Cmo Planning Integration Manager

We manufacture and supply reliable, high-quality medicines and vaccines to meet patients’ needs and drive our performance.
Our network of 37 medicines and vaccines manufacturing sites delivered 1.7 billion packs of medicines and 409 million vaccine doses in 2024 to help make a positive impact on the health of millions of people. Our supply chain is not just core to our operations; it’s vital to bringing our innovations to patients as quickly, efficiently and effectively as possible. Technology is transforming how we manufacture medicines and vaccines, enabling us to increase the speed, quality and scale of product supply.
We need the very best minds and capability to help us on our journey to make more complex products, harnessing the power of smart manufacturing technologies including robotics, digital solutions and artificial intelligence to deliver for patients.

You will lead the planning integration between contract manufacturing organisations and GSK supply teams in the United Kingdom. You will align forecasts, capacity and inventory to keep supply reliable. You will work closely with planning, quality, regulatory and commercial partners to manage risks and deliver clear, data-driven plans. We value collaborators who act with clarity, care and practical problem solving. This role offers growth, a chance to influence cross-functional change, and direct impact on patient supply while uniting science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together.

This role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:

• Build and maintain integrated supply plans with CMOs and internal sites to meet demand and inventory targets.
• Identify supply risks and lead mitigation plans with planning, quality and regulatory teams.
• Turn planning data into clear dashboards, reports and actionable recommendations.
• Run cross-functional meetings and workshops to align priorities, timelines and escalation routes.
• Drive process standardisation and continuous improvement with CMOs to boost reliability.
• Prepare governance materials and progress updates for senior stakeholders and programme boards.

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

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Life Sciences or related field, or equivalent experience.
• At least 4 years’ experience in supply chain or production planning, including work with external manufacturers.
• Experience in a regulated environment with awareness of quality and regulatory impacts on supply.
• Practical skills with planning or reporting tools such as SAP, planning modules, Excel or Power BI.
• Strong stakeholder management skills with experience facilitating cross-functional workshops.
• This role is hybrid: based in the United Kingdom with a mix of office days and site or CMO visits as required.

• Experience in pharmaceutical or biotech contract manufacturing planning.
• Experience with S/4
  
  HANA planning modules or ERP transformation programmes.
• Lean, Six Sigma or continuous improvement training and practical use.
• Proven experience in risk management and contingency planning for supply.
• Experience creating governance materials for steering committees or senior sponsors.
• Track record of delivering change across sites and external partners.

We work collaboratively and practically. We welcome different perspectives and commit to inclusion. We support learning and development so you can grow and make a meaningful contribution to patient supply.

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