Manufacturing Operations
Manufacture vaccines & medicines that save lives
We are looking for highly motivated science and engineering graduates who are keen to develop into the future operational, quality, technical and supply chain leaders within our pharmaceutical manufacturing sites.
Are you a graduate with strong problem-solving and influencing skills and a keen interest in production, quality, and supply challenges? Help us to ensure we have the latest, safe, efficient, and reliable processes and equipment to deliver life-saving medicines and vaccines all over the world.
Our Manufacturing Operations, Quality and Supply Chain graduate programmes will challenge and support you in growing professionally and personally. You will:
- Through 3 rotations, develop your expertise across manufacturing, quality and / or supply chain to deliver life-saving vaccines and medicines.
- Increase manufacturing efficiencies directly and / or through your role as the manager of a team.
- Support safety & ergonomic initiatives
- Provide focus on energy management and sustainability projects
- Keep abreast of innovative technologies
- Interact with other graduates and senior leaders to build your career network
- Receive a generous personal development budget
If you are a graduate with the talent and ambition to lead others, this programme will provide you with the skills you need to pursue a career in manufacturing, quality and supply chain within the pharmaceutical industry.
You will have the opportunity to:
- Get a good understanding of our pharmaceutical & vaccines business on a tailored development programme
- Discover how manufacturing, quality function, technical services and supply chain work together
- Learn about the innovative technologies used in vaccines & pharmaceutical manufacturing
- Follow our medicines and vaccines through the entire manufacturing process
- Gain valuable people management experience or exposure
- Learn about the challenges of working in a highly regulated and controlled environment
- Be part of a diverse network, working with graduates from all over the world
You will need:
- A bachelor's or master's degree in a relevant discipline
- Clear enthusiasm and motivation for production operations, quality, and logistics processes in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry
- A continuous improvement and growth mindset
- Excellent communication and problem solving skills
- A team player with the ability to build collaborative relationships
- Self-motivated, proactive and enthusiastic, keen to develop and learn
- Fluent in English and primary location language
This career path attracts graduates from technical, scientific and business disciplines.
Quality Science
Work behind the scenes on developing quality products that can help us get ahead of disease together.
We are looking for Future Leaders in Quality Science.
Are you an ambitious, driven, and adaptable science graduate inspired to further the impact of medicines and vaccines on the world?
Our 3 year rotational programme that will enable you to gain brand new insights and further your interest in pharmaceutical manufacturing
You will have the opportunity to:
- Benefit from a generous personal training budget to support your development
- Spend time in a quality laboratory at one of our manufacturing sites
- Learn about raw material, finished product, sterility, and environmental testing
- Learn about quality control at our sites
- Learning how the different elements of the process interact to ensure the quality of our products is always preserved
- Work with our external support team, or with local operating companies to launch new products or testing methods
- Build your knowledge of our medicines and dosage forms as well as your industry regulatory knowledge
You will need:
- A relevant degree
- A continuous improvement and growth mindset
- Clear enthusiasm and motivation for production operations, quality, and logistics processes in the pharmaceutical manufacturing industry
- A continuous improvement and growth mindset
- Excellent communication and problem-solving skills
- To be a team player with the ability to build collaborative relationships
- To be self-motivated, proactive and enthusiastic, keen to develop and learn
- Fluent in English and primary location language
Supply Chain & Logistics
Deliver medicines that improve lives
Help us deliver billions of packs of medicines and healthcare products every year, so we can make a lasting impact across the world.
We are looking for Future Leaders in Supply Chain & Logistics
Are you a motivated organised and proactive graduate with good problem-solving skills, attention to detail and a can-do attitude? If so, you could be the perfect addition to our Supply Chain & Logistics team.
Our Supply Chain graduate programme will challenge and support you in growing professionally and personally.
- Through 3 rotations, develop your expertise across manufacturing, quality and / or supply chain to deliver life-saving vaccines and medicines
- You will learn how to deliver optimum value to the business and outstanding products to our patients
- You will have stretching rotations in business-critical roles that offer amazing insights into our end-to-end supply chain & logistics
You will have the opportunity to:
- Develop your experience in pharmaceutical supply chain management, while broadening your global business perspective
- Understand how our factories work to deliver quality products to our patients
- Help set up GSKs supply chain for new product introduction
- Work with suppliers to ensure our products get to the patient at the end of the supply chain
Your rotations may include:
- Logistics, planning and scheduling roles to help us make and deliver the right products at the right time
- Bringing new products to the market through manufacturing to distribution and to the patient
- Managing multi-disciplined teams
- Global logistics management, cross border compliance and supply chain security
- Drive supply chain performance using digital data & analytics
- Continuous improvement projects within inventory, distribution and warehousing, supply, and demand planning
You will need:
- A relevant degree
- A clear motivation to work in the pharmaceutical industry
- To be organised and have good attention to detail
- Strong analytical skills and enjoy working with data
- A drive to get things done and a willingness to learn
- A continuous improvement and growth mindset
- Effective communication skills
- To be a team player
