Description:
As part of our R&D, Facilities, Capital & Logistics Procurement organisation, this position will lead the Facilities Services team and reports into Senior Director, Labs, Facilities & Real Estate Procurement. The position will have responsibility across the breadth of Facilities including Soft (Catering, Housekeeping, Workwear, etc.) and Hard (MEP, Calibrations, Maintenance, etc.) Services.
Key Responsibilities:
- Manage a spend of over £600m by creating comprehensive global sourcing strategies, operating with a truly global and strategic mindset
- Build strategic relationships with a network of senior GSK global stakeholders, to understand business requirements, identify opportunities to create value and to position Procurement’s value proposition. Align sourcing strategies accordingly
- Create compelling business cases for change and obtain approval to execute from GSC, RDES & WREF and/or other support functions senior management, and to agree how benefit delivery will be budgeted
- Deliver global benefits identified in strategies through effective strategy execution, aligned to assurance of supply (risk management), compliance, quality, service, cost and innovation. Develop a multi-year value delivery roadmap across the category portfolio.
- Engage stakeholders, Finance and other relevant functions in the sourcing strategy delivery and execution
- Build strategic relationships with key suppliers at a senior level and lead governance and processes to ensure value is driven from these relationships. Ensure BU considerations are accounted for in supplier relationships.
- Lead, direct and develop a team of procurement managers.
- Build the organizational capabilities necessary to implement GSK strategy, now and in the future.
- Ensure appropriate communication strategy is in place and in use within the relevant Procurement and business customer networks
Why You!
We are looking for professionals with these required skills and experience to achieve our goals:
- BA/BS - Supply Chain, Business, or Finance
- Significant experience in procurement
- Subject matter expertise in procurement area of Global Facilities Services
- Highly developed business acumen with demonstrated success in delivering a multi-year strategy ensuring competitive commercial advantage
- Demonstrated ability to forge close business relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all management levels
- Skilled negotiator adept at leading complex negotiations with both external and internal stakeholders
- Good understanding of market drivers affecting category; strong commitment to keeping abreast of trends
- Finely honed project and change management skills
- In depth understanding of latest tools for executing sourcing strategies
- Clear understanding business value, business priorities, and potential implementation risks
- Experience managing the delivery of large projects and with end-to-end service / operations management
- Strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills