Global Procurement Senior Manager, Facilities Management

GSK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 125,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK is seeking a Senior Procurement Manager - Facilities Management to shape sourcing strategies across facilities services, including janitorial, catering, maintenance and more. You will lead end-to-end procurement, manage supplier performance, and drive cost savings while ensuring compliance with procurement policies across multiple countries.

Strong negotiation, contracting and leadership skills are essential.

Qualifications

• University degree - Procurement, Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• Experience in procurement alongside experience in facilities management procurement
• Proven track record of developing and implementing successful procurement strategies and delivering cost savings.
• Strong negotiation, contract management, and supplier relationship management skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.
• Contracting experience required, including a thorough understanding of contracting fundamentals and experience with contract planning, negotiation, execution, interpretation and maintenance.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute procurement strategies for facilities management services, including soft and hard services.
• Lead end-to-end procurement process from supplier evaluation, selection, negotiation, contract management, and performance management.
• Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities and negotiate favourable terms and long-term contracts.
• Conduct market research to identify new vendors and manage supplier relationships across countries.
• Contribute to sustainable procurement practices aligned with ESG goals.
• Leverage AI and advanced analytics to enhance procurement processes.

Skills

Procurement experience

Facilities management

Negotiation

Contract management

Supplier management

Analytical thinking

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor’s degree in procurement/related field

Master’s degree in procurement/related field

Job description

As Senior Procurement Manager - Facilities Management , you will play a key role in shaping and delivering sourcing strategies across the Facilities Services category. You will lead complex sourcing and contracting activity, develop strong commercial partnerships with strategic suppliers, and identify opportunities to deliver sustainable value for the business. Working closely with key stakeholders, you will use your procurement and FM expertise to drive supplier performance, manage commercial risk and ensure key partners deliver against expectations for quality, service, performance and value.

In this role you will:

• Develop and execute procurement strategies for facilities management services, including soft and hard services: janitorial, catering, concierge, maintenance, waste management, security, cleaning, catering, document storage, office supplies, and other related services, in partnership with the business and key stakeholders, and in line with GSK and Procurement goals.

• Lead the end-to-end procurement process from supplier evaluation, selection, negotiation, contract management, and performance management including tracking and monitoring of service level agreements and performance standards.

• Identify and implement cost-saving opportunities and value-added initiatives and negotiate favourable terms, volume discounts, and long-term contracts with suppliers. Partner with internal stakeholders to understand their category needs and ensure alignment with procurement strategies.

• Conduct market research to stay informed about industry trends, market conditions, and supplier capabilities and to identify new vendors in line with agreed business requirements, managing supplier relationships, ensuring compliance with contractual terms, and addressing any performance or delivery issues, working across multiple countries requiring high cultural awareness, ensuring adherence to GSK's procurement policies, procedures, and ethical standards.

• Contribute to the development and implementation of sustainable procurement practices that support GSK's environmental, social, and governance (ESG) goals.

• Leverage AI and other advanced technologies to enhance procurement processes, including spend analysis, supplier risk assessment, and predictive analytics for better decision-making.

_ Why you? _

Basic Qualifications & Skills:

• University degree - Procurement, Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field.

• Experience in procurement alongside experience in facilities management procurement

• Proven track record of developing and implementing successful procurement strategies and delivering cost savings.

• Strong negotiation, contract management, and supplier relationship management skills.

• Excellent analytical and problem-solving abilities.

• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, dynamic environment and manage multiple priorities.

• Excellent communication, interpersonal, and leadership skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate with stakeholders at all levels.

• Contracting experience required, including a thorough understanding of contracting fundamentals and experience with contract planning, negotiation, execution, interpretation and maintenance.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

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

• Master's degree - Procurement, Business, Finance, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field.

• Develop strategy for the procurement of Facilities Services, designed to ensure high quality of services and ensure GSK's competitive position.

• Hard services knowledge and experience, in pharma or engineering type environment

• Collaborate with key stakeholders to deploy strategies globally/regionally, facilitated by robust implementation and transition plans.

• Generate value in terms of quality, delivery, and cost; contribute significantly to organization's goals and objectives.

• Experience delivering quality, compliant, timely, well-specified agreements to generate a clear return on investment for GSK.

• Market knowledge of supplier capabilities (current and future) is required to acquire and maintain competitive advantage.

Closing date for applications: 15** th **** November 2026**

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Skills

Category Strategy, Contract Management, Data Analysis, Digital Literacy, Financial Acumen, Interactive Storytelling, Negotiation, Sourcing Management, Stakeholder Management, Supplier Relationship Management

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.

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