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Job title: Franchise/NPI Artwork Supply Planner

Locations: Verona (Italy), Wavre (Belgium), Barnard Castle (UK), Poznan (Polonia)

Employment type: Temporary (18-months), Full-Time

Closing date for applications: 26 August 2026

Job Purpose:

As an NPI Artwork Supply Planner, you will play a pivotal role in enabling the successful launch of new products, acquisitions and re-brand projects by leading artwork-related activities from regulatory submission through to first launch waves. You will coordinate across markets, site, CMOs, supply chain strategy, Regulatory labelling, external artwork providers and wider artwork and packaging supply chain teams to ensure regulatory mock-ups and artwork inputs are accurate, compliant and fit for purpose. Acting as a trusted point of contact, you will provide clear guidance on the most effective artwork delivery approach for each business scenario, helping teams navigate complexity, manage priorities and deliver high-quality outcomes in line with current processes, brand requirements and supply chain expectations.

Responsibilities

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

• Project manage end-to-end artwork process steps associated with regulatory submission and first launch waves, aligned with the NPI delivery process.

• Act as the primary artwork contact for assigned NPI and/or NBD projects, attending project meetings and providing guidance on artwork service delivery, priorities and ways of working.

• Manage multiple simultaneous and complex project requirements, ensuring clarity, alignment and timely decision-making across stakeholders.

• Resolve process and design queries in collaboration with GPO, DTL, Industrialisation, NPI teams and other relevant partners.

• Work with Market, Site, Central and Artwork Provider teams to secure commitment to tasks, timelines and key launch milestones.

• Assess workload and available capacity to support NPI project requirements effectively.

• Take action to maintain service and performance during periods of abnormal demand by aligning priorities and resource allocation with key stakeholders.

• Manage and coordinate major cross-regional artwork and packaging projects driven by regulatory, portfolio or operational changes beyond NPI or brand change activity.

• Initiate and lead continuous improvement projects in partnership with Service Management teams.

• Support and coach continuous improvement strategy for the team or area, demonstrating progress against plan and sustaining standard ways of working.

• Coordinate updates to Regional Shared Pack Strategy and ensure changes are reflected in the relevant guidelines.

Why you?

Basic Qualifications & Skills

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

• University degree in a technical or business-related field, ideally with foundational knowledge of supply chain processes.

• Proven experience managing complex projects in cross-functional and matrix environments.

• Experience supporting global brands and/or new product introduction activities.

• Experience in pharmaceutical, vaccines or FMCG packaging, customer management or artwork delivery environments, with knowledge of commercial print processes, artwork construction, pre-press stages, colour management and print supplier relationships.

• Fluent written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate clearly across diverse stakeholder groups.

Preferred Qualifications & Soft Skills

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

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to drive issue resolution in complex or changing situations.

• Confidence in managing diverse stakeholder relationships across functions, regions and external partners.

• Ability to deliver effectively against tight deadlines in fast-moving and evolving decision-making environments.

• Membership of a relevant supply logistics, artwork or packaging industry body would be an advantage.

What We Offer:

• Temporary contract in a very Inclusive environment

• Performance Reward

• Flexible Benefits

• Company Healthcare Plan

• Integrative pension fund

• Employee Assistance Programme

• Tax assistance

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When applying for this role, please use the ‘cover letter’ of the online application or your CV to describe how you meet the competencies for this role, as outlined in the job requirements above. The information that you have provided in your cover letter and CV will be used to assess your application.

Skills

Business Acumen, Business Agility, Compliance Packaging, Data Integrity, Detail-Oriented, Digital Fluency, GxP Regulations, Lean Management, Problem Solving, Risk Awareness, Value DemonstrationPolish Salary Range / Polski przedział wynagrodzenia: PLN 219,750 to PLN 366,250Italian Salary Range / Fascia retributiva in Italia: EUR 48,300 to EUR 80,500Belgium Salary Range / Fourchette salariale – Belgique: EUR 73,275 to EUR 122,125The annual gross base salary range for new hires in this position is listed above for each applicable location. These ranges take into account a number of factors including the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. In addition, this position may offer an annual bonus and eligibility to participate in our share based long term incentive program which is dependent on the level of the role. More detailed information on the total benefits package will be supplied during the recruitment process. This role is available for applicants from multiple locations, and therefore salary ranges for certain locations are also shown. Salary ranges for other locations are shown because some markets have pay transparency laws that require salary information on job postings, and those locations are potential job sites for this role. If salary ranges are not displayed in the job posting for a specific location or country, the relevant compensation will be discussed during the recruitment process. Please note salaries vary by country based on the candidate’s skills, experience, education level and the market rate for the role. Offers are typically made within the advertised range based on the candidate’s skills, experience and qualifications, with the upper end generally reserved for highly experienced candidates or other exceptional circumstances aligned with these criteria.La fascia salariale della Retribuzione Annua Lorda (RAL) per i nuovi assunti in questa posizione è indicata sopra per ciascuna sede applicabile. Queste fasce tengono conto di diversi fattori, tra cui le competenze, l'esperienza, il livello di istruzione del candidato e le condizioni di mercato per il ruolo. Informazioni più dettagliate sull’intero pacchetto retributivo e sui benefit saranno fornite durante il processo di selezione. GSK/ViiV, applica il Contratto Collettivo Nazionale di Lavoro (CCNL) per gli addetti all’industria chimica e chimico-farmaceutica nonché, in relazione e come conseguenza del ruolo assegnato e della relativa qualifica, il Contratto Collettivo Nazionale di Lavoro (CCNL) dei Dirigenti Industria di aziende produttrici di beni e servizi. Questo ruolo è aperto a candidati basati in diversi paesi; per tale motivo sono indicate le fasce retributive relative a ciascun paese. La pubblicazione di tali fasce, per altri paesi, che sono possibili sedi lavorative per questa posizione, risponde a normative locali in materia di trasparenza retributiva, che richiedono l’indicazione delle retribuzioni negli annunci di lavoro. Qualora per una specifica sede o paese non sia indicata una fascia retributiva, le relative condizioni economiche saranno discusse nel corso del processo di selezione. E’ importante considerare che le retribuzioni variano da paese a paese in base alle competenze, all’esperienza, al livello di istruzione del candidato e alle condizioni di mercato per il ruolo. Le offerte vengono generalmente formulate all’interno della fascia indicata, tenendo conto delle competenze, dell’esperienza e delle qualifiche del candidato; il limite superiore è di norma riservato a candidati con un’esperienza particolarmente consolidata o a circostanze eccezionali coerenti con tali criteri.

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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