Senior Manager R&D Procurement - Evidence Generation (m/f/d)

GSK remains committed to achieving bold commercial ambitions for the future. By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.​

Our diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.​

Through continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.​

Senior Manager R&D Procurement - Evidence Generation (m/w/d)

In this role, you will be responsible for category management (including sourcing and contract management) in the Evidence Generation R&D Procurement Team.  This will include the development and implementation and on-going management of category strategies, contracting for master/service agreements, management of supplier relationships and for ensuring the suppliers key to the categories commit to deliver GSK’s performance/quality/financial requirements. 

The Evidence Generation category covers fee for service outsourcing aligned with our Real World Evidence and Health Outcomes team in Global Medical/Chief Patient Officer Organisation and the Global Epidemiology teams in R&D. Evidence Generation represents a range of critical non-interventional services that provide commercially relevant and scientifically rigorous evidence to elevate our product’s value proposition and reimbursement potential. These include:

• Non-Interventional Studies: Primary Data Collection and Secondary Data Studies and Analysis
• Analysis on Human Subject Research (HSR): Literature Reviews, Global Value Dossiers, Economic Models
• Strategy/Consulting: Data Analysis, Evidence Generation Consulting
• Data Licensing

Evidence Generation is used throughout the product life cycle as GSK shares scientific information about our pipeline and in-line products - helping us to be Ambitious for Patients.

In this role you will…

• Manage and support Global Medical categories.
• Develop strategies together with the Chief Patient Officer, Chief Medical Officer and Clinical stakeholders.
• Be responsible for contract planning, negotiation, execution, interpretation, and maintenance; conducting negotiations across the applicable categories of spend
• Work across multiple countries and business units requiring high cultural awareness
• Establish strong partnerships with the Business Owner(s) and Supplier(s) to understand business challenges and develop simplified, cost-effective resolutions
• Proactively liaise with functional groups to determine scope of category services, suitability of suppliers, competitive bid analysis (RFPs), and identification of areas in which efficiencies can be gained
• Become familiar with and utilise complex business processes in all GSK supplier transactions, including all risk / regulatory / compliance requirements
• Implement and support procurement strategies to maximise supplier leverage
• Gain significant external supplier knowledge
• Identify and implement process improvements to increase efficiency and reduce nonvalue added work and maximise use of efficient buying channels
• Contribute to the R&D procurement savings targets year on year

Why you? 

Qualifications & Skills:

• Multiple years of experience in procurement category management
• Proven negotiations and contract management skills
• Problem solving and analytical skills
• Strong communication, presentation and influencing skills of senior stakeholders
• Experience of procurement lifecycle management systems such as Ariba Sourcing, Contracts and Guided Buying (or equivalent)
• Experience of effective Supplier Relationship Management
• Experience of running international sourcing processes
• Ability to work independently and dealing with ambiguity, with strong problem solving skills.
• Proficiency in English, written and spoken
• University degree

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• Knowledge and experience of R&D Procurement and/or Evidence Generation related categories
• Confidence and knowledge of AI tools and processes

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
• Possibilities of development within the role and company’s structure
• Supportive community and integration events

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