US Procurement Manager

GSK•Durham, CA

About The Position

The Procurement Manager will support ViiV Healthcare’s US business as part of the ViiV Procurement team, serving as a procurement partner to the business. The role builds relationships with stakeholders to understand objectives, priorities, and strategy, then advises how procurement can help achieve business goals through savings, value creation, risk management, and supplier selection. The role partners with the US ViiV head of procurement, global category teams, business stakeholders, Finance, and suppliers to execute sourcing strategies across commercial, corporate, and technology spend categories. It includes delivering and documenting financial benefits, negotiating contracts, managing supplier performance and relationships, and contributing to supply-chain transformation and risk mitigation. The position offers opportunities to develop within GSK and contribute to ViiV’s mission to leave no person living with HIV behind.

Requirements

At least 3 years of procurement experience, including the ability to support multiple spend categories, ideally in a commercial business environment.
Experience managing business stakeholders and influencing without express authority, including building strong relationships.
Experience managing suppliers, including supplier performance management.
Ability to drive and deliver business-impacting cost savings.
Ability to articulate the value procurement can bring to an organization.
Track record of managing contract negotiations.
Commercial and financial acumen.
Experience leading supplier tender and RFP processes.
Committed to delivering high-quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on priorities, and executing.

Nice To Haves

Pharmaceutical industry experience; candidates from other industries are also considered.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
Category experience in commercial areas.
Experience with Procure-to-Pay and spend-analysis systems.
Experience managing sourcing-project delivery in collaboration with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Partner with ViiV commercial teams to execute commercial strategies through procurement strategy and expertise.
Align with global category teams and communicate ViiV business requirements to support use of preferred suppliers.
Execute global sourcing strategies across assigned commercial, corporate, and technology spend categories, accommodating applicable ViiV needs.
Serve as the local expert for agreed spend categories and ViiV business units within scope.
Manage financial benefits according to the savings methodology, obtaining business-unit and Finance agreement and ensuring transparency in budgeting treatment.
Negotiate goods and services contracts that secure favorable terms in line with agreed business requirements.
Build strategic relationships with ViiV stakeholders, understand requirements, identify value-creation opportunities, and communicate Procurement’s value proposition.
Influence stakeholders and business partners to develop and endorse strategies, support execution, and agree on budgeting for benefit delivery.
Execute and manage supplier contracts to maximize opportunities globally, incorporating global perspectives into supplier negotiations.
Identify and evaluate new vendors and monitor existing vendors’ service-level agreements and performance standards.
Use procurement tools, systems, and processes for supplier onboarding, contracting, procure-to-pay, eSourcing, spend analysis, and risk management.
Contribute to supply-chain transformation through cost control, complexity reduction, simplification, best-practice procurement, and use of KPIs.
Identify and manage supply-chain risks, implement appropriate mitigation plans, and communicate risks to affected business units, Procurement, and suppliers.