Planning & Purchasing Associate Director

Site Name : USA - Maryland - Rockville

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Posted Date : Jan 9 2025

GSK is currently looking for a Planning & Purchasing Associate Director to join our team in Rockville, MD. In this role, you will be responsible for production planning, direct materials planning and end to end (E2E) indirect purchasing at the Global Supply Chain (GSC) Rockville Biopharm manufacturing site. The manager works with site supply chain leadership, local and network stakeholders to ensure just-in-time materials availability to enable manufacturing schedule adherence.

Key Responsibilities :

• Ensure just-in-time materials availability to enable drug substance manufacturing production schedule (MPS) adherence.
• Develop materials planning scenarios based on inputs from Global Planning and site Supply Planning.
• Maintain optimal raw material inventory levels to ensure no stock outs and / or adversely impacting production schedule adherence, while eliminating expiry and maintaining on / offsite warehouses capacity at target.
• Collaborate with External Manufacturing in providing materials support for CMO campaigns.
• Coordinate with Finance, Supply Planning, External Manufacturing, and other network stakeholders to develop annual budget for materials per MPS, forecast and monitor inventory level and expenses, and adjust materials requirement planning (MRP) according to the latest demand estimates.
• Perform management monitoring to ensure site follows corporate standards.
• Manage material risks through :

Proactive identification of supply risks, risk escalation at operational readiness governance and monthly Risk Management Board, and risk mitigation with local and central stakeholders (i.e., Central Procurement).

Adhering to Cost Centre budgeting and spending.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications :

We are looking for professionals with these required skills to achieve our goals :

Preferred Qualifications :

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

The annual base salary for new hires in this position ranges from $109,725 to $182,875 taking into account a number of factors including work location within the US market, the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position offers an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. Available benefits include health care and other insurance benefits (for employee and family), retirement benefits, paid holidays, vacation, and paid caregiver / parental and medical leave.

Please visit GSK US Benefits Summary to learn more about the comprehensive benefits program GSK offers US employees.

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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GSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer and, in the US, we adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, religion, sex, pregnancy, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity / expression, age, disability, genetic information, military service, covered / protected veteran status or any other federal, state or local protected class.

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Salary : $109,725 - $182,875