Site Name:
Japan - Tochigi - Imaichi

Posted Date:
Dec 8 2025

Job Purpose
Provide leadership in managing the site material storage processes, material movement processes, and logistics infrastructure with adherence to all safety, quality and compliance standards.

Responsible for Logistics team which includes production planning, inventory controls within site, purchasing, warehousing and shipping.

Ensure uninterrupted supply of finish goods to commercial as per demand.

Key Responsibilities

• Strategic Planning
• Contribute to developing strategy to ensure site striving excellence in supplying good quality of products to the market.
• As a member of Site Leadership Team, contribute developing site stratedy and its excusion.
• Operational Business
• Direct the logistics team in matters related to customer service, purchasing, product planning, materials planning, warehousing and shipping.
• Contribute to the logistics Network Plan and to the COP process integration.
• Prepare and monitor annal budget and quarterly projections. Deliver on commitments with focus on volumes, site inventories and spending.
• Maintain strong relationship across the logistics network to build a fast flexible and reliable supply.
• Compliance and Procedural Implementations
• Ensure strong compliance in Quality, EHS, Legal and other critical parts of the business related to the area responsibility.
• Ensure Data Integrity compliance and improve the DI control (ALCOA principle).
• People Management & Development
• Provide leadership and coaching to the team to ensure the team feels engaged, developed, capable and valuded.
• Ensure sufficient resource is in place to deliver balanced leve of support to the site.

Knowledge/Education/Experience Required
Educational Background
Minimum Level of Education

• University degree in scientific subject or business management

Area of Specialisation

• Stats
• Commerce
• Business management

Preferred Level Of Education

• Qualification in a supply chain related discipline or MBA

Area of Specialisation

• Supply Chain
• Logistics

Job-Related Experience

• Experience in site operations and strategic planning
• Leadership and team development
• Good knowledge of site operations, supply chain processe and supporting systems within a global business environment.

Other Job-Related Skills/Background

• Customer driven – build high performance culture and strong team to add value for customer's satisfaction.
• Engage and develop team member by delegating responsibilities and monitor performance by providing necessary resource, coaching and feedback.
• Drive improvement based on analysing data, good understanding on future demand and business direction.
• GPS knowledge and experiences to ensure CI culture.

**Why GSK?

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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.

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