GSK
Pharmaceutical
SeniorProgrammeManager(GlobalSupplyChainStrategy)
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“Senior Programme Manager (Global Supply Chain Strategy) at GSK. Skills: Supply Chain Strategy, Programme Management. Understand and define scope and deliverables. Secure resources and mobilise project team”
What You'll Achieve.
Achieve growth targets
Industry & Context.
Risk identification; Risk mitigation
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Degree in Business, Supply Chain, Technical, or related field, Experience in Pharmaceutical Industry with a GMP background, Experience in project management, Experience in management of project governance and escalation processes, Experience in delivery of strategic business projects, Experience in product operational technologies, Experience in managing globally dispersed virtual matrix teams, Experience in risk management and mitigation, Experienced in end-to-end Supply Chain Management, Financial acumen, Communication and influencing skills, Senior stakeholder engagement
What You'll Do.
Understand and define scope and deliverables
Secure resources and mobilise project team
Clarify roles and responsibilities
Ensure day to day decision making
Ensure project compliance
Establish standard project management
Track and report progress
Report interdependencies
Input to portfolio oversight
Facilitate project budget approval
Manage spend to deliver within budget
Identify internal transactional/operational needs
Support communication of business information
Provide project updates
Provide project decisions
Provide stakeholders with accurate information
Provide input to governance papers
Present project status
Make recommendations regarding project status
Make recommendations regarding risks
Make recommendations regarding issues
Make recommendations regarding escalations
Provide support to project team members
Share best practise with project team members
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Globally dispersed virtual matrix teams
Communication Scope
Influencing skills; Senior stakeholder engagement; Reporting
Process & Methodology
Project management, Programme management, Risk management, Issue management, Budget management, Governance, Escalation processes
Full Job Description
The Global Supply Chain (GSC) Strategy team designs the supply chains to bring GSK’s medicines and vaccines to patients. The Strategy team is responsible for product and network strategy (including the delivery of strategic programmes). The Strategy Team has a clear ambition to be the “Best in Industry Strategy team”. The **Senior Programme Manager** provides project and programme management for strategic projects spanning multiple sites/products. You will lead planning and delivery of complex programmes that enable delivery of GSK’s strategic objectives and achieve its growth targets. The Senior Programme Manager provides strong expertise in project management (as needed) and uses standard tools to manage the project or programme (including providing project management expertise, coaching and support to members of the project team). The role works closely with project sponsors and business leads to understand scope and deliverables, as well as to mobilise project teams and manage projects (from initiation to completion), whilst tracking benefit delivery. The role oversees end-to-end management of projects/programmes whilst navigating complexity across workstreams, which are led by respective workstream leads. You will drive strategic alignment across the functions involved, ensure proactive risk identification and mitigations, and manage communications and escalations (through all layers of programme governance). The programmes in scope include network exits, technical life cycle management, new product/operational technology introductions across network, new product launches, and business integrations/divestments. **Key Responsibilities (include.,):** • Work with the sponsor and business lead to understand and define the scope and deliverables of each project or programme. • Engage with functional teams to secure resources and mobilise the cross-functional project team. • Clarify roles and responsibilities within project teams and ensure day to day decision making
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