Applications for this job are now closed
Right now, we’re on an incredible journey as we prepare to become the first independent, 100% focused consumer healthcare company. We’re doing this at a time when the work we do has never mattered more. Better everyday health is about improving the health and wellness of the consumers that we touch every year – over a billion and a half of them – and it goes beyond products. It’s about truly helping people manage their health proactively in different ways as consumer needs evolve.
With category leading brands such as Sensodyne, Voltaren and Centrum, built on trusted science and human understanding, and combined with our passion, knowledge and expertise, we’re uniquely placed to do this and to grow a strong, successful business.
This is an exciting time to join us and help shape the future. It’s an opportunity to be part of something special.
About us
This role will be based at our Maidenhead factory, where we proudly manufacture several well-known brands including Sensodyne, Aquafresh and Corsodyl. Producing 5m units of product a week, we supply to over 100 markets around the world. Ensuring that our consumers get the product when they need it most, at the right quality and the right price.
Education required
BSc in Chemistry or BEng in Chemical or Mechanical Engineering preferred with a strong business focus/interest
Graduation by Spring/Summer 2021.
We’re looking for graduates in Quality Supply Chain
Are you an agile graduate with a growth mindset and a love for digital, data and analytics who can help us deliver products to customers – along with quality and value? If so, you could be the perfect addition to our Quality Supply Chain team.
Our ambition is to be a consumer and customer obsessed, end to end supply chain. This will get us beyond “good enough,” to outperforming, and thus become one of the best Quality and Supply Chain organizations on the planet. And we want you to be part of this exciting opportunity!
Our talented professionals help us deliver billions of healthcare products every year. And that takes careful planning, efficient processes and multifunctional teams. You’ll join us at the heart of the function where you’ll deepen your leadership and technical skills. Through rotations in key areas, you’ll get to grips with a highly complex end-to-end operation.
Develop your career in Consumer Healthcare
Over three years, our Future Leaders graduate programme will challenge and support you to grow professionally and personally. You’ll have three stretching rotations within Consumer Healthcare Quality and Supply Chain at our Maidenhead site which is a manufacturing facility. You’ll take on business-critical roles that offer amazing insights into our end to end supply chain. You’ll learn about the synergies and challenges that come with delivering optimum value to the business and the customer.
Meanwhile, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to network with senior leaders and graduates along with bespoke training programmes to aid your development.
What will you do?
- Gain awareness and understanding of the multiple functions and steps involved in an end-to-end supply chain, while learning about the synergies and challenges faced when seeking to deliver optimum value to the business and the customer
- Be involved in ensuring GSK Consumer Healthcare makes the right products and delivers them to the right place at the right time
- Work in and with cross-functional, multi-cultural teams
- Benefit from a clearly defined network to support you in owing your development
Tailored training – and great career progression
We’ll tailor your training and development to our business needs as well as your talents and ambition, setting you up for a successful career. The skills you learn on our graduate programme can be used across many areas of our business. There’s no limit to how far you can go with us – it’s up to you to create or seize opportunities and prove yourself.
You’ll be excited by the thought of
- Being part of a new Consumer Healthcare organisation
- Developing your knowledge of Quality & Supply Chain management on a tailored development program
- Learning about the steps in an end-to-end supply chain, as well as the synergies and challenges involved
- Taking part in projects and prioritizing tasks
- Helping us make and deliver the right products at the right time through production, operations and continuous improvement roles
- Working with (and in) cross-functional, multi-cultural teams
- Having a clearly defined network to support your development
- Having the chance to deepen your leadership and supply chain technical skills
You’ll need
- Creative and problem-solving thinking
- Strategic/big-picture thinking
- Entrepreneurial and agile mindset
- Strong prioritisation and analytical skills
- Personal accountability
- Business and consumer/customer knowledge and understanding
- Adaptability and resilience in ambiguity
- A desire to learn and have meaningful impact
Our programme is designed to accelerate the development of graduates who don’t have significant previous professional work experience in the area to which they are applying. Of course, many graduates who join the programme have worked while studying or after graduation. If you’ve already developed substantial experience working in a professional role in your sector, while you would be able to apply for this programme, you may also want to look at direct entry roles, as these may be the best way to build on your existing skills and expertise and develop a career within our Consumer Healthcare organization
Benefits include
- A competitive base salary
- An annual bonus based on company performance
- Employee recognition programmes which reward exceptional achievements
- On-the-job experience and formal and informal training and development, delivered through a mixture of coaching, mentoring and formal training programmes
- Relocation Allowance (eligibility will be confirmed once your first location is confirmed)
Diversity, equity and inclusion
In Consumer Healthcare we embrace our diverse workforce by creating an inclusive environment that celebrates our unique perspectives, generates curiosity to create unmatched understanding of each other, and promotes fair and equitable outcomes for everyone.
We’re striving to create a climate where we celebrate our diversity in all forms by treating each other with respect, listening to different viewpoints, supporting our communities, and creating a workplace where your authentic self belongs and thrives.
Need help with your application?
Please email us at uk.earlytalentrecruitment@gsk.com and let us know how we can help you. Or email us your number and we’ll call you back. We’ll make all reasonable modifications to support you throughout the recruitment process and we’ll treat all information you give us in confidence. Please get in touch to help us process your application as soon as possible.
As a company driven by our values of Patient focus, Transparency, Respect and Integrity, we know inclusion and diversity are essential for us to be able to succeed. We want all our colleagues to thrive at GSK bringing their unique experiences, ensuring they feel good and to keep growing their careers. As a candidate for a role, we want you to feel the same way.
As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we are open to all talent. In the US, we also adhere to Affirmative Action principles. This ensures that all qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race/ethnicity, colour, national origin, religion, gender, 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*(*US only).
We believe in an agile working culture for all our roles. If flexibility is important to you, we encourage you to explore with our hiring team what the opportunities are.
Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you’d like to discuss any adjustments to our process which might help you demonstrate your strengths and capabilities. You can either call us on 0808 234 4391, or send an email ukdiversity.recruitment@gsk.com
As you apply, we will ask you to share some personal information which is entirely voluntary. We want to have an opportunity to consider a diverse pool of qualified candidates and this information will assist us in meeting that objective and in understanding how well we are doing against our inclusion and diversity ambitions. We would really appreciate it if you could take a few moments to complete it. Rest assured, Hiring Managers do not have access to this information and we will treat your information confidentially.
Important notice to Employment businesses/ Agencies
GSK does not accept referrals from employment businesses and/or employment agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site. All employment businesses/agencies are required to contact GSK's commercial and general procurement/human resources department to obtain prior written authorization before referring any candidates to GSK. The obtaining of prior written authorization is a condition precedent to any agreement (verbal or written) between the employment business/ agency and GSK. In the absence of such written authorization being obtained any actions undertaken by the employment business/agency shall be deemed to have been performed without the consent or contractual agreement of GSK. GSK shall therefore not be liable for any fees arising from such actions or any fees arising from any referrals by employment businesses/agencies in respect of the vacancies posted on this site.
Please note that if you are a US Licensed Healthcare Professional or Healthcare Professional as defined by the laws of the state issuing your license, GSK may be required to capture and report expenses GSK incurs, on your behalf, in the event you are afforded an interview for employment. This capture of applicable transfers of value is necessary to ensure GSK’s compliance to all federal and state US Transparency requirements. For more information, please visit GSK’s Transparency Reporting For the Record site.
