Procurement Industrial Placement, UK 2026

GlaxoSmithKline; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 28,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global biopharma company is offering an Industrial Placement in Procurement based in London. This role is perfect for undergraduate students looking to gain real-world experience while contributing to significant projects. The successful candidate will develop core skills such as teamworking, communication, and data analysis while working with experienced colleagues. This internship offers a salary of £27,100 plus a bonus.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual bonus based on performance

Employee recognition programs

Access to wellbeing platform

Private Healthcare Insurance

Volunteering days

Qualifications

• Currently studying any undergraduate degree and completed 2 years.
• Enrolled in a UK or ROI university for the duration of the placement.
• Fluency in written and spoken English required.

Responsibilities

• Work on structured projects in Procurement supporting various GSK business areas.
• Manage supplier spend and connect GSK employees with suppliers.
• Contribute to the diversity of procurement projects.

Skills

Teamworking

Communication

Time management

Problem-solving

Networking

Data analysis

Education

Undergraduate Degree

Job description

Site Name: UK – London – New Oxford Street
Posted Date: Nov 14 2025

Choose Wisely, Apply Confidently

To maximise your opportunities at securing an Industrial Placement with us this year, we strongly advise that you apply to no more than 3 adverts. (For clarity, multiple roles within a single advert are considered one application.)

We encourage you to concentrate your efforts on the roles that best align with your skills, interests and university experience, as this will strengthen your application and give you the best chance of success.

Roles Available in Location: GSK HQ

Education required: To apply for this placement, you must be: Currently studying any Undergraduate Degree in any discipline.

Other requirements: You will have completed a minimum of 2 years of your undergraduate degree but will not have graduated at the start of your placement. You must be enrolled at a UK (United Kingdom) or ROI (Republic of Ireland) University for the duration of your placement.

If you have already graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree and are currently studying a postgraduate Masters, you are not eligible for this programme.

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English

Expected Start date: June 2026

Duration: 1 year (approximately)

Salary: A salary of £27,100 plus a bonus.

Workplace Arrangements: Flexible working via performance with choice (office & home working may be available)

Application Closing: Early applications are encouraged as candidates will be reviewed regularly, and the advert may close at any point.

Are you looking to gain valuable real world work experience and help positively impact the lives of others?

A GSK internship offers you the opportunity to kickstart your career – to take on a real role with genuine impact. You’ll take on challenging tasks within live projects or assignments. You’ll also get to learn from others in your team and other parts of GSK whilst developing your skills and gaining valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.

What do we offer you?

• A competitive salary, with an annual bonus based on company performance.
• Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements.
• Access to our cutting‑edge wellbeing platform: personalise your experience, help reduce stress, increase focus, build connections and resilience. You will also have access to a confidential helpline 24/7, mindfulness, health screenings and financial wellbeing support.
• Access to Private Healthcare Insurance, including 24‑hour access to an online GP.
• Optional Support: Includes identity protection, long‑term care insurance, home, auto, and pet insurance
• Opportunities to work with Employee Resource Groups, providing opportunities to network, gain mentorship, and develop personally and professionally.
• Access to IPUnite which is a community of Early Careers programme participants offering development, networking and social connections to help you make the best of your programme. You will also be invited to join LinkedIn groups and pre‑joining webinars, to enable you to connect and network with new students.
• 2 volunteering days per year

Typical skills you can expect to learn on this placement will include:

• Teamworking through working with multidisciplinary teams
• Communication (written & verbal)
• Time management
• Problem‑solving
• Networking
• Data analysis and management
• Technical skills (detailed within each role description)

The Role

Overview of the Department

Procurement in GSK is a global function, with over 500 employees around the world, based in 40+ countries, and is responsible for proactively managing more than £8 Billion of supplier spend.

Procurement activity includes managing a range of goods and services that can be split into direct and indirect categories. The direct category includes materials that are purchased that will go into the actual medicines and vaccines that GSK sells into markets worldwide. Indirect categories are goods and services that are purchased by the organisation to support its operations and commercial activities, these include: research and development, marketing services, capital equipment, facilities services, IT and travel.

Global Procurement’s objectives are:

1. Increase our value delivery: drive savings to meet business targets, whilst ensuring quality and supply.

2. Make buying simpler: Procurement understands business needs and connects GSK employees seamlessly to the right suppliers.

Key Placement Learnings

Your year with us will be spent working as part of a team on structured and challenging projects and activities. The Procurement department support all GSK business areas, including manufacturing, sales and marketing, and research and development. This diversity of projects is reflected in the range of placements available. Wherever you’re based, you will put into practice the business skills you’ve gained at university, learn from experienced colleagues, and network with a wide community of business professionals, customers, and other undergraduates.

The knowledge and experience you gain will help you to stand out from the crowd and give you a firm idea about your future career options. As well as learning all about Procurement, you’ll develop core personal skills such as communication, planning, organisation, problem solving, team‑working and networking.

Apply now!

These placement opportunities have the following recruitment stages – you must successfully pass each stage to be offered a placement year with GSK for 2026:

1. Eligibility Form
2. GSK Digital Assessment
3. Virtual Assessment Centre or Virtual Interview

We’re 100% open to all talent. We want to recruit the right people for GSK from the widest possible backgrounds, so we can better serve the inclusion of our patients and because it’s the right thing to do. You can learn more about Inclusion at GSK.

For more information about GSK and our careers please visit our website.

Need help with your application? Please email us at [e-mail] or call us on 01582 692870 and let us know how we can help you.

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.

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.

Adjustments to the application process

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on [e-mail] or 0808 234 4391. The helpline is available from 8.30am to 12.00 noon Monday to Friday, during bank holidays these times and days may vary.

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

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