Site Name: GSK HQ, Belgium-Wavre
Posted Date: Sep 2 2024

In this role, you will be responsible for category management in the Medical Affairs R&D Procurement Team. This will include the development and implementation and on-going management of category strategies, contracting for master/service agreements, management of supplier relationships and for ensuring the suppliers key to the categories commit to deliver GSK’s performance/quality/financial requirements.

The Medical Communications and Engagement category role is pivotal to the success of the Patient Organisation.

Medical Communications and Engagement agencies develop educational materials, programs and/or strategies to assist healthcare professionals in learning about new technologies and/ or innovations in medicine – in support of the Global Medical Affairs mission to have industry leading Scientific Exchange.

Medical Communications are used throughout the product life cycle as GSK shares scientific information about our pipeline and in-line products - helping us to be Ambitious for Patients.

We create a place where people can grow, be their best, be safe, and feel welcome, valued and included. We offer a competitive salary, an annual bonus based on company performance, healthcare and wellbeing programmes, pension plan membership, and shares and savings programme.
We embrace modern work practises; our Performance with Choice programme offers a hybrid working model, empowering you to find the optimal balance between remote and in-office work.
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In this role you will

• Manage and support Global Medical categories
• Develop strategies together with the Global Medical stakeholders
• Be responsible for contract planning, negotiation, execution, interpretation, and maintenance; conducting negotiations across the applicable categories of spend
• Work across multiple countries and business units requiring high cultural awareness
• Establish strong partnerships with the Business Owner(s) and Supplier(s) to understand business challenges and develop simplified, cost-effective resolutions
• Proactively liaise with functional groups to determine scope of category services, suitability of suppliers, competitive bid analysis (RFPs), and identification of areas in which efficiencies can be gained
• Become familiar with and utilise complex business processes in all GSK supplier transactions, including all risk / regulatory / compliance requirements
• Implement and support procurement strategies to maximise supplier leverage
• Gain significant external supplier knowledge
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce nonvalue added work and maximise use of efficient buying channels
• Contribute to the R&D procurement savings targets year on year

Why you?
Basic Qualifications & Skills:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Extensive experience in procurement category management
• Proven negotiations and contract management skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• English proficiency (written and oral)

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:
Please note the following skills are not necessary, just preferred, if you do not have them, please still apply:

• Knowledge and experience of Medical Communications and/or Marketing Procurement
• Experience of procurement lifecycle management systems such as Ariba Sourcing, Contracts and Guided Buying (or equivalent)
• Experience of effective Supplier Relationship Management
• Experience of running international sourcing processes

Closing Date for Applications – Friday 13th September 2024 (COB)
Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.
When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people over the next 10 years. R&D is committed to discovering and delivering transformational vaccines and medicines to prevent and change the course of disease. Science and technology are coming together in a way they never have before, and we have strong tech-enabled capabilities that allow us to build a deeper understanding of the patient, human biology and disease mechanisms, and transform medical discovery. We are revolutionising the way we do R&D. We’re uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.
Find out more:
Our approach to R&D.

Why GSK?
Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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 organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

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 place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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