Role Brief:
- Define & deliver optimised Capital Procurement & Contract strategies for UK Capital Projects within Pharma portfolio; dealing with complex sourcing, logistics and quality issues in a complex, fast paced and challenging environment.
- Ensure succesful project delivery (safety, cost, quality, time) against business case, customer requirements, compliance requirements and total cost of ownership.
- Effectively manage stakeholder relatio...
Role Brief:
- Define & deliver optimised Capital Procurement & Contract strategies for UK Capital Projects within Pharma portfolio; dealing with complex sourcing, logistics and quality issues in a complex, fast paced and challenging environment.
- Ensure succesful project delivery (safety, cost, quality, time) against business case, customer requirements, compliance requirements and total cost of ownership.
- Effectively manage stakeholder relationships with internal customers and external suppliers.
- Business partner for regional site capex project managers.
- Capex categories: Professional Services (Engineering Offices) and Trade Contractors.
Responsibilities:
- Maximize the delivery of Capital Projects
- Champion the project safety culture, behaviors, and engagement activities.
- Act as project procurement partner for site Capital Projects.
- Provide Work Package sourcing support for Category owners (as per Ariba Guided Buying).
- Secure buy in and introduction of Procurement at the early project stage to define best contracting and procurement strategies considering project triggers, constraints and risks.
- Accountability for defining and executing robust contracting and procurement strategies (e.g. EPCM, EPC, IPD).
- Work Package sourcing in line with global category strategies.
- Accountability for Procurement and Contracts performance during project execution (e.g. steering attendance, contract and performance management, change and claim management, contract close-out).
- Sharing of supplier performance data with other Category Managers and being supported by the same.
- Execute Supplier Relationship Management with main contractors and conduct regular business reviews with senior management to ensure GSK requirements are met, robust ongoing performance evaluation, with a key focus on Continuous Improvement
- Facilitate collaborative working relationships that promote generation and sharing of ideas and innovation that challenge status quo, drives efficiencies and reduces waste, time and cost.
- Sourcing and Implementation of all CCES categories in the Region
- CCES categories: Professional Services (Engineering, Procurement, Construction Management, Project Controls and Project Management); Trades (Civil, Structural & Architectural (CSA) Mechanical & Piping (M&P), Electrical, Control & Instrumentation (EC&I).
- As per category strategy and strategic options.
- Source: execute robust, rigorous, competitive tendering and award process aligned with Project Management Framework.
- Implement: operational integration with suppliers, execute strategy.
- Supplier Relationship Managment (performance management).
Required Experience & Knowledge
- 6-10 years Capital Construction & Engineering experience mandatory.
- 6-10 years experience of procuring Professional Services (i.e., design, engineering, and project delivery consultants) and Trade packages within complex, multistage project delivery model (Front End & Execution) e.g., FEED + EPCm.
- Advanced understanding of contractual risk allocation across delivery models (i.e, EPCM, EPC, IPD).
- Advanced understanding of Categories present within capital projects: ie., Professional Services, Civil, Structural & Architectural, Electrical, Control & Instrumentation, Automation, Mechanical & Piping, Process equipment.
- Experience of working with and drafting standard form contract agreements - FIDIC, NEC, IChemE; NEC preferred.
- Experience of working with Lump Sum, Cost Plus, Re-measurable & Target Cost models.
- Good People management both downward and upward.
- Good project management skills.
- Extensive experience across key procurement processes:
- Category strategy and category management.
- Market analysis.
- Contract Drafting & Management.
- Supplier Performance Evaluation & Supplier Relationship Management.
- Project management of full end-to-end sourcing process on defined purchasing categories.
- Ability to influence stakeholder behaviors in a changing/evolving environment.
- Ability to leverage past experience and industry knowledge to continuously motivate change both inside & outside area of direct responsibilities.
Strong analytical skills, ability to extract key information from complex datasets.
