Senior Manager, Supplier Relationship

Site Name: Belgium-Wavre Posted Date: Dec 29 2022 As a Senior Manager, Supplier Relationship, you will be accountable for managing the relationship for one or several CMO’s that is used by GSK Vaccines. The SRM is the Single point of contact for the CMO’s for business topics. CMO’s working for GSK can be either for primary (Bulk) or Secondary (Form, Fill, pack) activities. This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following: Be accountable and recognized as Central point of contact for the relationship with CMO/external suppliers Be accountable for technical management including risk management, deviation ownership, change control authoring and coordinating, Product Technical Specification (PTS) and Method of Production (MOP) review and knowledge management. Participate to TLCT, CC Implementation committee and GPLT. Review and approve demand versus supply, assess the capacity available, identify potential risks to service and identify requirements to capacity adjustments to meet future volume projections. Give, understand and master the inputs/outputs of SRM meeting. Ensure visibility is given on demand and supply information across the supply chain to ensure pro-active management and avoid out of stocks, performance management through set-up, measurement, monitoring and reporting of KPI’s Define strategy for planning master data (e.g. lead time) and for new packaging components. Be accountable of the inventory management in order to avoid write-off and risk of shelf life, ensure supply flow and manage stock according stock policy. Drive continuous improvement projects with his/her CMO and with internal and external stakeholders in order to strengthen the CMO operational activities. Support continuous improvement for complex/transversal projects. Master business contract content and be accountable that the requirements are fulfilled Lead all meetings that are part of the ES governance, both internally (Business Partners & Global functions) and with the external suppliers, to ensure cross-functional alignment. Set up/review SLA. Be the partner of peers and stakeholders in the ES Virtual site, Internal network, Shared Services and Centers of Excellence to share vision and work towards common objectives, promoting enterprise thinking Give support to the QA team to ensure compliance of the ES operations with cGMP and Authorities requirements. Support the technical/ transfer teams for CMO selection and during the transfer process when required and support a smooth hand-over between the technical and ES Ops team. Timely escalate issues to Manager if required by internal process The Additional responsibilities required for Sr SRMs compared to SRMs are: Be a member and represent the CMO at the GPLT (Product Strategy Multidisciplinary team) Is accountable to ensure supply continuity by managing the CMO for routine operations as described here above, but also ensure major robustness lifecycle programs are smoothly introduced in the CMOs, as ensuring right knowledge transfer is perform when production is transferred into new sites. Ensure visibility is given on demand and supply information across the supply chain to ensure pro-active management and avoid out of stocks Full understanding on Quality and technical topics to ensure full integration of all perspectives and ensure manufacturing readiness according to Supply needs. Ability to prepare major contract amendment (annual spend above £10m) Proactive view on critical risks and ownership of mitigation defined. Why you? Basic Qualifications: We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals: Master in sciences (engineering, pharmacy, biology…) Extended experience in the pharmaceutical industry in one or two of the following areas: Manufacturing, Quality, R&D, MSAT Preferred Qualifications: If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus: Good understanding of a pharma manufacturing processes (primary / secondary operations) Ability to conduct investigations (DMAIC methodology) and proceed with continuous improvement activities (Green Belt) Ability to create a structured communication plan with key stakehold Proactiveness, problem-solver English fluency, French is a plus Willing to travel Why GSK? GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organization where people can thrive. Getting ahead means preventing disease as well as treating it, and we aim to impact the health of 2.5 billion people around the world in the next 10 years. Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together. Find out more: Annual Report 2021
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