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By 2031, we aim to deliver £40 billion in annual sales, leveraging our existing strong performance momentum to significantly increase our positive impact on the health of billions of patients globally. Our Ahead Together strategy is centred on early intervention to prevent and alter the course of disease, thereby protecting people and supporting healthcare systems.\nOur diverse portfolio consists of vaccines, specialty medicines, and general medicines.\nThrough continuous innovation and a dedicated focus on scientific and technical excellence, we strive to develop and launch new, groundbreaking treatments that address critical health challenges.\nPosition Summary\n\n The Director, APIs and Excipients plays a pivotal role in shaping and executing GSK's procurement strategies for Small molecule APIs and Excipients. This key role leads a team of category managers focused on GSK’s partnerships with Suppliers and Contract & Development Manufacturing Organizations (CDMO’s). The successful candidate will ensure that GSK develops category strategies that support supply reliability and cost targets for their area of responsibility.\nThis role develops and maintains external market knowledge and serves as a key representative for GSK to the CDMO industry. The director engages senior internal and external stakeholders to understand business requirements, use market intelligence to develop strategies, lead complex supplier negotiations, and ultimately deliver solutions to support GSK’s supply chains for New and Established Products. \nThe ideal candidate should have prior experience in sourcing the commercial supply of APIs or CDMO’s.\nResponsibilities\nLead a global team (~6 FTEs) with accountability for spend of ca £300M pa for small molecules supporting franchises of speciality and Gen meds\nDevelop and implement strategic sourcing plans for API, Intermediates and RSM manufactured externally, ensuring alignment with GSK's overall supply strategy.\nLead complex contract negotiations with Suppliers and CDMO’s and deliver outcomes at pace.\nDeliver contracts which emphasize value creation, critical terms, and effective cost control.\nGather and analyse market intelligence to benchmark the Suppliers and CDMO’s landscape.\nCultivate relationships with key internal stakeholders to support GSK's business strategy and communicate supply chain insights.\nForge and maintain strategic relationships with Suppliers and CDMO’s to support robust category strategies and network design decisions.\nSupport Financial planning for Internal sites and External manufacturing, incorporating pricing negotiations and volume forecasting.\nEstablish and monitor Suppliers and CDMOs performance metrics, promoting continuous improvement.\nOptimize the Suppliers and CDMOs portfolio to maintain a network of providers aligned with GSK’s network needs.\nManage the commercial risk profile of our suppliers, ensuring alignment with GSK's business continuity plans.\nUphold procurement policies and compliance standards, including third-party risk management.\nDeliver GSK’s commitments to environmental sustainability for their category.\n Basic Qualifications:\nBachelor’s Degree in supply chain, procurement or technical field.\nExtensive experience in the procurement and commercial management of Suppliers and CDMOs manufacturing service\nProven experience developing and executing sourcing strategies across multiple geographies and supply chains.\nDemonstrated experience leading global/regional projects across matrixed teams.\nPreferred Qualifications:\nMaster’s degree in business administration, supply chain, procurement or a relevant technical field.\nDirect people management experience\nThe ability to develop and maintain strong internal and external networks.\nExcellent written and verbal communication skills.\nStrong project and change management skills.\nAdvanced analytical and problem-solving abilities.\nWork Location: This role is based in the United Kingdom (GSK HQ, London), Warsaw Poland and offers a hybrid working model, combining on-site and remote work.\nClosing Date for Applications: 9th Nov 2026\nWhy GSK?\nUniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.\n GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases - to impact health at scale.\nPeople and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.\nSkills\nCategory Strategy, Contract Management, Data Analysis, Digital Literacy, Financial Acumen, Interactive Storytelling, Negotiation, Sourcing Management, Stakeholder Management, Supplier Relationship ManagementPolish Salary Range / Polski przedział wynagrodzenia: PLN 369,000 to PLN 615,000The annual gross base salary range for new hires in this position is listed above for each applicable location. These ranges take into account a number of factors including the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position may offer an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. More detailed information on the total benefits package will be supplied during the recruitment process. This role is available for applicants from multiple locations, and therefore salary ranges for certain locations are also shown. Salary ranges for other locations are shown because some markets have pay transparency laws that require salary information on job postings, and those locations are potential job sites for this role. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific location or country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process. Please note salaries vary by country based on the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. Offers are typically made within the advertised range based on the candidate’s skills, experience and qualifications, with the upper end generally reserved for highly experienced candidates or other exceptional circumstances aligned with these criteria.Why GSK?\nUniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.\nGSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive. We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases - to impact health at scale.\nPeople and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.\nGSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law.\nWe 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.\nShould you require any adjustments to our process to assist you in demonstrating your strengths and capabilities contact us at  where you can also request a call.\nPlease note should your enquiry not relate to adjustments, we will not be able to support you through these channels. However, we have created a Recruitment FAQ guide. Click the link where you will find answers to multiple questions we receive\nImportant notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies\nGSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. 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