Procurement Manager (English and French)

GlaxoSmithKline; Warszawa; On-site; PLN 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading global healthcare company seeks a Procurement Manager to deliver sourcing services across multiple regions. This role involves shaping sourcing strategies, collaborating with stakeholders, and ensuring compliance with procurement policies. Ideal candidates will have strong negotiation skills, project management experience, and proficiency in English and French. The position offers a competitive benefits package in a supportive working environment.

Benefits

Contract of employment

Annual bonus and recognition awards

Private medical package

Life insurance and pension plan

Sports cards

Flexible working solutions

Personalized learning approach

Supportive community events

Qualifications

• Proven experience leading end to end source to contract projects in global organizations.
• Strong expertise in commercial and contract negotiations.
• Experience in managing and navigating organizational complexity.

Responsibilities

• Shape and execute sourcing strategies in collaboration with stakeholders.
• Deliver benefits through effective strategy execution and risk management.
• Ensure compliance with GSK’s Procurement policies and procedures.

Skills

Procurement expertise

Project management

Stakeholder management

Negotiation skills

Fluency in English

Fluency in French

Experience with Ariba or equivalent tools

Tools

Ariba

Job description

The Global Delivery Centre provides the critical Source to Contract capability for GSK. Leading the delivery of a high volume of sourcing projects globally, the centre acts as the operational engine of the procurement organization.

The GDC Procurement Manager will be responsible for the delivery of the critical Source to Contract service for one or multiple regions across indirect categories such as Marketing or Professional Services. 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 cornerstone of the procurement operating model and will enable the function to industrialize its core operation; driving best practice, providing practical knowledge for development of best in class category strategies, consistency of execution, and continual improvement.

In this role you will:

• Shape and execute sourcing strategies for business requirements under spend categories in scope of responsibility aligned with the requirements of stakeholders and business partners with cooperation with Global Categories team (execution of end to end sourcing and contracting process).
• 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.
• Ensure GSK’s Procurement policies, procedures, processes, systems and methodologies are utilized in a compliant manner in the area of responsibility.
• Support category leads and country Heads of Procurement in the delivery against effective savings targets other set KPIs agreed with key stakeholders and Finance in accordance with the agreed Savings Methodology.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to deploy strategies globally/regionally, through source to contract projects and initiatives, facilitated by robust implementation and transition plans.
• Cooperation with a wide range of senior leaders across business areas and with suppliers.
• Resolve escalations, including from senior business stakeholders, timely and tactfully.
• Understand and efficiently navigate organizational complexity to deliver set goals.

Why you?

Qualifications:

• Proven track of experience in leading end to end source to contract projects, preferably in complex global corporate organizations.
• Strong procurement expertise in commercial and contract negotiations, preferably in indirect categories.
• Full proficiency in English and French (Any other European language is an asset).
• Project management and stakeholders management experience.
• Demonstrated experience in navigating through organizational complexity, collaborating simultaneously with multiple teams, handling escalations and associated business impact.
• Strong experience in using tools like Ariba or other equivalent sourcing execution technology.

Why GSK?

• Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies.
• Contract of employment.
• Attractive reward package (annual bonus & awards for outstanding performance, recognition awards for additional achievements and engagement, holiday benefit).
• Life insurance and pension plan.
• Private medical package with additional preventive healthcare services for employees and their eligible counterparts.
• Sports cards (Multisport).Possibilities of development within the role and company’s structure.
• Personalized learning approach (mentoring, online training platforms: Pluralsight, Business Skills, Harvard Manage Mentor, Skillsoft and external training).
• Extensive support of work life balance (flexible working solutions, short Fridays option, health & well-being activities).
• Supportive community and integration events.
• Modern office with creative rooms, fresh fruits everyday.
• Free car and bike parking, locker rooms and showers.

We want to hear from you and support with any adjustments that you may require during the recruitment process. Please get in touch with our Recruitment Team ([e-mail]) to further discuss this today.

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.

The Global Delivery Centre's global remit extends across multiple geographies and functional areas, focusing on sourcing excellence. Our team’s culture reflects our belief that together, we can deliver value to patients, stakeholders and our global partners.