Site Procurement Manager

GSK•Marietta, PA

11d

About The Position

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 Indirect spending 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 Manager – Site (SPM) partners with the local Site team to drive and support across all the dimensions of Procurement delivery. At a strategic level, SPM leads 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, SPM leads 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. SPM is a delivery-orientated value creating partner. Someone who is well connected to the business and has strong relationships necessary to make things happen to create value. It’s someone that is so well connected that they find things out, they get to know things from various sources and then they put two and two together to make five. It’s someone who can connect the dots. Who can challenge each other collaboratively and lead others to deliver the value. To drive needle-moving value creation SPM doesn’t just need to be a great partner with each Category Procurement team and each Supplier but also need to connect across Sites, particularly those in the same value chain and geography, connect across Procurement, across the Supply Chain and across the business.

Requirements

5-8 years of operational Procurement experience across multiple categories of spend and some experience of regulated environments
Knowledge of Procurement tools such as sourcing, quotation analysis, contract negotiation, supplier review, supplier development and others
Demonstrated team leadership and ability to motivate and inspire colleagues, and work in partnership with others to drive, implement and support change
Ability to manage sensitive partnerships, strong influencing and stakeholder partnering skills coupled with excellent negotiation and communication skills
Excellent written and verbal communication skills – fluent English.
Knowledge of finance (cost benchmark & financial audit with key supplier) and legal matters (contracting)
Experience with risk management
Contracting experience required, including a thorough understanding of contracting fundamentals and experience with contract planning, negotiation, execution, interpretation and maintenance

Nice To Haves

Significant experience working in a matrix business environment
Ability to work in high pressure environment, often under tight deadlines
Deep financial acumen
Strong acumen of corporate business norms and requirements needed; broad understanding of Procurement activities needed; ability to adapt quickly to new topics and responsibilities
In depth understanding of external environment & supplier relationship models.
Exceptional communication and influencing skills across internal GSK teams and external suppliers globally
Ability to operate and influence across all business units and across multiple disciplines

Responsibilities

Develop and propose long and short-term plans to improve Procurement processes to enhance the overall performance of the Site. Provide leadership in the implementation of new processes.
Simplification of incoming materials and certain testing methods that I have influenced to eliminate that bring no value
Implement Global Procurement processes, policies, guidelines, strategies locally and ensure compliance.
Simplification of incoming materials and certain testing methods that I have influenced to eliminate that bring no value.
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.
Lead the Procurement function at Site (Directs, Manufacturing Indirects and Capex).
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 fast-moving environment.
Adapt and respond to regularly changing business requirements.
Critical supply issues-RIV tool to mitigate risk, VMI programs developed in both direct and indirect space
Manage the development of a long-term vision for all local purchasing categories to support the growth of GSK. Ensure the approval of this long-term vision by local key stakeholders.
For specific Categories, actively negotiate contracts.
Reduce the Directs, Manufacturing Indirects and Capex costs of the site. Support the reduction of end-to-end 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.
Co-ordinate support from multiple Category teams and working within a matrix organization. Manage relationships with other Procurement staff remotely.
Secure the supply chain through integrating a risk management approach as a foundation of Procurement mission.
Evaluate and mitigate risk associated with long standing local suppliers and single sourcing.
Responsible to select, train, supervise, develop and evaluate local buyers. Lead and motivate team members towards the pursuit of operational excellence and attainment of best practices. In addition, promote empowerment and process ownership.