Senior Director - Data, AI & Infrastructure Procurement

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Business Introduction

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.

Job Title: Senior Director - Data, AI & Infrastructure Procurement

Job Purpose:

Global Procurement supports the ambitions of GSK by leading procurement initiatives on behalf of GSK business units and operations, enabling the delivery of our products through the entire procurement to pay cycle to the end customer - our patients and consumers.

The role will have responsibility for specific categories within Digital & Technology, specifically Data, AI & Infrastructure category and reports into the VP, Digital & Tech Procurement. The role partners with senior stakeholders within the Tech organisation, is part of the Tech Procurement Leadership Team and covers circa £300M in spend.

Additionally, the role:

Builds and delivers Strategic Sourcing strategies that deliver the highest quality service and supply while significantly impacting cost savings across business units or supply network

• Plans, oversees and leads high value, long-term, complex negotiations in areas of spend that significantly impact the success or failure of a GSK business unit

• Understands and business partners the customer group in order to deliver relevant strategic procurement solutions

• Leads, manages and to facilitate delivery of the primary role purpose described above.

The candidate has high cultural awareness required to lead, manage and develop a team of procurement leaders responsible for multiple strategic categories of spend, located globally, to facilitate the delivery of the primary role purpose described above:

• Direct reports, indirect reports, matrix reports

• Developing capability of staff, technical, leadership and behaviours

• Leading improvements in team performance

Responsibilities:

• Manage a spend around £300m by creating comprehensive global category strategies, operating with a truly global and strategic mindset

• Have a clear understanding of how global strategies affect other categories, business units and regions and build the appropriate education & communication process

• Create compelling business cases for change and obtain approval to execute from GSK Digital & Tech and/or other support functions (Finance, HR) senior management, and to agree how benefit delivery will be budgeted

• Deliver global benefits identified in strategies through effective strategy execution, aligned to assurance of supply (risk management), compliance, quality, service, cost and innovation

• Lead complex negotiation with Tech suppliers that will allow GSK to maximise opportunity globally

• Build strategic relationships with a network of senior Tech global stakeholders, to understand business requirements, identify opportunities to create value and to position Procurement’s value proposition. Align category strategies accordingly.

• Build strategic relationships with key suppliers at a senior level and lead processes to ensure value is driven from these relationships

• Lead and direct category teams within scope of responsibility

• Build the organizational capabilities necessary to implement GSK strategy, now and in the future.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or master’s degree in supply chain, Business or Finance.

• Experience in procurement.

• Experience developing and delivering multi‑year business strategies to achieve commercial objectives and competitive advantage.

• Experience managing the delivery of multiple large projects using project and change management skills

• Experience assessing business value, business priorities, implementation risks, and market drivers to inform category strategies and business decision‑making.

• Experience influencing and collaborating with internal and external stakeholders globally, while managing supplier relationships and assessing external market dynamics to support business objectives.

• Experience applying analytical, written, and verbal communication skills in professional environments.

• Experience applying negotiation and conflict resolution techniques.

Work arrangements: This is an in-office position with flexible/hybrid working options available aligned with PwC policy.

How to apply

If this role excites you, please submit your CV and a short statement explaining why you are interested and what you would bring to the role. We look forward to hearing from you.

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