Job description Posted 04 October 2021

Global Category Lead

6 Month Contract

Brentford, London - Flexible Working From Home Available

£600-£700 per day


Role Responsibilities:

  • To lead the creation, execution and management of comprehensive global sourcing strategies for specified global spend categories within the responsibility scope of CBS Procurement
  • Leveraging deep category and market expertise
  • Operating in a truly global manner
  • Utilizing GSK and GSK Procurement policies, procedures, processes, systems and methodologies
  • Engaging and building strategic relationships with key senior stakeholders and business partners in GSK
  • Understanding the business requirements of key stakeholders and business partners and positioning the Procurement value proposition
  • Delivering the needs of key stakeholders and business partners through creation and execution of global sourcing strategies Identifying and delivering business benefits aligned to assurance of supply, quality, service, cost and innovation
  • Ensuring financial value delivered is recognized by affected stakeholder communities and Finance groups, to allow benefit capture and transparent decision making on how benefits are allocated by business units, in line with the Spend Management Framework
  • Creating and delivering effective budgets (Plans of Purchase) agreed with key stakeholders and Finance in accordance with the Spend Management Framework
  • Leading, developing and managing the supply base for the in scope spend categories
  • Building and leading effective strategic relationships with key suppliers Driving sustainable value for GSK from key supplier relationships


Candidate Requirements:


  • Experience working with Senior Stakeholders
  • Able to work on sensitive and strategic processes
  • Exposure managing large or complex projects or programmes