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GPS Expert, Continuous Improvement

This role will preferably be based at Ware but can be based at other European sites on a case-by-case basis.

A truly exciting opportunity as the GPS Expert - Continuous Improvement, you will report to the Senior GPS Lead (GSK Production System) and Smart

Manufacturing and be a member of the Global GPS Team.
Our GSK Production system is the way we improve processes at GSK, and while much progress has been made in the past few years our ambition is to broaden the impact to improve performance in all aspect of our manufacturing operations.

As we look to accelerate our Continuous improvement program and build the GSK production system into our ways of working, we need experienced, engaging leaders to help us on this journey. Are you an experienced Continuous Improvement Leader looking to be part of an innovative, dynamic, and growing organization? GSK’s GPS and Smart Manufacturing team is looking for a GPS Leader. Being part of the GPS team at GSK is being part of something special. The focus of the organization couldn’t be clearer – we are fuelled by a personal passion to relentlessly improve and future proof our processes to benefit the patients we serve around the world.
GSK makes amazing products on the cutting edge of GSK’s portfolio, which makes this an excellent opportunity for an experienced and talented CI professional to join a leading global pharmaceutical manufacturing organization!

In this role you will:

• Lead the GPS transformation and acceleration across the GSK Manufacturing Network using Continuous Improvement and Smart manufacturing
• Lead the Strategy Deployment process to convert Operational strategy into tangible goals
• Coach senior leadership teams to make GPS a core aspect of site and functional operations
• Inspire, lead, and influence innovation and synergies across teams
• Provide hands on support to sites/functions while devising appropriate strategy for sites to solve their business requirements
• Ability to rapidity resolve complex business problems using structured problem solving
• Deliver balanced scorecard aspirations while developing continuous improvement capabilities across the network.
• Support the Manufacturing network in the identification of both financial and non-financial benefits associated with GPS Implementation
• Evolve the production system in line with industry trends to deliver best in class performance

CLOSING DATE for applications: 8th February 2023

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Preferred qualifications and skills:

• Master Black Belt/Lean Master qualification
• Possess strong leadership, scientific and business acumen, and ability to manage multiple priorities, timelines and ensure compliance to all GSK policies.
• Demonstrated leadership of Continuous improvement initiatives and cultural change year on year resulting in both financial and non-financial benefit and behavioral change
• Diagnostic capability to identify improvement opportunities
• Demonstrated ability to lead complex problem-solving efforts to achieve business objectives
• Demonstrated ability to work effectively across a matrix environment and navigate without formal authority to deliver on business results
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior leadership and confidently defend informed recommendations
• Strong influencing and negotiation skills

We make and supply medicines and vaccines all around the globe and our teams own every production stage, from creating quality products at our manufacturing sites to designing effective supply forecasting and regulatory inspections; all powered by digital, data and analytics. We operate at impressive scale, producing over 1.7 billion packs of medicine and 767 vaccine doses in 2021.
We continue to modernise, so we can launch even more new products at speed whilst turbo-charging delivery across our entire portfolio through our relentless focus on quality, safety, and service. The way we work will change. For some, the shift in technology and products will be revolutionary. Our R&D pipeline demands a new kind of supply chain, and we need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of automation and robotics so we can work smarter together.

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Annual Report 2021

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 organisation 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.

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