US Procurement Manager

GSK; Durham (NC); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

GSK is seeking a Procurement Manager for ViiV US in Durham, NC. You will partner with ViiV stakeholders and the US head of procurement to drive sourcing strategies, supplier selection, and contract execution, while delivering value and managing risk in a fast-paced HIV-focused business.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, strategic supplier management, and alignment with GSK’s Savings methodology, with opportunities for development and impact in a patient-focused organization.

Qualifications

• 3+ years of procurement experience in a commercial environment.
• Ability to manage multiple spend categories and stakeholders.
• Strong negotiation and contract management capabilities.
• Proven track record delivering cost savings and value.

Responsibilities

• Execute global sourcing strategies across spend categories for ViiV.
• Negotiate goods and services contracts with suppliers to secure favorable terms.
• Build strategic relationships with ViiV stakeholders to understand requirements and create value.
• Manage supplier performance and risk, ensuring alignment with budgeting and savings targets.

Skills

Business Acumen

Contract Management

Influencing Without Authority

Negotiation

Problem Solving

Project Management

Sourcing Management

Stakeholder Management

Vendor Management

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

Procure-to-Pay systems

Spend Analysis software

Job description

Introduction

We are looking for someone to join our high performing ViiV Procurement team to take on the role of Procurement Manager for ViiV for our critical US ViiV business. In the team, we are the ‘face’ of procurement to the ViiV Healthcare business – our exciting fast-paced specialist HIV business. If you are willing to grow and develop motivated by a patient focus organization which makes an impact in people’s lives, this could be the right opportunity for you. This role represents a great opportunity for you to build strong relationships with a variety of diverse stakeholders across the ViiV business. You will use these relationships to understand objectives, priorities, business strategy and work, along with the US ViiV head of procurement, to advise how procurement can help achieve these goals. This may include ambitious cost savings, driving value including top line growth and managing risk and/or ensuring that the right suppliers are being chosen. All supporting the overall ViiV strategy. It is a fantastic chance for someone to be part of ViiV mission to leave no person living with HIV behind. Due to the scope and influence of the role, it will also present various development opportunities as your career with GSK continues.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategy execution
• Work closely with the ViiV commercial business to facilitate execution of their commercial strategies through procurement strategy and expertise
• Align with Global category teams and work in collaboration with these teams to provide ViiV business requirements through preferred suppliers
• Execute global sourcing strategies for multiple spend categories (across commercial, corporate and tech) in scope of responsibility, operating with a truly global mindset and ensuring all applicable ViiV needs are accommodated
• Be the local expert in agreed spend categories and ViiV BU’s within scope of responsibility
• Benefit delivery
• Ensure financial benefits are managed in accordance with the Savings methodology approach, ensuring business unit and Finance agreement to financial value delivered and transparency on treatment of benefits in the budgeting process
• Negotiate goods and services contracts with suppliers that secure favourable terms for ViiV in line with the agreed business requirements
• Business partnering & stakeholder management in GSK
• Build strategic relationships with ViiV stakeholders, to understand business requirements, identify opportunities to create value and to position Procurement’s value proposition.
• Align sourcing strategies accordingly
• Influence key stakeholders and business partners to support strategy development, endorse recommended strategies, support execution and agree how benefit delivery will be budgeted
• External supplier relationships
• Execute and manage effective contracts with suppliers that will allow ViiV to maximize opportunity globally.
• Ensure global views on supplier negotiations are taken
• Identification/evaluation of new vendors in line with agreed business requirements, as well as tracking and monitoring of service level agreements and performance standards for existing vendors
• Build skillsets across a variety of procurement tools, systems and process to enable supplier onboarding, contracting, purchase to pay, eSourcing, spend analysis and risk management.
• Supply chain & risk management
• Contribute to the transformation of the supply chain to release value and make ViiV more responsive to business and customer needs – for example in cost control, complexity reduction, simplification, best practice procurement and use of KPIs
• Identify and manage risks in the supply chain.
• Ensure appropriate mitigation plans are in place and in use and that the risks are communicated appropriately within business units impacted, Procurement and the supply base

Why You?

Basic Qualifications

• 3+ years of procurement experience including the ability to support multiple spend categories ideally within a commercial business environment
• Business stakeholder management and influencing, this includes the ability to build strong relationships and to influence without express authority
• Experience managing suppliers (including performance management)
• Able to drive and deliver business impacting cost savings
• Ability to articulate the value that procurement can bring to an organization
• Ability and track record to manage contract negotiations
• Commercial and financial acumen
• Experience leading supplier tender/RFP processes

Preferred Qualifications/Experience

• Pharmaceutical Industry Experience but open to other industries
• Qualified to bachelor’s degree level or equivalent experience
• Category experience within commercial areas
• Experience working with Procure-to-Pay and Spend Analysis systems
• Experience managing the delivery of sourcing projects in collaboration with cross functional teams
• Committed to delivering high-quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.

Skills

• Business Acumen
• Contract Management
• Influencing Without Authority
• Interactive Storytelling
• Negotiation
• Problem Solving
• Project Management
• Sourcing Management
• Stakeholder Management
• Vendor Management

Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

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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