Team Director, Global Clinical Supply Planning

You will lead a therapy area team to ensure patients have reliable access to medicines and vaccines. You will shape end-to-end supply planning and lifecycle decisions across a defined therapy area. You will work closely with the CMC team, clinical operations, clinical manufacturing, quality and finance partners in a collaborative way. We value pragmatic leaders who develop people, make clear decisions using evidence, and focus on impact. This role offers growth, visible impact and the chance to help GSK unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

Responsibilities
 

• Lead and develop a multi‑disciplinary Global Clinical Supply Planning team for a therapy area, ensuring delivery of medicines and vaccines to patients in support of the GSK R&D strategy. Set clear objectives and coach people to achieve them.
• Own the end‑to‑end supply plan for the therapy area across the clinical trial timeline, balancing service, cost and working capital.
• Run regular supply review meetings and drive timely decisions for allocation, risk mitigation and contingency plans.
• Partner with the CMC team, clinical operations, clinical manufacturing, quality and finance to support launches, pack changes, discontinuations and other lifecycle events.
• Identify supply risks early and deliver pragmatic mitigation plans, escalating where needed to protect patient supply.
• Deliver continuous improvement projects to raise on‑time service, optimise inventory and simplify processes.
• Work with the Global Clinical Supply Planning leadership team to develop and maintain a strategic, portfolio‑level view of the clinical supply chain, managing demand loading across Therapeutic Areas.

Why You?

Working model: hybrid. You will spend time on site and working remotely. Remote-only working is not available.

Basic Qualification
We are seeking professionals with the following required skills and qualifications to help us achieve our goals
 

• Degree in supply chain, engineering, life sciences, business
• At least 8 years’ experience in pharmaceutical clinical trial supply chain planning, inventory management or related roles
• Proven people leadership experience, managing and developing high-performing teams.
• Experience creating and running end-to-end supply plans across multiple sites and partners.
• Stakeholder management and cross-functional collaboration experience.

Preferred Qualification

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

• Advanced degree or MBA in supply chain, operations, business or related field.
• Experience with large-scale planning systems (for example SAP or advanced planning tools).
• Experience with product lifecycle management, including new product introductions.
• Track record of delivering measurable improvements in service, cost or cash.
• Experience working in a matrix or global organisation.
• Comfortable making data-driven decisions under time pressure.

Our culture and expectations

We look for people who act with patient focus, transparency, respect and integrity. You will join a team that values clear communication, accountability and practical problem solving. We encourage learning, development and collaboration across functions and geographies.

Why GSK?

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

GSK is a global biopharma company with a purpose to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together. We aim to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade, as a successful, growing company where people can thrive.

We get ahead of disease by preventing and treating it with innovation in specialty medicines and vaccines. We focus on four therapeutic areas: respiratory, immunology and inflammation; oncology; HIV; and infectious diseases – to impact health at scale.

People and patients around the world count on the medicines and vaccines we make, so we’re committed to creating an environment where our people can thrive and focus on what matters most. Our culture of being ambitious for patients, accountable for impact and doing the right thing is the foundation for how, together, we deliver for patients, shareholders and our people.

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