Buyer

Job description

Your Responsibilities :
We are looking for Procurement Specialist.
•To drive operational efficiencies by ensuring Contract & Preferred Supplier list compliance as well as managing the Tail spend
•To deliver effective budgets (Plans of Purchase) agreed with key stakeholders and Finance in accordance with the Spend Management Framework and aligned to the global budgets together with Global and Regional category team
•Align with appropriate Hub and Global category teams and work in collaboration with these teams to provide local business requirements and market information to support effective collaborative regional and global strategy creation and execution
•Execute global sourcing strategies for multiple spend categories in scope of responsibility, operating with a truly global mindset and ensuring all applicable LOC or regional dimensions are accommodated
•Have a clear understanding of how global strategies affect local markets and build an education & communication process for regional Procurement leads and business units
•Be the local expert in the spend categories within scope of responsibility
•Build strategic relationships with local stakeholders, to understand business requirements, identify opportunities to create value and to position Procurement's value proposition. Align sourcing strategies accordingly
•Influence key stakeholders and business partners to support strategy development, endorse recommended strategies, support execution and agree how benefit delivery will be budgeted

Why You?

Basic qualifications:
•At least 2 years of relevant experience
•Expertise in Procurement processes is required, particularly with respect to developing & implementing significant strategies, stakeholder management and supplier relationship management
•Experience in influencing strategy and managing within a LOC (across countries within a region) and business units
•Significant experience in managing projects within a LOC needs and regulation (eg taxes, law, regulation)
•Fluent English and Russian

Preferred qualifications:
•Solve issues/blockage, beware of risks, support implementation and robustly forecast spend and saving

Why GSK? :
At GSK, our mission is to improve the quality of human life by enabling people to do more, feel better and live longer. Our three world-leading businesses research and deliver innovative medicines, vaccines and consumer healthcare products. We need a talented and motivated workforce to deliver against our strategy. To achieve this, we strive to attract the best people and to create an environment that empowers and inspires.

Contact information:
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