Procurement Associate

GSK is one of the world’s foremost pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, and we are proud to be part of an industry that improves the lives of others. We are embarking on a significant transformation journey that will support GSK in becoming a top-quartile data-enabled organisation.

If you are starting your career in Procurement and want to develop your skills in sourcing, negotiations and contract management, this role gives you the opportunity to learn, grow and make a difference.

GSK Procurement is a global team of around 500 people in 50 countries who buy goods and services for the company and support our core business functions. In Procurement, we do more than just place orders. We partner with business teams to get value from our suppliers, support GSK’s strategies and targets, and help ensure we have reliable supply across the business. With a variety of projects and categories, Procurement offers great scope to learn, build experience and progress your career over time.

The global delivery centre Procurement Associate will be responsible for the delivery of Source to Contract service for one or multiple regions across Indirect Categories such as Marketing & Sales, Professional & Corporate Services, IT etc. This role will collaborate with the procurement category and local market teams (LOC) to deliver sourcing, negotiation, contract execution, and supplier lifecycle management services to the global procurement organisation. This service is a key part of the future procurement operating model. It helps the function run its core operations efficiently, apply best practices, build strong category strategies, and ensure we work in a consistent and continuously improving way.

• Execute sourcing and contracting projects for the spend categories in your scope, working closely with stakeholders and partnering with the LOC and Global Category team.
• Deliver benefits identified in strategies, local, regional and global, through effective and collaborative strategy execution, aligned to assurance of supply (risk management), quality, service, cost and innovation.
• Make sure GSK’s Procurement policies, procedures, processes, systems and methodologies are followed in a compliant way within your area of responsibility.

• Partner with Category & LOC Procurement teams to execute global / regional / local sourcing projects.
• Execute and deliver contracting requirements in line with organization’s requirements.

• Build effective working relationships with stakeholders across procurement and related functions
• Learn to navigate organisational structures and processes so you can deliver on agreed goals effectively.

• Adapt to changing business needs and priorities, showing flexibility and a willingness to learn new ways of working.

• 0-3 years of relevant experience
• A good understanding or strong interest in learning procurement processes, contract negotiations, strategic sourcing, cost analysis and supplier relationship management.
• Operating at pace and agile decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigor and risk.
• Keen to learn how to work with complex business processes in supplier transactions, including risk, regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Experience in using Procurement tools like Ariba / Fair Markit / Ironclad or other equivalent sourcing & contracting technology will be an added advantage.
• Good communication and MS Office (Excel and PowerPoint) skills.
• Enthusiasm to learn and embrace digital and AI opportunities to bring further efficiencies to the Procurement process.

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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