Supplier Relationship Manager

Site Name : Cambridge Binney Street, Cambridge 300 Technology Square, USA - Massachusetts - Boston, USA - Massachusetts - Waltham, Waltham

Read on to find out what you will need to succeed in this position, including skills, qualifications, and experience.

Posted Date : Oct 9 2024

R&D Engineering Services (RDES) provides Facilities Management, Engineering and Capital Project services tailored to the needs of R&D across its technical sites within GSC's Engineering and EHS organization.

The Strategy & Governance team is charged with managing the supplier relationship and operational management of key strategic FM suppliers globally for the RDES organization.

The Supplier Relationship Manager will ensure there are clear management controls for governance, performance management, business communication and contracting administrative procedures to ensure that all parties involved in the delivery and receipt of services understand their accountabilities and responsibilities.

They will be responsible for monitoring benefit delivery and managing contract risk such as contract escalations, issue management and resolution.

The Supplier Relationship Manager is expected to play a critical role in coordinating Research and Development Engineering Services (RDES) inputs into the next generation Enterprise FM (EFM) contract and overseeing transition across RDES sites.

This role will foster a culture of transparency and trust with operations teams, service partners and customers by being present a minimum of 3 days on site per week.

This Supplier Relationship Manager position will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career, these responsibilities include some of the following :

Implement RDES' EFM project to plan including but not limited to representing RDES in enterprise fora; inputting to GSK procurement-led contract negotiations;

coordinating key deliverables; managing stakeholder communications and engagement; managing risks and issues.

• Responsible for the holistic service provider performance across the enterprise and the Innovation program to ensure value enhancement to GSK.
• Establish and maintain excellent working relationships with service providers and partner with R&D Site Operations to seek opportunities to improve performance and reduce costs.
• Work with R&D Site Operations to develop annual supplier objectives for enterprise oversight; facilitate and encourage cross regional working.
• Provide service provider management information and insights from service delivery to the R&D Engineering Services Leadership team.
• Lead regular supplier performance management & reporting including contractual governance providing oversight of the supplier's enterprise FM performance through senior governance meetings.
• Implement and deliver a contract assurance program to ensure contractual obligations are being met or exceeded.
• Develop and lead the training position of contract mechanisms. Provide proactive support to the sites during the early stages of transition to resolve contract related issues and supplier related escalations.
• Ensure 3rd party risks are managed and aligned to GSK TPO requirements; where new services and / or additional sites are requested, work with both the business and service providers to determine and confirm these requirements.
• Deliver Change Request contract management, ensure correctly applied, aligned to commercial model and track / manage completion of documentation.
• Track and report overall enterprise benefits delivery including Innovation across the business units.
• Manage Escalation / Issue management channels for both providers and GSK to support effective working.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications :

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

• Bachelor's degree in business, Science or Engineering
• 5+ years' experience with contract management.
• Experience managing regional / global Facilities Management contracts and establishing governance processes to verify service delivery.

Preferred Qualifications :

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

• Ability to establish and maintain excellent working relationships with external service providers and developing supplier objectives for enterprise oversight.
• Extensive competence in facilities management and procurement.
• Proven ability implementing and delivering a contract assurance program to ensure contractual obligations are being met or exceeded.
• Proven ability managing escalation / issue management channels with external providers to support effective work.
• Ability to establish strong working relationships with key external contract partners, to deliver appropriate site services in agreement with established contracts.
• Financially literate, analyze budget performance for relevant cost centers, Capex and P&L.

Why GSK?

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.

If you require an accommodation or other assistance to apply for a job at GSK, please contact the GSK Service Centre at 1-877-694-7547 (US Toll Free) or +1 801 567 5155 (outside US).

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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