General Procurement Director - Head of capital equipment

General Procurement Director - Head of capital equipment

Location: Belgium - Wavre, Poland – Warsaw, UK - London

• Development and execution of the global procurement strategy for Capital Equipment
• Collaborate closely with key stakeholders and supplier partners to drive strategy and encourage innovation while ensuring continuity of supply and project delivery
• Set aggressive goals and objectives; drive team to meet or exceed on an annual basis
• Manage risk effectively via well-constructed commercial and contractual agreements with third parties
  

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Development and execution of comprehensive global sourcing strategies
• Manage annual £500m spend related to Capital Equipment projects
• Significantly contribute to overall organizational goals by meeting or exceeding annual cost reduction and avoidance goals
• Establish and maintain strong relationships with key stakeholders, ensuring business alignment on critical objectives
• Keep abreast of market trends and commodity drivers; leverage same to effect strategies and develop annual cost reduction commitments
• Build a high performing team comprised of existing colleagues and targeted external hires; initiate multi-year talent development plan, including succession

Why you? 

Basic Qualifications:

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

• Previous experience of managing a significant amount of capital expenditures related to plant and equipment in a complex industrial sector
• Deep understanding of market drivers effecting category and of the latest tools for executing sourcing strategies (Ariba, etc.)
• Strong skills necessary for complex negotiations with both external suppliers and internal stakeholders
  

Preferred Qualifications:

If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Post graduate degree
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills
• Demonstrated negotiation and influencing skills
• Strong people skills required to develop good working relationships with senior stakeholders, key external supplier partners, and internal Global Procurement peers
• Demonstrated ability to establish a network outside of GSK with industry peers that enables external perspective and innovation to solve business challenges and identify opportunities

Closing Date for Applications: 10th July 2024 (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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