Site Name: USA - Pennsylvania - Philadelphia Posted Date: Nov 15 2024 Are you passionate about driving procurement excellence and fostering strategic partnerships across multiple business units? If you thrive in a role that requires leadership, complex negotiations, and cross-functional collaboration, this Procurement Manager position offers an exciting opportunity to shape the procurement objectives of a dynamic organization. As a General Procurement Manager, you will be responsible for driving and leading the performance management of all key initiatives and projects in the Local Procurement area, across multiple categories of spend and cross functionally across the wider GSK business, to ensure the delivery of key business objectives and benefits. This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following… Key Responsibilities: Lead the development and implementation of procurement strategies across diverse categories of spend, ensuring alignment with business objectives and maximizing value creation. Drive end-to-end category management, including sourcing, supplier relationship management, and contract negotiations, focusing on cost optimization, quality, and compliance. Collaborate closely with global category teams, ensuring local business needs are met while leveraging global buying power. Manage large-scale, cross-functional procurement projects, utilizing data-driven insights to inform sourcing strategies and contract management. Maintain deep market and supplier knowledge, proactively mitigating risks and identifying opportunities for innovation and process improvements. Engage with senior leadership and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure procurement aligns with business goals and strategic initiatives. Why you? Basic Qualifications: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: Bachelor’s degree in Procurement, Business, Finance, or a related field. 5+ years of procurement or category management experience while leading sourcing and negotiation initiatives. Project management skills, with experience managing multiple stakeholders while delivering on complex projects. Experience in data analysis and generating performance metrics to inform decision-making. Experience in industries such as Pharma, Biotech, Healthcare, or Consumer Goods is highly desirable. Excellent communication, influencing, and stakeholder management skills, including the ability to engage with senior leadership. Preferred Qualifications: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: MBA or advanced degree in Business Management, Operations, or a related field. Expertise in indirect categories and global procurement strategies. Experience working in regulated environments and with complex supplier bases. Strong financial acumen and proficiency in leveraging digital tools to drive procurement efficiency. Certifications in procurement (e.g., APICS) and a track record of building high-performing teams are a plus. Why GSK? Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees. 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. 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