Global Supply Chain Planning Director Biopharm and Steriles

Global Supply Chain Planning Director - Biopharm and Steriles

18 Months Fixed Term Contract (FTC)

Are you looking for a highly visible supply chain leadership role that allows you to accelerate efficiency and global product delivery? If so, this Supply Planning Director role could be an ideal opportunity to explore.

As Supply Planning Director, you will manage/lead/be responsible for leading end to end supply chain at a regional level in the 0-3-year horizon to ensure product availability, optimizing inventory and cost, and ensuring business continuity through supply chain risk assessments and risk mitigation.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

Lead a team of supply chain planning professionals across multiple geographies, setting clear direction and ensuring appropriate capabilities are developed across the team.

* Accountable for ensuring that an end-to-end optimised supply plan is in place across all assets (internal and external) in the therapy subset over the 24- month planning horizon from raw materials through to point of sale (ex-GSK).

* Evaluate scenarios for key supply chain planning decisions ensuring that the fiscal impact analysis is robust to drive responsive decision making through the CCC cycle.

* Accountable for delivery of service targets for the therapy subset, resolving and escalating key issues through the SCIM (Supply Chain Issue Management) process as appropriate.

* Accountable for setting global inventory policies for all brands within their therapy subset aligned to corporate working capital targets and ensuring these are executed.

* Drive performance management across the therapy subset to ensure adherence to service and inventory targets are met, putting effective root cause analysis in place for non-adherence and appropriate corrective actions to recover performance that is off track.

* Collaborate with site and regional leadership teams to develop initiatives that continuously improve the supply chain and have a direct impact on service, cost and cash targets.

* Identify and manage key supply chain risks for the therapy subset, putting in place mitigation plans and escalating appropriately through franchise RMCB.

* Collaborate with the franchise strategy teams to move key programmes from strategy into execution including network and sourcing changes. Leverage the long-range forecast to drive robust planning in the 24 - 36-month horizon for primary and secondary sites.

* Collaborate with commercial franchise leads and site leadership teams to align volume / value plans over the 24-month planning horizon as an input to the annual financial budgeting process for the given therapy.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

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

• Bachelor's degree
• Experience in supply chain delivery
• Experienced in leadership and development of a team of planners
• Experience developing Supply Chain processes and supporting systems in a global regulated environment

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• MBA or master's degree in supply chain management
• Strong understanding of import/export to the region
• Strong relationship management building skills
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills

Why GSK?

Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.

These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Agile and distributed decision-making - using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.
• Managing individual and team performance.
• Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.
• Implementing change initiatives and leading change.
• Sustaining energy and well-being, building resilience in teams.
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning both internally and externally.
• Developing people and building a talent pipeline.
• Translating strategy into action - a compelling narrative, motivating others, setting objectives and delegation.
• Building strong relationships and collaboration, managing trusted stakeholder relationships internally and externally.
• Budgeting and forecasting, commercial and financial acumen.

Closing Date for Applications: 02/05/2025 (EOD)

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.

We encourage you to apply as soon as possible, as we may close the role early if we receive a high volume of applications.

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.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.

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