Site Procurement Manager-Giza Site

Site Name: Egypt - Giza - Giza

Posted Date: May 2 2024

Are you a Procurement expert who is energized by the challenge of being part of one of the leading pharmaceutical companies worldwide If so, this role Site Procurement Manager-Giza is the one for you to explore.

As Site Procurement Manager, you will be accountable for establishing and nurturing value-focused relationships with third parties. The Procurement Manager Site (SPM) partners with the local Site team to drive and support across all the dimensions of Procurement delivery. At a strategic level, the SPM leads the alignment with the Site Leadership Team; ensures the Site business needs and priorities are well understood and supported from Global Category Procurement teams and contributes, directly or indirectly, to the strategic management of key suppliers.

From a more tactical perspective, the SPM leads the operational management of activities, implementation of sourcing strategies and other global projects. They also ensure that the daily needs and transactional activities are executed in accordance with GSK's policies and SOPs and that the communication provided to the local Procurement team and the stakeholder community is relevant and effective.

The SPM is a delivery-orientated value creating partner. Someone who is well connected to the business and has the strong people relationships necessary to make things happen to create value. It's someone that is so well connected that they find things out, they get to know things from various sources and then they put two and two together to make five. It's someone who can connect the dots. Who can challenge collaboratively and lead others to deliver the value. Someone others are drawn to because they know that that person will help make them be successful. To drive needle-moving value creation the SPM doesn't just need to be a great partner with each Category Procurement team and each Supplier but also need to connect across Sites, particularly those in the same value chain and geography, connect across Procurement, across the Supply Chain and across the business.

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

Key responsibilities:

• Business strategy:
• Develop and propose long and short-term plans to improve Procurement processes to enhance the overall performance of the Site. Provide leadership in the implementation of new processes.
• Implement Global Procurement processes, policies, guidelines, strategies locally and ensure compliance.
• Managing interfaces between Procurement and the Site, balancing the expectations of both Procurement and Site stakeholders. Understanding different perspectives and satisfying the needs and expectations of all stakeholders, both within Procurement and the Site.
• Ensure the Site requirements are taking into account within the definition and implementation of Global Category strategies. Development and robust implementation of Procurement strategies for local categories of spend that clearly meet business requirements.
  
  

Procurement Management:

• Develop and manage the Site supply base to meet GSK's requirements: assurance of supply, quality, regulatory, service, cost, and innovation to control costs in a fast-moving environment. Adapt and respond to regularly changing business requirements.
• Manage the development of a long-term vision for all local purchasing categories to support the growth of GSK. Ensure the approval of this long-term vision by local key stakeholders.
• For specific Categories, actively negotiate contracts.
• Reduce the Directs, Manufacturing Indirects and Capex costs of the site. Support the reduction of end-to-end total costs of the Site.
• Influence the balance sheet of the Site through development and robust implementation of best Procurement practices.
• Co-ordinate support from multiple Category teams and working within a matrix organization. Manage relationships with other Procurement staff remotely.
  
  

Risk Management:

• Secure the supply chain through integrating a risk management approach as a foundation of Procurement mission. Evaluate and mitigate risk associated with long standing local suppliers and single sourcing.
  
  

Why you


Basic Qualifications:


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

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience, preferred majors: Procurement, Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, logistics.
• 3-5 years of operational Procurement experience across multiple categories of spend and some experience of regulated environments.
• Good understanding of Procurement tools such as sourcing, quotation analysis, contract negotiation, supplier review, supplier development and others
• Good Ability to motivate and inspire colleagues, and work in partnership with others to drive, implement and support change.
• Good ability to manage sensitive partnerships, strong influencing and stakeholder partnering skills coupled with excellent negotiation and communication skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills fluent English.
• Good knowledge of finance (cost benchmark & financial audit with key supplier) and legal matters (contracting)
• Experience on Risk management
  
  

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• Experience working in a matrix business environment.
• Ability to work in high pressure environment, often under tight deadlines.
• Good financial acumen
• Good acumen of corporate business norms and requirements needed; broad understanding of Procurement activities needed; ability to adapt quickly to new topics and responsibilities.
• Good understanding of external environment & supplier relationship models.
• Exceptional communication and influencing skills across internal GSK teams and external suppliers globally.
• Demonstrated success in leading and improving outsourced services and projects to meet and improve the needs of business.
• Ability to operate and influence across all business units and across multiple disciplines.
  
  

Post Closure date: 11. May.2024

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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