Design & Wellness Lead

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.

DESIGN & WELLNESS LEAD

WREF is the global team that is responsible for the full lifecycle of planning, execution and operations of the Consumer Healthcare real estate portfolio consisting of complex R&D facilities, office buildings, and sales offices.. The sites may be owned, leased or be occupied through a serviced office arrangement. WREF works in close collaboration with our Global Support Function partners (Tech, HR, EHS, Legal, Procurement etc) and relies extensively on our network of vendor partners to deliver a safe, productive and desirable work environment for all users.

The Design & Wellness Lead is responsible for WREF’s global workplace strategy and design standards, ensuring our physical workspaces are strategic assets that promote productivity and elevate employee experience. The role requires deep understanding of how our employees utilize our workspaces and have the ability to translate this into design solutions that prioritise health, comfort, flexibility and ease of use. As the organisations workplace design SME, the role will be expected to position Consumer Healthcare at the forefront of workplace innovation, particularly in the repositioning of the workplace in a post Covid environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and own WREF’s workplace strategy and design standards using innovation and best practice to drive wellness and staff productivity.

• Cultivate trust-based business relationships within WREF, the Consumer Healthcare business and industry to ensure WREF’s workplace design solutions respond to business need and industry best practice.

• Work closely with key internal partners (e.g. HR and Tech) to ensure WREF’s workplace strategies and standards are integrated as a part of a joined up, cohesive approach to employee experience.

• Oversee the collection and analysis of satisfaction, occupancy and usage data to identify strategic opportunities and best align our workspaces to the needs of our employees.

• Motivate and educate WREF and the wider Consumer Healthcare community on WREF’s standards, the rationale for their development and the benefit of adoption.

• Provide design reviews for inflight projects to ensure alignment of Business Unit design proposals to Global guidelines.

• Lead the establishment of strategic sourcing initiatives (e.g. Design, Change Management, FFE etc) in partnership with WREF’s Supplier Management Lead to drive maximum value and standardisation.

APPLICATION CLOSING DATE – 09/11/2021

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Why you?

Qualifications & Skills:

• Outstanding managerial skills and leadership abilities in order to motivate and influence senior Consumer Healthcare executives and managers in a demanding and rapidly evolving environment.
• Ability to think and act strategically and initiate and engage in long term planning.
• Excellent interpersonal, presentational and persuasive skills to successfully interact with senior stakeholders internal and external to Consumer Healthcare
• Strong ability to act as a motivator of change and influence without authority.
• Ability to work cross functionally including: Across WREF, Tech, HR etc

Strong business acumen.

Preferred Qualifications & Skills:

• Bachelor’s Degrees in Business, Engineering, Architecture/ID or Real Estate related discipline; Advanced Degree preferred.

• Excellent knowledge of workplace design best practices and the ability for workplaces to enhance wellness and staff productivity.

• Proven project management skills to manage the deployment of programs and drive change.

• Excellent knowledge of the data and technology and their usage to inform decision making and improve our physical workspaces.

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.

New Consumer Healthcare HQ:

Recently we’ve shared some exciting proposals with our colleagues which mark an important moment in our preparations for separation and becoming a new, standalone Consumer Healthcare company.

Our preparations are going well. GSK is on track to separate in mid-2022 and create two incredible new companies, each with the ability to improve the health of millions of patients and consumers worldwide, and both great places to work.

We’ve already confirmed that our new Consumer Healthcare company will be headquartered in the UK and the first step we’re taking is to announce proposals to move our CH business from our current location in GSK House in Brentford when we separate, into a new, CH headquarters in Weybridge. This will be a temporary, but important move in the short term, whilst we take this opportunity to design for the future and create an inspiring, flexible, collaborative workspace that meets the changing needs of our people and our business needs.

Inspired by our new culture and purpose, and with a commitment to our sustainability goals, we plan to build a new campus close by which would be home to our headquarters teams, our UK business, our global Oral Health category, R&D and innovation teams, as well as a state-of-the-art Shopper Science lab.

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.

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