External Manufacturing DS Supply Director

External Manufacturing DS Supply Director

Site Name: USA - Pennsylvania - King of Prussia, Belgium-Wavre, GSK HQ, Italy - Parma, UK - Hertfordshire - Stevenage, USA - North Carolina - Zebulon, USA - Pennsylvania - Marietta, USA - Pennsylvania - Upper Providence

Posted Date: May 4 2026

We manufacture and supply reliable, high quality medicines and vaccines to meet patients' needs and drive our performance. Our network of 37 manufacturing sites delivered 1.7 billion packs of medicines and 409 million vaccine doses in 2024, making a positive impact on the health of millions of people. Technology is transforming how we manufacture, enabling faster, higher quality, and larger scale supply.

Position Summary

The Supply Director is accountable for managing a portfolio of suppliers and contract manufacturing organizations (CMOs), growing relationships and business in line with GSK strategic objectives. The role ensures oversight of the supply base through Project Specialists, Project Managers, Supplier Relationship Managers, and Sr. Supplier Relationship Managers. Key responsibilities include establishing strategic goals for CMOs, aligning with commercial and manufacturing strategies, managing business & operations, quality and risk, and providing leadership, guidance, and coaching to direct reports. The Supply Director also manages performance, development, and budget for the portfolio and supports the integration of new commercial products into the portfolio.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership and oversight of CMO performance metrics: on time in full (OTIF) of supply, NPI delivery, quality performance, and management of GSK owned raw materials such as media and chromatography resin.
• Establish strategic goals for CMOs and PQTS teams, ensuring site objectives align with commercial and manufacturing strategies.
• Manage day to day business, operations, and quality relationships and communication between GSK and CMOs.
• Guide and coach direct reports (N 1) in achieving business, operational, and quality objectives, plans, and performance goals.
• Manage performance and development of direct reports to achieve organizational and departmental goals and provide a productive work environment.
• Assume accountability for delivery of supply within P&L.
• Build and follow up on the operational budget to stay within limits related to the assigned portfolio, leveraging continuous improvement frameworks to achieve operational excellence.
• Drive GSK culture into the team's way of working, manage SRM/SCRM data to enable proactive decision making for supply and demand changes.

Basic Qualification

• BS Degree (or international equivalent) in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, Biotechnology or Biologics related field, Engineering, Logistics, Finance or Quality.
• Minimum of 10 years in the Pharmaceutical Industry with a strong GMP background.
• Minimum of 5 years' experience leading direct or matrix teams.
• Minimum of 2 years' experience working with CMOs on supplier performance and relationship management across complex supply chains.
• Experience in manufacture and supply operations within a production facility.
• Experience implementing new product launches, integrating new business or business models, changing sources of supply and/or divesting products.

Preferred Qualification

• Crisis Management and Business Continuity Planning.
• Understanding of planning systems and learning agility.
• GPS / Lean Sigma experience.
• Financial Acumen.
• Strong interpersonal skills and stakeholder engagement agility.
• Experience driving improvements in supplier metrics / KPI.
• Ability to lead cross functional teams to an aligned strategy.
• Understanding of digital, data analytics (DDA) principles and emerging technology and applications.
• Practical experience working with change management approaches on people, projects and programs.
• Highly effective at senior stakeholder engagement, negotiation and influence.
• Refined ability to make decisions under pressure and time constraints.
• Creative, conceptual thinker with strong analytical and problem solving skills.

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