Global Category Lead - Tech Procurement
- Brentford, Greater London (GBR)
- £800 - £840 Per Day
- 4 Months
- Start date: ASAP
- Ref: GSK0JP00093431
- procurement
- sourcing strategies
- strategy
- positioning
- business requirements
- capture
- assurance
- umbrella
- accountability
- healthcare
Global Category Lead - Joining Tech Procurement Team
4 Month initial contract
Pay rate up to £840 per day via Umbrella inside IR35
Remote working, UK
Who Are We - GSK?
We are a science-led global healthcare company with a special purpose: to help people do more, feel better, live longer. GlaxoSmithKline plc was formed in 2000 as a result of a merger between Glaxo Wellcome plc and SmithKline Beecham plc , although our history can be traced back more than 300 years to London’s Plough Court Pharmacy in the 1700s.
Our goal is to be one of the world’s most innovative, best performing and trusted healthcare companies. Our strategy is to bring differentiated, high-quality and needed healthcare products to as many people as possible, with our three global businesses, scientific and technical know-how and talented people. Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture:
- Our values are Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity
- Our expectations are Courage, Accountability, Development, Teamwork
Job Purpose:
- 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:
- Prior experience in a similar role preferably within a large global corporate environment
- Able to work well as an individual contributor to a team
- Able to handle complex and time critical tasks supporting a large project
- Good communication skills able to work with senior stakeholders
