Senior Manager, Data Acquisitions, R&D Procurement

GlaxoSmithKline; London; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in the healthcare sector is seeking a Procurement professional to enhance data utilization for better patient outcomes. This role involves creating sourcing strategies, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring effective procurement processes. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in procurement, particularly in data acquisitions, and will work closely with various stakeholders to drive value and efficiency.

Qualifications

• 6+ years of procurement experience, preferably in Pharmaceuticals.
• At least 2 years in data acquisitions.

Responsibilities

• Create sourcing strategies for assigned spend categories.
• Achieve benefits outlined in category strategies.
• Build strategic relationships with key suppliers.

Skills

Communication

Influencing

Analytical

Relationship Building

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Finance

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Procurement

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Data Science

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Science

Job description

Site Name:

UK – London – New Oxford Street

Posted Date:

May 19 2025

Global Procurement enables GSK's ambitions by leading procurement initiatives across business units and operations, supporting the delivery of vaccines and medicines through the entire procurement cycle to patients.

As GSK enhances its data utilization to improve patient outcomes, we offer an exciting opportunity to lead Procurement in this area. We seek a team member for R&D Procurement to maximize investments in data acquisitions and subscriptions, developing new strategies in collaboration with various stakeholder groups.

The ideal candidate will have healthcare data acquisition experience, knowledge of best practices in buying data, and familiarity with key data providers, especially those related to GSK’s therapy areas.

Key Responsibilities:

1. Strategy creation & execution:

• Create sourcing strategies for assigned spend categories with a global/regional and strategic focus, ensuring alignment with global and regional strategies.
• Develop sophisticated procurement strategies aligned with business needs, supported by strong business and financial analysis skills.
• Lead contract planning, negotiations, execution, and management, overseeing negotiations across spend categories.
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce non-value-added work, including appropriate buying channels.

Value Creation / Benefit delivery:

• Achieve benefits outlined in category strategies through effective execution, focusing on supply assurance, quality, service, cost, and innovation.
• Maintain a pipeline of savings, risk mitigation, and ESG initiatives over multiple years.

Business partnering & stakeholder management:

• Influence stakeholders and partners to support strategy development, endorse strategies, and support benefit realization and budgeting.
• Communicate effectively with senior finance managers.

External supplier relationships:

• Build strategic relationships with key suppliers, ensuring value is driven and considerations like global/regional factors and dependencies are managed.

Influencing:

• Implement partnership approaches within category management across regions for a cohesive strategy.
• Ensure clear communication strategies within procurement and business networks.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Business, Finance, Procurement, Engineering, Data Science, or Science.
• 6+ years of procurement experience, preferably in Pharmaceuticals, with at least 2 years in data acquisitions.
• Proven ability in category management, strategy development, stakeholder and supplier management.
• Expertise in external environment, suppliers, and performance benchmarks.
• Excellent communication, influencing skills, and project leadership.
• Strong digital, analytical, and relationship-building skills.

Application deadline: June 2, 2025 (COB). Please include relevant competencies in your CV or cover letter. For adjustments during application, contact 0808 234 4391 or [e-mail].