Site Name:
Japan - Tochigi - Imaichi


Posted Date:
Dec 8 2025

Job Purpose

Be accountable for leadership and development of site GPS strategy and implementation.

Build strong relationships across the site to deliver the business strategy and improve business performance (quality, safety, cost and digital innovation), GPS lead provide teaching and coaching to site leadership team to enable the site to deploy its strategy by building GPS capability to achieve maturity and a CI mindset across all levels and functions.

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Planning
Facilitate the site to define and articulate its annual programs. Ensure the annual programmes are appropriately prioritized in line with breakthrough objectives and strategic imperatives.

Lead the site with the SLT to focus on the right strategy and direction by a channel for CI initiatives and activities.

Operational Business
Lead and deploy performance management systems, in order to track, on or above target performance. Ensure appropriate governance and rigor in place.
Leverage Data Analytics, Automation and Digital technology to support strategy development and problem solving.
Compliance and Procedural Implementations
Ensure GPS standards are embedded as per site GPS Maturity targets.
People Management & Development
Build broad and consistent GPS capabilities throughout the site, from a strategic and operational perspective (e.g. performance management systems, lean leadership capability, problem solving capability, waste elimination capability, etc.)
In partnership with SLT, develop, drive and evolve the establishment of outstanding leaders and teams across the site.
Deliver change projects within own team and support others to do the same for themselves.

Lead and mobilise (push and pull) across the site, at all levels, to ensure strategy deployment is prioritized and aligned to GPS and PSM goals.

Empower, coach and guide individuals in order for them to fulfill their roles and deliver effective, sustainable change.

Knowledge/Education/Experience Required

Educational Background

Minimum Level of Education

University degree or equivalent in an appropriate business / technical area (Engineering / Pharmacy / Business)

Area of Specialization

Industrial Engineering / Mechanical Engineering
Lean / Six Sigma Certification
Data Analytics
Robotics & Automation

Preferred Level Of Education

University degree in core function with master's in business administration
Lead / Six Sigma Certification

Area of Specialization

Industrial Engineering / Mechanical Engineering
Lean / Six Sigma Certification
Data Analytics
Robotics & Automation

Job-Related Experience

Minimum 3 years' experience of managing functional or continuous improvement role with good learning agility.
Understand manufacturing processes.
Have experiences to work in or as part of Supply Chain.
Has led multi stakeholders, cross-functional projects.
Has worked in multiple departments/functions.

Other Job-Related Skills/Background

Key talent of a functional role
Good interpersonal skills

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.

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