Global Process Owner for Product Life Cycle - Brentford, United Kingdom - GlaxoSmithKline

Description

Site Name: UK - London - Brentford, Belgium-Wavre, UK - County Durham - Barnard Castle, UK - Hertfordshire - Ware
Posted Date: May
We're excited to be moving to our vibrant new home on New Oxford Street in central London from the end of June 2024. At GSK HQ, we're building an energising space where we can connect, collaborate and get ahead of disease together. Designed especially for us, it'll be one of the healthiest workplaces in the world, with best-in-class tech and bright, light spaces to help us thrive.

Global Process Owner for Product Life Cycle (PLM)

We make and supply medicines and vaccines all around the globe and our teams own every production stage, from creating quality products at our manufacturing sites to designing effective supply forecasting and regulatory inspections; all powered by digital, data and analytics. We operate at impressive scale, producing over 2.3 billion packs of medicines and doses of vaccines in 2023.

We continue to modernise, so we can launch even more new products at speed whilst continuing to deliver across our entire portfolio through our relentless focus on quality, safety, and service. The way we work will change. For some, the shift in technology and products will be revolutionary. Our R&D pipeline demands a new kind of supply chain, and we need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions, and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.

The Global Process Owner for Product Lifecycle will be accountable for new product introduction, extension & lifecycle management in Supply Chain. They will lead an initiative to understand current processes & principles around product definition, build a consistent 'to be' standard incorporating inputs from transformation programmes and other customer requirements. Define impact of change, develop a roadmap, and deliver.

Key Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Responsible for Digital Product Definition in Supply Chain :

• Accountable to ensure all digital elements that constitute a unique SKU are consistent and processes interact effectively (incl GTIN/Serialisation)
• Accountable for the structure of SKU to ensure product can be effectively grouped with like material (Type/Stage/Status/Hierarchy)

Accountable for management of SKU change process in SC including:

• Definition of what constitutes a requirement for SKU change.
• E2E Process to execute change that ensures all required changes in various systems are understood and factored in.

As owner of portfolio management process, you will develop a consistent approach and ensure you meet business requirements.

Other responsibilities Include:

• Support design & implementation of PLM solution in Supply Chain to support visibility of history of change & enable alignment of change with regulatory status.
• Key understanding of core Supply Chain systems - MyPSR/MySKU, ERP/OMP/Glams/ATTP/ES) and role played in launch.
• Understand current & future system architecture and impact on PLM.
• Design input to S4 on data process & drivers of SKU change including workflow management, system integration, data provision & master data management to enable NPI.

Why you? Basic Qualifications:
We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals:

• Degree qualification or equivalent in a Supply Chain or related subject.
• Considerable experience as a leader who can demonstrate influencing skills at multiple levels of the organization.
• Commercial awareness of NPI & SKU launch process and the principles underlying the procedure.
• Global experience obtained either by working at regions or as part of a central organisation delivering / operating globally.
• Proven experience in planning team actively and managing product lifecycles.

Preferred Skills
If you have the following characteristics, it would be a plus:

• Regulatory knowledge and experience on how to manage market approval & product changes.
• Previous experience with Quality Systems & Data to align on change control processes and impact on SKU definition.
• Experience with R&D including PDLM solution and Digital Tech Transfer
• Lean six sigma skills at green belt or above.

Closing Date for Applications: 28th May 2024 (EOB)

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Why GSK?

Uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose - to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together - so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns - as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it's also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves - feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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