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Global Category Manager
  • Warsaw
Global Category Manager
Warszawa, Warsaw, Masovian Voivodeship, Polska
GlaxoSmithKline
25. 2. 2025
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Site Name: Warsaw

Posted Date: Nov 26 2024

Job Purpose: To support the creation, execution, implementation and management of comprehensive global sourcing strategies for Bioscience Materials.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Under supervision or independently manages or supports one or more categories/commodities
  • May work across multiple countries requiring high cultural awareness, but operate with medium to lower spend
  • Manages medium to low complexity spend categories

Strategy Development

  • Lead the development, management and execution of comprehensive strategies on a global, regional or local basis that deliver the business requirements across assurance of supply, quality, service, cost and innovation

Strategy Implementation

  • Negotiates contracts with suppliers that secure favourable terms for procurement of goods and services contracts in line with the agreed business requirements.
  • Lead strategic relationships with critical suppliers providing secure and cost-effective sources for relevant commodities.
  • Lead and implement key projects to support savings delivery or risk mitigation

Business partnering & stakeholder management in GSK

  • Build strategic relationships with GSK stakeholders, to understand business requirements, identify opportunities to create value and to position Procurement’s value proposition. Align sourcing strategies accordingly
  • Represent the category on relevant strategy development and supply chain forums

External supplier relationships

  • Researches, evaluates and selects suppliers
  • Manage the supply base for the categories within scope through a robust performance management process. Ensure supplier performance is understood and measured

Supply chain & risk management

  • Knows the sourcing group management process and policies; assesses risk
  • Lead development and implementation of Risk Mitigation strategies to ensure security of supply.
  • Awareness and adherence to risk/ regulatory/ compliance requirements
  • Balance both strategic and operational requirements, managing any supply interruptions that may occur
  • Contract planning, negotiation, execution, interpretation and maintenance; supports the negotiation process, maintains contracts and relationships

Basic Qualifications:

  • University Degree Procurement, Business, Finance, or supply chain
  • 3-5 years of operational Procurement experience across multiple categories of spend particularly with respect to developing & implementing strategies, stakeholder management and supplier relationship management and some experience of regulated environments
  • Demonstrated experience in influencing strategy and managing across multiple geographies and supply chains
  • 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
  • Demonstrated experience in managing global/ regional projects
  • Good experience in negotiation and contracting

Why GSK?

  • Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies
  • Contract of employment
  • Attractive reward package (annual bonus & awards for outstanding performance, recognition awards for additional achievements and engagement, holiday benefit)
  • Life insurance and pension plan
  • Private medical package with additional preventive healthcare services for employees and their eligible counterparts
  • Sports cards (Multisport)
  • Possibilities of development within the role and company’s structure
  • Personalized learning approach (mentoring, online training’ platforms: Pluralsight, Business Skills, Harvard Manage Mentor, Skillsoft and external training)
  • Extensive support of work life balance (flexible working solutions, short Fridays option, health & well-being activities)
  • Supportive community and integration events
  • Modern office with creative rooms, fresh fruits everyday
  • Free car and bike parking, locker rooms and showers.

Inclusion & Diversity at GSK: Inclusion and diversity at GSK are key for our success.

If you need any adjustments in the recruitment process due to health reasons, please get in touch with our Recruitment Team to further discuss this today.

GSK is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, 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.

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