Procurement Director - Facilities Services
About this role
Procurement Director - Facilities Services
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.
The Position:
As part of our R&D, Facilities, Capital & Logistics Procurement organisation, this position will lead the Facilities Services team and reports into Senior Director, Labs, Facilities & Real Estate Procurement. The position will have responsibility across the breadth of Facilities including Soft (Catering, Housekeeping, Workwear, etc.) and Hard (MEP, Calibrations, Maintenance, etc.) Services.
Responsibilities
- Manage a spend of over £600m by creating comprehensive global sourcing strategies, operating with a truly global and strategic mindset
- Build strategic relationships with a network of senior GSK global stakeholders, to understand business requirements, identify opportunities to create value and to position Procurement’s value proposition. Align sourcing strategies accordingly
- Create compelling business cases for change and obtain approval to execute from GSC, RDES & WREF and/or other support functions 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. Develop a multi-year value delivery roadmap across the category portfolio.
- Engage stakeholders, Finance and other relevant functions in the sourcing strategy delivery and execution
- Build strategic relationships with key suppliers at a senior level and lead governance and processes to ensure value is driven from these relationships. Ensure BU considerations are accounted for in supplier relationships.
- Lead, direct and develop a team of procurement managers.
- Build the organizational capabilities necessary to implement GSK strategy, now and in the future.
- Ensure appropriate communication strategy is in place and in use within the relevant Procurement and business customer networks
- Why You!
- We are looking for professionals with these required skills and experience to achieve our goals:
- BA/BS - Supply Chain, Business, or Finance
- Significant experience in procurement
- Subject matter expertise in procurement area of Global Facilities Services
- Highly developed business acumen with demonstrated success in delivering a multi-year strategy ensuring competitive commercial advantage
- Demonstrated ability to forge close business relationships with internal and external stakeholders at all management levels
- Skilled negotiator adept at leading complex negotiations with both external and internal stakeholders
- Good understanding of market drivers affecting category; strong commitment to keeping abreast of trends
- Finely honed project and change management skills
- In depth understanding of latest tools for executing sourcing strategies
- Clear understanding business value, business priorities, and potential implementation risks
- Experience managing the delivery of large projects and with end-to-end service / operations management
- Strong analytical, written and verbal communication skills
- Interested in Joining the Team?
- If you’re ready to make a difference and lead impactful procurement team, we encourage you to apply! (Please take a personal copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available online post closure of the advert)
- Closing Date: Friday 10th April 2026
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- Work Model - Hybrid
- This role is hybrid with 2/3 days per week onsite expected at our central London HQ.