Quality Science Graduate Programme, Belgium, 2025

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Are you a talented and driven student or graduate eager to make an impact on billions of lives? Apply for the Quality Science programme at GSK today!

The GSK Graduate Programme offers a unique opportunity to join our Global Supply Chain and play a key role in delivering life-saving medicines and vaccines to people in over 90% of the world.

At GSK, we are on an exciting journey to establish a world-class global supply chain that will support the delivery of our new product portfolio and pipeline. Within the Global Supply Chain business (GSC), our dedicated teams are responsible for manufacturing and distributing medicines and vaccines worldwide. They oversee every stage of production, from ensuring the creation of high-quality products at our manufacturing sites to developing effective supply forecasting and managing regulatory inspections—all powered by digital, data, and analytics.

We are seeking highly motivated graduates who are eager to grow into future engineering, operational, and technical roles within GSC. These positions involve working at our manufacturing sites to ensure the implementation of the latest, safe, efficient, and reliable processes and equipment. This programme presents an opportunity for you to cultivate your skills in an industry that is undergoing radical changes in the way it develops and manufactures products.

Location: Wavre

Start date: September 2025

Application deadline: We recommend you apply as soon as possible. This vacancy will close when we have received enough applications, so please apply as soon as you can so your application can be considered.

Assessment Centre Date: December 2024 - February 2025

Ahead together with tailored training and career development

Whilst on the graduate programme, you can expect the following benefits:

• Challenging and supportive environment for your professional and personal growth

• Opportunities to network and enhance visibility with senior leaders who will mentor, coach, and support you with career planning

• Development of technical skills through valuable on-the-job experience

• Work in roles that are individually tailored according to your discipline, with the aim of meeting your aspirations, strengths and ambitions (along with the needs of the business)

• Access to a generous personal development budget to accelerate learning and professional growth

• Kaizens – short-term breadth projects that offer potential international exposure

What will you do?

• Regulatory Insight: Build your knowledge of our Vaccines and industry regulations. Understand the critical role of compliance in a highly regulated environment.

• Hands-On Lab Experience: Spend time in our state-of-the-art quality testing laboratory, mastering analytical testing techniques and gaining hands-on experience with raw materials, finished products, sterility, and environmental testing.

• Comprehensive Quality Control: Learn the intricacies of quality control and how different elements of the pharmaceutical manufacturing process interact. Make informed decisions to ensure the uncompromised quality of our products.

• Quality Systems & Analytics: Dive into quality systems or quality analytics, ensuring the application of GSK quality systems and cGMP in operations such as deviations, Corrective actions (CAPA), change control, and documentation.

• Quality Oversight: Ensure regulatory compliance and evaluate product impact, making crucial quality decisions regarding products and activities. Maintain a strong shopfloor presence to oversee operations.

• Inspection readiness: Coordinate operational quality tasks and deliverables within the team, driving inspection readiness activities.

• Strategic Implementation: Implement and drive strategic priorities in your area of responsibility. Be the quality representative in multidisciplinary teams, leading projects and investigations.

• Be a leader in our Net Carbon Zero mission: Lead and participate in projects focused on sustainability and waste reduction.

• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Be part of cross-functional teams introducing new products or testing methods, and see how manufacturing, quality, technical services, and supply chain work together seamlessly.

• Career Foundation: Develop a robust career foundation, growing your understanding of the vital role of Quality in GSK.

Whatever you do, you’ll be making a significant impact on the quality and safety of our products.

Profile

Join the GSK Quality Science Graduate Programme – Belgium, 2025: Help us get ahead of disease together

Education required: Master’s degree in Biochemistry, Microbiology, Biomedical Sciences, Biology, Chemistry (preferably with Biology modules), or a related field of study. Graduation by August 2025.

Language requirement: Written and spoken fluency in English and French.

Other requirements: Willingness to be geographically mobile (domestic) throughout rotations

What are we looking for?

• Technical aptitude, a passion for quality, and a keen interest in pharmaceutical manufacturing

• A mindset focused on continuous improvement and growth, along with strong interpersonal skills and a positive approach

• The ability to listen, learn, and a genuine desire to make a meaningful impact on people’s lives through high-quality work

• Excellent communication and problem-solving skills, coupled with a collaborative approach to teamwork

• Self-motivation, proactiveness, and a strong eagerness for development and learning

• Analytical, organized, and process-driven, with exceptional attention to detail

• High adaptability and flexibility, with the ability to perform effectively under pressure and embrace change

This programme is ideal for highly motivated individuals who are eager to embark on their careers in a complex manufacturing environment. Candidates should naturally embody GSK culture and demonstrate the potential to become outstanding subject matter experts.

Benefits

What do we offer you?

• A competitive salary

• An annual bonus based on company performance

• Employee recognition programs, which reward exceptional achievements

• Access to robust healthcare and well-being programs

• A tailored, robust development plan aligned to your career aspirations and business needs, delivered by coaching and mentoring by managers and peers, and through virtual and in person courses

• On-the-job experience

Company profile

GSK is a global biopharma company with a special purpose – to unite science, technology and talent to get ahead of disease together – so we can positively impact the health of billions of people and deliver stronger, more sustainable shareholder returns – as an organisation where people can thrive. We prevent and treat disease with vaccines, specialty and general medicines. We focus on the science of the immune system and the use of new platform and data technologies, investing in four core therapeutic areas (infectious diseases, HIV, respiratory/ immunology and oncology).

Our success absolutely depends on our people. While getting ahead of disease together is about our ambition for patients and shareholders, it’s also about making GSK a place where people can thrive. We want GSK to be a place where people feel inspired, encouraged and challenged to be the best they can be. A place where they can be themselves – feeling welcome, valued, and included. Where they can keep growing and look after their wellbeing. So, if you share our ambition, join us at this exciting moment in our journey to get Ahead Together.

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You’ll find hints, tips and guidance on our recruitment process on our website

Learn more about the application process gsk.to/ECprocess

Once you've submitted your online application form, you'll need to complete two online assessments prior to the assessment center stage and as part of this, you'll be asked about your motivation for the role: We’d like to hear about why you applied to this role and your motivation for the business area you’ve applied to. You will be asked a 2nd question on what strengths, skills or interests you have that will enable you to be successful in this role.  Please be as targeted as you can!

Top tip: Make sure you save this job description for reference throughout the process, it will really help you prepare for the different stages in your application. 

You can learn more about GSK and our careers here https://www.gsk.com/en-gb/careers/

Our Graduate Programmes are designed to accelerate the development of graduates who don’t have significant previous professional work experience in the area to which they are applying. Of course, many graduates who join the programme have worked while studying or after graduation. If you’ve already developed substantial experience working in a professional role in your sector, while you would be able to apply for this programme, you may also want to look at direct entry roles in our businesses, as these may be the best way to build on your existing skills and expertise and develop a career at GSK.

Apply now!

We’re 100% open to all talent – whatever your gender, marital status, religion, age, colour, race, sexual orientation, nationality or disability. We want to recruit the right people for GSK from the widest possible backgrounds, so we can better serve the diversity of our patients.  And, because it’s the right thing to do.