Senior Procurement Manager - Ariba - Regional Content & Chanel  

Our team (Procurement Buying Goods & Services) has single accountability for the global Strategy, Design, Governance and Improvement roadmap of the end to end BG&S processes and operations. The process impacts 400+ Procurement employees, 15,000 shoppers and 38,000 suppliers across Sourcing, Supplier Relationship Management, Master Data, Requisition, Purchase Order, Invoice and Payment processes. 

The Buying Goods & Services Transformation programme has pointed out that for a good employee experience, it is critical to define the adequate strategy and manage the buying channel content as per specificities of the region. Once buying content and employee shopping experience is fluid, it will increase the compliance for the requesters, suppliers, procurement & operations. 

In this role you will… 

• Implement the buying channel vision to enable ‘shoppable content’ in the Ariba Guided Buying module by partnering with Procurement category managers and business stakeholders 

• Be responsible for optimization and activation of buying channels per category 

• Optimize internal or third party solutions available to procurement and requisitioners (e.g. catalogues, marketplaces, tail spend management solutions). 

• Establish and monitor KPIs and regular governance to ensure buying channels are optimized, to identify opportunities to increase procurement value and/or simplify the requisitioning experience for stakeholders.   

• Solicit the Voice of the Customer (utilising Communities of Practice where available) and operate a continuous improvement cycle for the buying channel management (i.e., monitor, improve, monitor, adjust) 

• Drive change and adoption within the shopper and regional/Global Procurement teams. 

• Support strategic initiatives for Procurement programs on the content of the BG&S process & systems, such as Mergers or Acquisitions. 

• Partner closely with the Buying Goods & Services GPOs and head of Buying Goods and Services. 

Why you?  

Qualifications & Skills: 

• University degree 

• 5+ years of experience in procurement 

• 2+ years of experience in and broad knowledge across the end-to-end Source to Procure processes and system functionality

• Experience working with multi-functional teams – including managing senior stakeholders  

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills – fluent English.  

Why GSK? 

• Career at one of the leading global healthcare companies 

• Contract of employment 

• Attractive reward package (annual bonus & awards for outstanding performance, recognition awards for additional achievements and engagement, holiday benefit) 

• Life insurance and pension plan 

• Company car or car allowance 

•  Long time incentives  

• Private medical package with additional preventive healthcare services for employees and their eligible counterparts 

• Sports cards (Multisport) 

• Possibilities of development within the role and company’s structure 

• Personalized learning approach (mentoring, online training’ platforms: Pluralsight, Business Skills, Harvard Manage Mentor, Skillsoft and external training) 

• Extensive support of work life balance (flexible working solutions, short Fridays option, health & well-being activities) 

• Supportive community and integration events 

• Modern office with creative rooms, fresh fruits everyday 

• Free car and bike parking, locker rooms and showers. 

Inclusion & Diversity at GSK 

Inclusion and diversity at GSK are key for our success. Here, you will thrive through bringing your unique experiences to both our company and the recruitment process. We want you to be you, feel good and keep growing your career. GSK is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Applicants will travel through a transparent recruitment journey that adheres to all required employment standards and regulations. Beyond this, we commit to our values of integrity and respect towards every applicant. We want to hear from you and support with any adjustments that you may require during the recruitment process. Please get in touch with our Recruitment Team (pl.recruitment-adjustments@gsk.com) to further discuss this today. We will request equal opportunities information from you and whilst disclosure is optional, we encourage you to be open, enabling us to monitor the inclusivity of our recruitment practices for the benefit of everyone. Your data will remain confidential, is never shared wit