Supplier Relationship Manager

Site Name: Turkey - Istanbul
Posted Date: Nov 27 2025

At GSK, we have bold ambitions for patients, aiming to positively impact the health of 2.5 billion people by the end of the decade. Our R&D focuses on discovering and delivering vaccines and medicines, combining our understanding of the immune system with cutting-edge technology to transform people’s lives. GSK fosters a culture ambitious for patients, accountable for impact, and committed to doing the right thing, making sure that we focus our efforts on accelerating significant assets that meet patients’ needs and have the highest probability of success. We’re uniting science, technology, and talent to get ahead of disease together.

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Supplier Relationship Manager

Are you looking for a Supply Chain role where you will have the opportunity to improve and simplify processes to develop standardization, simplification, and efficiency while increasing financial and quality compliance? If so, this is the role for you.

As External Supply Professional you will be responsible for driving the competitive advantage of the supply chain initiatives. You will also collaborate on Value Stream Mapping and implement continuous improvement projects related to Supply Chain operations.

Responsibilities:

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

• Accountable for driving the mid-term supply strategy and internal alignment to deliver superior results in cost, service, quality, Employee Heathy and Safety, and overall performance aligned with the business strategy
• Execute Business Continuity Plans (BCP’s) in support of the strategy for the strategic supply chains
• Lead the establishment and adjustment of supply chain set-ups for portfolio transformations such as new product launches, Tech, and analytical transfers, exits, and divestments
• Ensure appropriate set-up for order management to provide best customer service at an efficient cost in collaboration with Global Manufacturing Supply (GMS) planning hubs and local teams
• Provide mid-term supply risk and opportunities overview and ensure proper follow up on identified risks
• Ensure proper documentation of all processes related to Supply Chain management
• Support product life cycle events with proper stock planning, inventory planning and stakeholder alignment to prevent any shortages, write-offs, and obsolescence
• Follow up on KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators) and ensure they constantly meet the standards and targets

Basic Qualifications

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

• Bachelor’s degree
• 5+ years’ experience in the Supply Chain field

Preferred Qualifications

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

• APIC/IML
• Computer skills in SAP, APO/JDA, MS Windows
• Experience in Lean/Six Sigma
• Third party management experience

Why GSK?

Our values and expectations are at the heart of everything we do and form an important part of our culture.

These include Patient focus, Transparency, Respect, Integrity along with Courage, Accountability, Development, and Teamwork. As GSK focuses on our values and expectations and a culture of innovation, performance, and trust, the successful candidate will demonstrate the following capabilities:

• Operating at pace and agile decision-making – using evidence and applying judgement to balance pace, rigour and risk.
• Committed to delivering high quality results, overcoming challenges, focusing on what matters, execution.
• Continuously looking for opportunities to learn, build skills and share learning.
• Sustaining energy and well-being Building strong relationships and collaboration, honest and open conversations.
• Budgeting and cost-consciousness

GSK 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.

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.

Contact information:
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