The Role
Overview of the Department
Procurement in GSK is a global function, with over 500 employees around the world, based in 40+ countries, and is responsible for proactively managing more than £8 Billion of supplier spend.
Procurement activity includes managing a range of goods and services that can be split into direct and indirect categories. The direct category includes materials that are purchased that will go into the actual medicines and vaccines that GSK sells into markets worldwide. Indirect categories are goods and services that are purchased by the organisation to support its operations and commercial activities, these include: research and development, marketing services, capital equipment, facilities services, IT and travel.
Global Procurement’s objectives are:
1. Increase our value delivery: drive savings to meet business targets, whilst ensuring quality and supply.
2. Make buying simpler: Procurement understands business needs and connects GSK employees seamlessly to the right suppliers.
Key Placement Activities
Your year with us will be spent working as part of a team on structured and challenging projects and activities. The Procurement department support all GSK business areas, including manufacturing, sales and marketing, and research and development. This diversity of projects is reflected in the range of placements available. Wherever you’re based, you will put into practice the business skills you’ve gained at university, learn from experienced colleagues, and network with a wide community of business professionals, customers, and other undergraduates.
The knowledge and experience you gain will help you to stand out from the crowd and give you a firm idea about your future career options. As well as learning all about Procurement, you’ll develop core personal skills such as communication, planning, organisation, problem solving, team-working and networking.
These placement opportunities have the following recruitment stages you must successfully pass to be offered a placement year with GSK for 2024:
1. Eligibility Form
2. World of GSK Online Assessment
3. Written Assessment
4. Virtual Assessment Centre or Virtual Interview
You’ll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process on our website here
You can learn more about GSK and our careers here.
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We’re 100% open to ALL people
We’re 100% open to all talent – whatever your gender, marital status, religion, age, colour, race, sexual orientation, nationality, learning difference or disability. We want to recruit the right people for GSK from the widest possible backgrounds, so we can better serve the diversity of our patients and also because it’s the right thing to do.
You can learn more about Inclusion and diversity at GSK here.
