Supply & Logistics (Multiple Locations) Industrial Placement, UK 2024 Barnard Castle, England
Job description
Roles Available in Locations: Barnard Castle and Worthing
Worthing is a Penicillin Manufacturing site in the UK - please consider this if you are applying to a role here and are allergic to penicillin
Education required: To apply for this placement, you must be:
Currently studying an undergraduate degree in Business, Science, Maths, Engineering or a related subject.
Other requirements: You will have completed a minimum of 2 years of your undergraduate degree but will not have graduated at the start of your placement. You must be enrolled at a UK (United Kingdom) or ROI (Republic of Ireland) university for the duration of your placement.
If you have already graduated with a Bachelor’s Degree and are currently studying a postgraduate Masters, you are not eligible for this programme.
Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English
Expected Start date: July 2024
Duration: 1 year (approximately)
Salary: A salary of £21,400 plus a bonus
Application Closing: Wednesday 11th October 2023 (this is the date we anticipate the job will be removed from the website and no longer taking new applications).
Please note these dates are subject to change as we may close this vacancy when we have enough applications. We recommend that you apply and complete all stages of your application as soon as you can, so we can consider your application.
Are you looking to gain valuable real world work experience and help positively impact the lives of others?
A GSK internship offers you the opportunity to kickstart your career – to take on a real role with genuine impact. You’ll take on challenging tasks within live projects or assignments. You’ll also get to learn from others in your team and other parts of GSK whilst developing your skills and gaining valuable experience for wherever the future takes you.
Global Supply Chain (GSC) is the group within GSK that is responsible for making and supplying medicines and vaccines across the globe. At our manufacturing sites we produce over 2.3 billion medication packs and vaccines doses to 90% of the world's countries.
During this placement you’ll be taking a lead role in our production or warehouse and logistics department ensuring our products get to our patients safely and efficiently. You’ll learn about and assist with:
Inventory management - including life cycle management of our products
Maintaining safety standards by carrying out audits
Materials scheduling
Data analysis to identify and implement improvement opportunities
Investigating any distribution and logistics issues and recommending solutions
Product flow optimisation through the supply chain
Investigation of any quality issues using Root Cause Analysis, which could delay release of product.
Development of Key Performance Indicators and trends which will help manage the business and drive improvement
Whichever role you go into you will be applying the skills you already have and developing new skills such as team working, problem solving and building relationships. You will work with and learn from an experienced team. They will coach and mentor you during your year to help you achieve your potential.
Who are we looking for?
To be well-organised
To be a team player
Good Microsoft Excel and Word skills
Highly numeracy/accuracy skills
Strong communication skills
Interest in supply chain/logistics
Ability to work on own initiate to drive improvements
Understanding of Power BI software is preferred but not essential
Analytical thinking, attention to detail, focussed
Ability to demonstrate qualities aligned with GSK Culture
Please read below about the 2 different locations/roles we are recruiting for across our Industrial Placements. Please note, these are distinct placements and so when you apply you will be able to select preferences of where you would like to be placed if successful. We will accommodate your preference where possible.
Role/Location 1: Barnard Castle
Role/Location 2: Worthing
Role/Location 1: Barnard Castle
The Barnard Castle site is located in the Northeast of England is sited within the County Durham countryside. Barnard Castle is a key secondary site for GSK with a large number of New Products coming through development at site. We manufacture and supply a huge range of different pharmaceutical products from Sterile Products (Syringes and Vials) to Liquid Inhalations and Dermatologicals. We have recently opened a new state of the art aseptic digital facility producing biopharmaceuticals.
A variety of opportunities exist within our supply and logistics team. You may work in the logistics team, supporting the End to End (E2E) Supply Chain for pharmaceutical products, where you would be expected to deliver on business or compliance improvement projects. Opportunities will also arise to support day to day operations working in a safe and compliant manner. You will be tasked with turning data into information and insights to inform business decisions, enabling you to develop and implement data analytics and reporting capabilities. Exposure to this high volume and fast paced environment will build a great understanding of the E2E supply chain.
Opportunities also exist within the warehouse team providing the support required to ensure the area is Audit Ready and fully compliant with Safety and Quality standards at all times. The successful candidate will support major projects, New Product Introduction activity and lead minor projects. There will be the opportunity to get involved with purchasing consumables from external vendors. The successful candidate will also be involved with continuous improvement activities to support with maintaining a high standard warehouse, looking into digital applications for warehousing and promoting efficiencies wherever possible. To be successful in this role you will need to have strong data analytics skills with a keen attention to detail.
Role/Location 2: Worthing
GSK Worthing recently celebrated 60 years of manufacturing pharmaceutical products. Our key product is an antibiotic, and we manufacture approx. 50 million packs per year supplying patients around the world. Our site is situated on the South Coast about 30 minutes from Brighton and 1 hour by train from London, offering a good degree of extracurricular activities outside of work.
Several roles are available in our production and supply and improvement teams. You will support the end-to-end supply chain for Augmentin, working closely with Worthing’s Augmentin supply chain sites of GSK Irvine and GSK Mayenne to identify warehouse opportunities for the Antibiotics business and Continuous Improvement Opportunities. Additionally, you will support the local team by advising the business on Key Performance indicators and trends.
Other opportunities exist to work closely with manufacturing, logistics and warehousing teams and have the opportunity to deliver a business improvement project. You will experience how quality deviations impact product flow and how these occurrences can be minimised through undertaking root cause analysis. Working closely with the warehouse team, you will assist the team in ensuring the area is Audit Ready and fully compliant with Safety and Quality standards at all times.
This fast-paced role requires a candidate who is a logical thinker, can communicate with people at all levels of the organisation and who has an interest in data. This is an opportunity to gain skills which are transferrable to other industries and a wide variety of roles
What do we offer you?
Salary of £21,400, plus a bonus
Access to GSK resources, including employee assistance programmes, private healthcare and well-being programs.
On-the-job experience, training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching and mentoring
A GSK placement which gives you the opportunity to take on a real role with genuine impact
You will join IPUnite, GSK’s community of over 250 students across all UK sites and business areas, run by the Industrial Placement students committee
Once you accept your offer you will be invited to join LinkedIn groups and pre-joining webinars, to enable you to connect and network with new students
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Let’s do this!
Please take a copy of the Job Description, as this will not be available post closure of the advert.
Completion of your Full Application: Sunday 15th October 2023 (this is the anticipated date you will need to complete stages 1 to 3 below).
Proposed Assessment / Interview Dates: From November 2023
We will close this vacancy when we have enough applications, so we recommend that you apply as soon as you can so your application can be considered.
This opportunity has the following recruitment stages you must successfully pass to be offered a placement year with GSK for 2024:
Eligibility Form
World of GSK Online Assessment
Written Assessment
Virtual Assessment Centre or Virtual Interview
You’ll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process on our website here
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