Job Title: Senior Manager, R&D Procurement

Company Overview: GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is a science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer. We are on an audacious journey to impact the health of 2.5 billion people over the next decade. Our R&D division is at the forefront of this mission, dedicated to the discovery and development of groundbreaking vaccines and medicines. We are transforming the landscape of medical research by integrating cutting-edge science and technology and harnessing the power of genetics and new data. By fostering a collaborative environment that unites the talents of our people, we are revolutionizing R&D to pre-empt and defeat diseases. Join us in our commitment to uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Job Description: The Senior Manager, R&D Procurement, Full Service Outsourcing will be responsible for sourcing and contract management across their category. This will include the development and implementation of category strategies; the contracting for master-service agreements within the category; the management of commercial relationships and supplier relationships that fall outside of the enterprise SRM structure for the categories, and for ensuring the suppliers key to the category commit to deliver GSK’s performance/quality/financial requirements.

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.

We embrace modern work practices; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Lead study teams in the procurement of Full-Service outsourcing for clinical studies: source CRO services; business partnering, developing business requirements, conduct RFPs, enable supplier decisions, negotiate costs and contracts with suppliers, contract management and manage life cycle of outsourcing throughout study duration
• Support strategy development for the procurement of Full-Service Outsourcing to ensure high quality of services and ensure GSK’s competitive position
• Collaborate with teams and stakeholders to deploy global/regional strategies with robust implementation and transition plans
• Generate value in terms of quality, delivery, and cost; contribute significantly to organization’s goals and objectives
• Plan, execute, interpret, maintain, and monitor negotiations across the applicable categories of spend
• Deliver quality, compliant, timely, well-specified agreements to generate a clear return on investment for GSK
• Know the sourcing group management process and policies; assess risk, regulatory and compliance requirements and implement procurement strategies to maximize supplier leverage

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s Degree in Procurement, Business, Finance, Life Sciences
• 3+ years’ experience with clinical research procurement or outsourcing
• 3+ years’ experience in stakeholder and supplier relationship management
• 3+ years’ experience managing global/regional projects with consideration to diverse LOC needs and regulation
• 3+ years’ experience in influencing strategy and managing across multiple geographies and supply chains

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:

• Experience in creating or reviewing study level Full-Service Outsourcing budgets
• Master’s degree in business or related discipline
• Ability to exercise judgment and discretion in establishing and maintaining good working relationships
• Demonstrated ability to effectively use negotiation and conflict resolution skills to protect GSK rights and interests
• Ability to prioritize multiple tasks across multiple projects using project management skills
• Proven ability to provide effective procurement management in complex organizations using technical expertise and analytical skills

Closing Date for Applications – 17 February 2025 (COB)

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Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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.

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