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GSK Barnard Castle is a key secondary manufacturing site and has invested heavily in industry 4.0 state of the art, bespoke equipment to support sustained new product introductions and volume increases, and as a key supplier of some of GSK’s blockbuster products, the site contributes revenues of ~$2Bn annually.

As a whole GSK’s Global Supply Chain Business operates at impressive scale, producing over 1.7 billion packs of medicine and 767 million vaccine doses annually with a special purpose in mind, to unite science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

We are addressing gender equality at all levels within our organisation, we also remain committed to improving ethnic diversity within GSK and recruiting and developing talent that mirrors the communities in which we work. With support from our Global Disability Council and our employee resource group, the Disability Confidence Network, we are working hard to create an inclusive workplace.

We want GSK to be somewhere everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive. Our success absolutely depends on our people.

The successful candidate will lead a team of Managers demonstrating a culture of Care, Focus, Develop and Motivate behaviours and who are responsible for ensuring that business objectives are met on time and carried out in compliance with current safety and quality standards.

In this role you will…

• Deliver Inhalations & Dermatologicals (I&D) financial, compliance and operational targets.
• Manage and participate as appropriate department supplier relationship management, Safety, Quality, Scheduling, and Project Meetings.
• Demonstrate supply team behaviours and thinking – always do the right thing for the supply team even if this is not the best for your own function
• Front and co-ordinate internal and external audits of the department.
• Be able to represent the company with external visitors and suppliers.
• Manage Projects associated with the area and achieve set targets as agreed with the Supply Team Director
• Stand in for Supply Team Director in their absence as required.
• Work with the team to improve Quality, Safety and Cost Performance through the utilisation of GPS.

Our Global Supply Chain (GSC) business is responsible for making and supplying our pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical products around the globe. The GSC organisation is involved with every production stage from the infrastructure of the manufacturing sites, supply forecasting, regulatory inspections, and the product’s quality.

Why you?

Qualifications & Skills:

• Graduate Educated to Degree level or equivalent in relevant Scientific or Engineering Qualification.
• Extensive experience of operations management with the manufacturing sector.
• Management and development of team of Zone Leaders and First Line Leaders.
• Understanding of Industrial Relations and their impact on the business.
• Should be enthusiastic and hold a strong belief in the aims, targets and success of I&D Supply Team

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.

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 workplace where everyone can feel a sense of belonging and thrive as set out in our Equal and Inclusive Treatment of Employees policy. We’re committed to being more proactive at all levels so that our workforce reflects the communities we work and hire in, and our GSK leadership reflects our GSK workforce.

As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to neurodiversity, race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered/protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class*(*US only).

We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.

Should you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us on [email protected] or 0808 234 4391. Please note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels

As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.

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