Site Name: UK - London - BrentfordPosted Date: Feb Role : M anager, Global tech procurement Location : GSK House (Brentford and then Totteham court)Are you looking for a highly visible procurement role that allows you to shape supplier strategy, directly influence GSK's most critical IT investment considerations, and drive positive outcomes? If so, this role could be an ideal opportunity to explore. Job Purpose As a Manager in Tech Procurement, you will be accountable for a portfolio of global sourcing initiatives. This will include executing RFIs and RFQs, negotiating various types of agreements (e.g., MSA, MSLA, MSaaS,) along with managing stakeholder and supplier relationships. In addition, you will support the creation and implementation of category strategies, management of category analytics, and monitoring of supplier performance.Key Responsibilities This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following

• Independently managing a portfolio of Technology projects and stakeholders
• Planning and execution of sourcing events (e.g., RFI, RFQ) and supporting negotiation strategies
• Management of contracts across the lifecycle. More specifically, negotiation and execution of new agreements, extensions, amendments, novation's, etc)
• Prioritizing your time and other resources across projects of varying levels of complexity and urgency
• Collaborating with colleagues and suppliers across multiple countries requiring high cultural awareness
• Independently working within defined parameters, willing to request support when needed
• Awareness and adherence to risk/ regulatory/ compliance requirements
• Researches, evaluates and selects suppliers

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

• Bachelor's degree
• Procurement experience

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

• Created and manage sourcing activities such as end to end RFP and or RFI's,
• Experience leading contract negotiation with preferred vendors
• Experience working with global providers of, software, and associated IT Professional services
• Proven ability to multi-task; prioritize and manage multiple projects at a time.
• Master's degree in Business, Technology, Mathematics, or Supply Chain Management
• Pharmaceutical industry experience
• Global Procurement experience
• Strong Risk Management Experience
• Experience managing executive level stakeholders
• Demonstrated negotiation and influencing skills
• Excellent verbal and written communications skills

Job Application End Date : 5th March 2024Why Us?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 organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of 2030.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 workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We're committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class ( US only).We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on or . Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels. However, we have created a UK Recruitment FAQ guide. Click the link and scroll to the Careers Section where you will find answers to multiple questions we receive As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.Important notice to Employment businesses/ AgenciesGSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, GSK may be required to capture and report expenses GSK incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure GSK's compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit GSK's Transparency Reporting For the Record site.We're moving towards a more sustainable future with our new headquarters. With better public transport links and proximity to world-class science and technology institutions, we're excited for our move to the vicinity of Earnshaw Street, London WC1A ("the New HQ") by end H1 2024.