Position SummaryAs a Senior Manager, Procurement, you will be accountable for supporting the Canadian business across the full procurement lifecycle, from stakeholder engagement and sourcing to contracting and supplier management. This role plays a critical part in enabling business outcomes while ensuring compliance, value delivery, and effective third‑party risk management.ResponsibilitiesThis role will provide YOU the opportunity to lead key activities to progress YOUR career. These responsibilities include some of the following:Strategy ExecutionRepresent the best interests of the Canadian market by aligning closely with Regional and Global category teams. Act as the local subject‑matter expert, providing market insights and business requirements to support effective regional and global strategy development and execution.Execute global and local sourcing strategies across multiple spend categories within scope, including Professional Services, Technology, Digital, Marketing, Media, Market Research, and Data, operating with a global mindset while ensuring all relevant local and regional considerations are addressed.Understand commercial standards and ensure category alignment for third‑party processes and services.Support the business in understanding and complying with GSK Procurement policies, ensuring users are appropriately trained and supported. Serve as the local expert on third‑party oversight and risk‑management frameworks to protect GSK in supplier interactions and contracting activities.Benefit DeliveryEnsure financial benefits are managed in accordance with the Global spend management framework, including alignment with Finance and business stakeholders on value delivery and transparency in the budget treatment.Deliver Procurement targets against agreed budgets (Plans of Purchase) in collaboration with key stakeholders and Finance ensuring alignment with the global and regional budgets.Identify and deliver value aligned to assurance of supply, quality, service, cost, and innovation through effective execution of category strategies.Drive operational efficiencies by ensuring compliance with contract and preferred supplier lists,



while actively managing tail spend.Business PartneringBuild and maintain strong, strategic relationships with local GSK stakeholders to understand business needs, identify value‑creation opportunities, and clearly articulate Procurement’s value proposition.Influence stakeholders and business partners to support strategy development, endorse recommended sourcing approaches, enable execution, and align on how benefit realization and budgeting.Ensure third‑party contracts are proactively managed ahead of expiration to support business continuity and long‑term value.Define and negotiate commercial terms and manage the contracting process, partnering closely with Legal to meet business requirements.External Supplier RelationshipsExecute and manage effective supplier contracts that enable GSK to maximize value both locally and globally, ensuring global perspectives are incorporated into supplier negotiations.Ensure all contracts are valid, compliant, and accurately maintained within GSK’s contract management systems.Manage the local supply base for in‑scope categories through robust supplier relationship and performance management processes, ensuring supplier performance is measured and understood.Establish effective processes and communication links between country‑level supplier organizations and local, regional, and global networks, cascading information across suppliers and GSK stakeholders.Supply Chain and Risk ManagementSupport the transformation of supply chain to unlock value and increase responsiveness to business and customer needs, including cost control, complexity reduction, simplification, and adoption of best‑practice procurement approaches and KPIs.Identify, assess, and manage significant supply chain and third‑party risks, ensuring appropriate mitigation plans are developed, implemented,



and clearly communicated to impacted business units.Basic QualificationsBachelor’s degree.5+ years of experience in indirect procurement supporting commercial spend areas, such as Professional Services, Technology, Digital, Marketing, Media, Market Research, and Data.Experience across core procurement processes, particularly third‑party contracting, stakeholder management, and supplier relationship management.Demonstrated experience across procurement processes, including strategy development and execution, third‑party contracting, stakeholder management, business partnering, and Supplier Relationship Management (SRM).Proven contract drafting and negotiation experience, including agreements such as Master Service Agreements (MSA), Software as a Service Agreements (SaaS), Statements of Work (SOW), and related third‑party contracts.Experience leading competitive sourcing activities, including end‑to‑end execution of RFx processes (RFP, RFQ, RFI).Preferred QualificationsExperience in Pharma/Biotech or another highly regulated environment.Comfort working with ambiguity or limited information.Proven negotiation and project management experience.Strong proficiency in Microsoft tools and SAP Ariba modules.Working ArrangementThis role is Canada‑based and will be offered as a hybrid mode. You will be expected to work from our Mississauga office 2‑3 days a week.SalaryIn compliance with Ontario's provincial pay transparency legislation, this job posting includes a salary range to support equitable and informed hiring practices. The annual compensation for this role is CAD110,000 to CAD160,000, determined based on experience, qualifications, and internal equity.Equal Opportunity EmployerGSK is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, genetic information (including family medical history), military service or any basis prohibited under federal, state or local law. GSK is committed to accommodating persons with disabilities.#J-18808-Ljbffr

📌 Senior Manager, Procurement - Canada - C$110,000 - C$160,000 A Year (Winnipeg)
🏢 GSK
📍 Winnipeg