CMO Planning Integration Manager - FTC/Secondment

Remote Worker LTD.; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK is seeking a CMO Planning Integration Manager on a fixed-term secondment until 28 March 2028. The role drives a globally standardized SAP S/4HANA planning blueprint, harmonizes processes across Global Planning, Site Planning, Manufacturing and External Supply, and supports a major business transformation.

You will partner with IT and business teams to define governance, data ownership, and test scenarios, ensuring alignment with the global template and successful deployment across waves,

Qualifications

• Deep specialist knowledge of CMO planning and execution processes.
• Strong operational experience in SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA.
• Experience in large-scale global transformation programs and SAP implementations.
• Ability to translate business requirements into global process designs and data needs.

Responsibilities

• Define the future CMO operating model and design decisions for external manufacturing and planning integration.
• Harmonize ways of working across Global Planning, Site Planning, Manufacturing and External Supply.
• Define, test, and validate process designs, data needs, reporting, and governance.
• Collaborate with deployment teams to ensure changes are reflected in solution design.
• Monitor performance post-implementation and drive continuous improvement.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder management

Business English

Process governance

Change management

Workshop facilitation

Job description

This is a secondment role with a duration until 28 March 2028. It offers a unique opportunity to shape a globally standardized procurement process and support a major business transformation.

Job Purpose

The S/4 CMO Planning Integration Manager will provide specialist expertise and knowledge of the CMO Planning and Execution processes expertise within the ERP Evolution program. The role will define, govern, and continuously improve the future-state processes connecting Global Planning, Site Planning, Manufacturing, and External Supply.

Working across business and technology teams, the role holder will translate business needs into a globally standardized, compliant, and practical SAP S/4HANA process and systems blueprint. The role will champion adoption of the global template, support implementation across deployment waves, and ensure that the solution delivers sustainable operational performance.

Key Responsibilities

• Contribute to the development of the future CMO operating model and virtual plant design, defining business requirements and contributing to S/4HANA design decisions for external manufacturing, batch-level execution, inventory visibility, stock ownership, and planning integration
• Support definition and harmonization of ways of working across Global Planning, Site Planning, Manufacturing, and External Supply.
• Cover core process areas including net requirements planning, purchase requisition and purchase order management, supplier commitments, inventory replenishment, supply exceptions, capacity reviews, new product introductions, product transfers, regulatory changes, and lifecycle planning.
• Understand and articulate business requirements, assess design options, and recommend solutions aligned with the global template.
• Translate agreed decisions into clear process designs, functional requirements, data requirements, reporting needs, and solution blueprints.
• Define process data and master-data ownership to support data integrity, compliance, traceability, and effective performance management.
• Partner with the system integrator and business representatives to ensure that workshop decisions are accurately reflected in the solution design.
• Ensure adherence to global ERP Evolution process and solution governance, escalating design decisions and deviations through the appropriate design authority.
• Align Planning, Procurement, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory, Finance, and External Supply stakeholders and drive timely issue resolution.
• Define and create test scenarios and test scripts for CMO planning process across Informal Testing, UAT and DIL. Also support and execute UAT and DIL testing for CMO planning activities, including defect triage, resolution tracking and alignment with program test governance.
• Work closely with site planning teams and cluster functions to ensure CMO process design is understood, that local ways of working are assessed and change impacts are captured in the Local Change Action Plans.
• Collaborate with Deployment teams and Global Process Owners to support Change Impact Assessments and the consistent implementation of CMO processes and system designs across sites and program waves, ensuring changes are managed through established governance processes.
• Monitor process performance after implementation and lead continuous improvement while protecting the integrity of the global standard.

Basic Qualifications

• Deep specialist knowledge of CMO planning and execution process and its interaction with other supply chain processes.
• Strong operational experience and functional understanding of CMO process in SAP ECC and/or SAP S/4HANA.
• Significant experience in supply chain planning, procurement, manufacturing, external supply, or integrated business planning within a complex or regulated environment.
• Experience working on large-scale global transformation programs, preferably involving process design and SAP implementation.
• Proven ability to define business requirements, evaluate options, design global processes, and deliver sustainable process changes.
• Experience facilitating workshops and managing multifunctional, geographically dispersed teams and stakeholders.
• Experience translating business requirements into process, data, control, reporting, and technology specifications.
• Experience supporting testing, deployment, change management, and capability development.

Other Job-Related Skills and Background

• Strong leadership, interpersonal, and stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to establish credibility quickly.
• Excellent written and verbal business English.
• Aility to influence without direct authority, broker practical solutions, and resolve cross-functional issues.
• Strong process-governance, risk-assessment, and continuous-improvement capability.Ability to work effectively under tight deadlines, finite resources, ambiguity, and changing priorities.
• Ability to balance local business needs with the adoption and protection of a global standard template.

Work Arrangements

The role is hybrid, requiring on-site work two days per week. Remote or fully home-working arrangements are not available for this role.

Skills

Cold Chain, Customer-Focused, Customs Duties, Data Integrity, Digital Fluency, Financial Acumen, GxP Regulations, Lean Management, Logistics Management, New Product Introduction (NPI), Problem Solving, Product Knowledge, Risk Awareness, Strategic Alignment, Supply Chain Operations, Supply Chain Sustainability, Third Party Logistics Management, Transportation And Logistics, Warehouse ManagementItalian Salary Range / Fascia retributiva in Italia: EUR 73,050 to EUR 121,750French Salary Range / Fourchette salariale – France EUR 75,750 to EUR 126,250Belgium Salary Range / Fourchette salariale – Belgique: EUR 81,000 to EUR 135,000The annual gross base salary range for new hires in this position is listed above for each applicable location. These ranges take into account a number of factors including the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position may offer an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. More detailed information on the total benefits package will be supplied during the recruitment process. This role is available for applicants from multiple locations, and therefore salary ranges for certain locations are also shown. Salary ranges for other locations are shown because some markets have pay transparency laws that require salary information on job postings, and those locations are potential job sites for this role. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific location or country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process. Please note salaries vary by country based on the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. Offers are typically made within the advertised range based on the candidate’s skills, experience and qualifications, with the upper end generally reserved for highly experienced candidates or other exceptional circumstances aligned with these criteria.

Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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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