processes to align the forecasting of packaging components to the Packed Kit and Primary Pack forecasting processes using available tools.
• Maintain achievable load-balanced forecasts for all primary and secondary clinical packaging demand, highlighting where conflicts occur in a timely manner to allow for demand externalising and owning any remedial activities.
• Create and measure customer service performance metrics for Third Party Suppliers, ensuring timelines and commitments are met in full.
• Lead Vendor complaints, approve Vendor root cause analysis (RCA) and Corrective action reports for the business.
• Engage and assess Vendor supplier capabilities.
• Resolve vendor and GSK Finance queries.
• Act as the Packaging Operations lead in the Network Capacity Review, Demand Review and Pre-Supply Chain Board forums.
• Identify and own process improvement opportunities.

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

• Experience of supply chain planning and scheduling (rough cut and finite), with proven ability to present required data.
• Experience in inventory management including procurement, establishing optimal stock holding levels and dealing with invoice queries.
• Experience of working directly with third parties.
• Advanced MS Excel skills and experience in creating Power BI dashboards (highly advantageous), competent in MRP and forecasting systems.
• Proven project Management Skills.
• Demonstrated ability to set and reach challenging goals, high standards of performance and ability to resolve difficulties.
• Previous experience with GSK planning/procurement systems.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• Strong GMP knowledge.
• Ability to influence at all levels of the organization, both internally and externally.
• Collaborates with others and bridges personal, business and cultural differences to work effectively in team settings.
• Experience of delivering Continuous Improvement projects and/or Lean Six Sigma (OE) tools in the business environment.

Closing Date for Applications 30th June 2026 - (COB)

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people's lives.

GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients' needs and have the highest probability of success.

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.