Senior Site Procurement Manager

GSK; Ware; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global biopharma company seeks a Senior Procurement Manager for their Ware site to enhance procurement processes and supplier performance. The role requires a Bachelor's degree and operational procurement experience across various categories. The manager will negotiate contracts, balance site needs with procurement strategies, and lead a procurement team. This position offers opportunities for personal growth and impact on site performance, along with a competitive salary and annual bonus based on company performance.

Benefits

Competitive base Salary

Annual bonus based on company performance

Opportunities for professional development

Access to healthcare and wellbeing programmes

Employee recognition programmes

Qualifications

• Proficiency with procurement tools and analysis.
• Direct experience managing procurement for specific categories.
• Demonstrated team management skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage the Procurement function across the site.
• Develop and implement procurement strategies for local categories.
• Negotiate contracts for specific spend categories.

Skills

Operational Procurement

Supply Chain experience

Commercial negotiation

Procurement tools proficiency

Change implementation

Education

Bachelor’s degree in science or business

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Are you energized by a procurement leadership role where you can drive efficiency and shape procurement aims across the organization? If so, this Senior Procurement Manager role could be an exciting opportunity to explore.

As Senior Site Procurement Manager, you will manage site procurement for our Ware Site, one of the largest manufacturing sites in the GSK network. You will partner with operations, engineering, technical, quality and finance to ensure the Site has the goods and services it needs to operate reliably and safely.

We value collaborative problem-solvers who drive supplier performance and cost value while keeping quality and compliance front and centre. This role offers clear growth, visible impact on site performance, and the chance to help GSK unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together

Business strategy:

• Develop and propose long and short-term plans to improve Procurement processes to enhance the overall performance of the site
• Manage the interfaces between Procurement and the Site, balancing the expectations of both Procurement and Site stakeholders
• Ensure that Site requirements are considered within the definition and implementation of Global Category Strategies
• Develop and implement Procurement strategies for local owned categories of spend that clearly meet business requirements

Procurement Management:

• Manage the Procurement function across the Site (Direct and Indirect Spend)
• Develop and manage the Site supply base to meet GSK’s requirements: assurance of supply, quality, regulatory, service, cost, and innovation to control costs in a fast-moving environment. Adapt and respond to regularly changing business requirements.
• For specific spend categories, negotiate contracts.
• Co-ordinate support from multiple Category Teams and work within a matrix organization.

Team:

You will manage a ‘Site Procurement Specialist’ professional also based at the Ware Site.

Responsible to select, train, supervise, develop and evaluate team members. Manage and motivate team members towards the pursuit of operational excellence and attainment of best practices. In addition, promote empowerment and process ownership

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Bachelor’s degree, preferably science or business based
• Operational Procurement / Supply Chain experience across multiple categories of spend
• Direct experience managing procurement for a specific supply category, or more generically across site level spend (Direct or Indirect)
• Proficiency with procurement tools and basic spend analysis; experience with ERP systems is preferred
• Demonstrated experience establishing annual Direct Material budgets, establishing Standard Costs and tracking PPV performance vs targets
• Commercial and negotiation skills, demonstrated through supplier contracts or savings delivery
• Ability to drive & implement change
• Enterprise mindset – translating & mapping Procurement goals to business needs
• Demonstrated team management skills (with the ability to motivate and inspire colleagues, and work in partnership with others to drive, implement and support change)

Preferred Qualifications:

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

• Advanced degree or professional certification in procurement or supply chain (for example CIPS or CPSM)
• Previous experience in pharmaceutical, life sciences or highly regulated manufacturing environments
• Experience in sourcing Respiratory Devices &/or Printed Paper Packaging
• CI Mindset – operational excellence trained/certified

CLOSING DATE for applications: Friday 9th of January 2026 (COB).

Benefits:

GSK offers a range of benefits to its employees, which include, but are not limited to:

• Competitive base Salary
• Annual bonus based on company performance
• Opportunities to partake in on-the-job training courses
• Opportunities for support for professional development and chartership (accreditations and professional bodies)
• Access to healthcare and wellbeing programmes
• Employee recognition programmes

What we value:

We welcome people who bring curiosity, humility and a practical approach. We are committed to inclusion and to creating a supportive environment where everyone can grow. If you enjoy solving real problems, delivering measurable results, and helping teams succeed, we encourage you to apply. If you would like to learn more about our company wide benefits and life at GSK we would suggest looking at our webpage Life at GSK | GSK.

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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