Procurement Associate

GlaxoSmithKline plc; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 350,000 - 650,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK's Procurement team in Bengaluru, India, invites applications for a Procurement Associate. You will learn sourcing, negotiations, and contract management while delivering Source to Contract services across indirect categories such as Marketing, IT, and Corporate Services.

You will collaborate with LOC and Global Category teams to execute sourcing projects, drive savings, and manage supplier relationships.

Qualifications

• 0-3 years of relevant experience.
• Understanding of procurement processes, contract negotiations, strategic sourcing, cost analysis and supplier relationship management.
• Operating at pace and agile decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.
• Willingness to learn how to work with complex business processes in supplier transactions, including risk, regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Experience with procurement tools like Ariba / Fairmarkit / IronClad or equivalent is a plus.
• Good MS Office skills (Excel and PowerPoint).
• Eagerness to learn and embrace digital and AI opportunities to bring efficiencies to procurement.

Responsibilities

• Deliver Source to Contract services for indirect spend categories, collaborating with LOC and Global Category teams.
• Execute sourcing and contracting projects and deliver benefits aligned to strategy and budget.
• Ensure compliance with procurement policies, processes and systems.
• Support category leads in achieving savings targets and KPIs.
• Build effective relationships with stakeholders across procurement and related functions.

Skills

Agile Thinking

Analytical Thinking

Contract Management

Detail-Oriented

Digital Literacy

Interactive Storytelling

Negotiation

Problem Solving

Sourcing Management

Stakeholder Management

Tools

Ariba

Fairmarkit

IronClad

Job description

GSK is one of the world’s foremost pharmaceutical and healthcare companies, and we are proud to be part of an industry that improves the lives of others. We are embarking on a significant transformation journey that will support GSK in becoming a top-quartile data-enabled organization.

If you are starting your career in Procurement and want to develop your skills in sourcing, negotiations and contract management, this role gives you the opportunity to learn, grow and make a difference.

GSK Procurement is a global team of around 500 people in 50 countries who buy goods and services for the company and support our core business functions. In Procurement, we do more than just place orders. We partner with business teams to get value from our suppliers, support GSK’s strategies and targets, and help ensure we have reliable supply across the business. With a variety of projects and categories, Procurement offers great scope to learn, build experience and progress your career over time.

This role will give you the chance to take on important activities that help you develop your skills and progress your career in Procurement.

Responsibilities

The GDC Procurement Associate will be responsible for the delivery of Source to Contract service for one or multiple regions across Indirect Categories such as Marketing & Sales, Professional & Corporate Services, IT etc. This role will collaborate with the procurement category and local market teams (LOC) to deliver sourcing, negotiation, contract execution, and supplier lifecycle management services to the global procurement organization. This service is a key part of the future procurement operating model. It helps the function run its core operations efficiently, apply best practices, build strong category strategies, and ensure we work in a consistent and continuously improving way.

Strategy Execution

• Execute sourcing and contracting projects for the spend categories in your scope, working closely with stakeholders and partnering with the LOC and Global Category team.
• Deliver benefits identified in strategies, local, regional and global, through effective and collaborative strategy execution, aligned to assurance of supply (risk management), quality, service, cost and innovation.
• Make sure GSK’s Procurement policies, procedures, processes, systems and methodologies are followed in a compliant way within your area of responsibility.

Benefit delivery

• Support category leads in the creation and delivery of effective savings targets agreed with key stakeholders and Finance in accordance with the agreed Savings Methodology.
• Deliver savings and other set KPIs critical to global procurement plan as aligned with key stakeholders and Finance in accordance with the Savings Methodology and global budgets.

Sourcing & Contracting

• Partner with Category & LOC Procurement teams to execute global / regional / local sourcing projects.
• Execute and deliver contracting requirements in line with organization’s requirements.

Business Partnering & Stakeholder Management in GSK

• Build effective working relationships with stakeholders across procurement and related functions
• Learn to navigate organizational structures and processes so you can deliver on agreed goals effectively.
• Adapt to changing business needs and priorities, showing flexibility and a willingness to learn new ways of working.

We are looking for a Procurement Associate and if you have these skills, we would like to speak to you.

• 0-3 years of relevant experience
• A good understanding or strong interest in learning procurement processes, contract negotiations, strategic sourcing, cost analysis and supplier relationship management.
• Operating at pace and agile decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.
• Keen to learn how to work with complex business processes in supplier transactions, including risk, regulatory and compliance requirements.
• Experience in using Procurement tools like Ariba / Fairmarkit / IronClad or other equivalent sourcing & contracting technology will be an added advantage.
• Good communication and MS Office (Excel and Powerpoint) skills.
• Enthusiasm to learn and embrace digital and AI opportunities to bring further efficiencies to the Procurement process.

Skills

Agile Thinking, Analytical Thinking, Contract Management, Detail-Oriented, Digital Literacy, Interactive Storytelling, Negotiation, Problem Solving, Sourcing Management, Stakeholder 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.

Inclusion at GSK

As an employer committed to Inclusion, we encourage you to reach out if you need any adjustments during the recruitment process.

Please contact our Recruitment Team at [e-mail] to discuss your needs.