Category Manager - External Manufacturing Procurement

The Category Manager, External Manufacturing Procurement is an important role operating in a complex, multi-stakeholder and cross-functional environment. The position reports to the Senior Category Manager, External Manufacturing Procurement in the Direct & Sites Procurement team. The purpose of the role is to manage External Manufacturing contract manufacturing organizations (CMO's), with a focus on implementing strategies that drive value for patients. The role will engage with internal stakeholders to understand business requirements, support the development of strategies, lead supplier negotiations with managed CMOs, and execute contracts. Responsibilities also include supplier relationship and performance management, integration of new suppliers and delivering business value from all CMO's aligned to the Category team.,

• Support strategic sourcing and contract negotiations to meet the supply strategy for GSK's assets across the External Manufacturing network.
• Support the implementation of robust category strategies underpinned by strong strategic Contract Manufacturing Organization (CMO) relationships, and leadership endorsed network change business cases used in making critical decisions on future GSK network design.
• Lead the negotiations and ongoing contract management with CMO's. Delivering contracts with a focus on value creation, risk management, key terms, and price negotiation
• Work across the product lifecycle, from NPI through to late lifecycle portfolio management, to ensure quality, supply, service, and cost requirements to GSK are met.
• Fully understand and develop market intelligence for the category group to understand the CMO supply base in order to benchmark and identify opportunities, across various drug product dose forms and packaging formats.
• Support performance monitoring and improvement plans with CMO's, to deliver continuous improvement., We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.
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• Bachelor's Degree in science or business-related field
• Multiple years' experience in Procurement including; management of Procurement tools such as sourcing, quotation analysis, contract negotiation, supplier review, supplier development, contracting and others
• Strong written and verbal communication skills
• Negotiation and contract management experience
Preferred Qualifications & Skills: Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:
• Experience in managing relationships with CMO's
• Experience in implementing sourcing strategies across multiple geographies and supply chains
• Experience in working on global/regional projects with consideration to diverse location-specific needs and regulations
• Project management experience
• Change management experience
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  
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