EHS / MRO Category Manager

Job description

Nombre del sítio: Upper Providence, Belgium-Wavre, USA - Pennsylvania - Upper Providence, Warsaw
Fecha de publicación: Feb 1 2024

As a EHS/MRO Category Manager, you will support the implementation and management of a comprehensive global sourcing strategy for Maintenance Repair Operations (MRO) and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE, ie Environmental Health and Safety (EHS)).

This role will partner closely with the relevant Engineering EHS, Quality, Procurement, WREF and Supply chain teams to ensure the delivery of the benefits identified. It is also responsible for strategy deployment, supplier relationship / contract management and procurement governance.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following…

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Responsible for supporting global MRO / PPE spend of >£100 million annually across the Global Enterprise

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Execute and lead supplier contract performance, supplier relationship management programmes and operational governance

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Support the implementation of Global procurement initiatives, such as Buying Goods and Services, Catalogues, contract review and supplier reduction

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Business partnering – work collaboratively with EHS, Quality, WREF, site and central engineering functions, Supply Chain and the R&D teams, where appropriate, to support in the delivery of their objectives

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Coordinate with Site Procurement teams and the Shared Service Hub as defined by the Operating Model

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Manage sourcing events

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Perform risk management for supply contracts and agreements

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Develop and embed processes and ways of working as they evolve

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Conducts and monitors negotiations across the applicable categories of spend

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Knows the sourcing and category management process and policies, with a strong handle on relevant market trends and context

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Good understanding of Site operational, engineering processes and procedures

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Awareness and adherence to risk/ regulatory/ compliance requirements Implements procurement strategies to maximise supplier leverage

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Researches, evaluates and selects suppliers

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

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

·  Bachelors degree in Procurement, Business or Finance
·  3+ years of experience in an operational environment with emphasis on supply chain and different buying channels
·  3+ years of experience working with procurement category strategy management
·  3+ years of experience in procurement, working in global or multi-regional Pharmaceutical, Consumer Healthcare or FMCG environment.
·  3+ years of experience working as a negotiator adept at managing complex negotiations at management level with both external and internal stakeholders.
·  This role will be a 12+ month fixed term role with potential to be extended or turned into a permanent opportunity.

Preferred Qualifications:

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

·  Demonstrated experience in influencing strategy and managing across multiple geographies and supply chains, managing global/ regional projects and procurement is required, particularly with respect to developing & implementing strategies, stakeholder management and supplier relationship management
·  Change management project experience.
·  High energy, enthusiastic and results driven with strong business acumen.
·  Resilient and persistent with the ability to make the right decisions.
·  Develop and present persuasive arguments to deliver change and influence stakeholders.
·  Creative, conceptual thinker, exceptional problem solving/analytical skills.
·  Possess strong interpersonal skills.
·  Able to work in a matrix environment and with a high tolerance for ambiguity.
·  Strong verbal and written skills – English essential, French is highly desirable

Please visit  GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

Why Us?

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 organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.

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 workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

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