Associate Director, Agile Sourcing, External Partners

3 weeks ago


Princeton, United States Bristol Myers Squibb Full time

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The Associate Director, External Partners & Research position will play a critical role in driving standardization, continuous improvement, and reducing demand within Agile Sourcing Function. This will be a new capability within Sourcing Excellence. The candidate will need to be comfortable with leading change and taking calculated risk. This role will support the Research Categories for Source to Contract execution, global category strategies and manage external partnerships vital to our source to contract delivery model. The Associate Director will lead a team of resources and outsourced providers, ensuring effective sourcing, negotiating, contracting, and purchasing activities to optimize buying power and achieve desired procurement outcomes.


Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Performance Management & Continuous Improvement Source to Contract

Establish Best Practices for Source to Contract Operations.

Work with Agile Sourcing LT to create and monitor operational standards & maintain performance standards.

Review Team Performance, Compliance & Identify Trends for Continuous Improvement to improve operational effectiveness.

Lead Cross functional team to implement continuous improvement programs.

Serve as an advisor for functional leads to identify trends and resolve operational gaps within the team.

Work across procurement and with the law department to find improvements to contracting process, recommend updates to contract templates, collect fallback language, and develop guidance for negotiations.

Coordinate support for Health Authority Inspections and M&A Activity.

Oversee end-to-end development and implementation of Sourcing Strategy and Contracting for Research:

Guide and support functional teams to establish procurement plans that are developed and executed in congruence with organizational objectives and sourcing strategies.

Act as a trusted advisor to global category managers and their leadership to ensure procurement strategies can be delivered against the expectations of the business.

Oversee the development and execution of sourcing events and proposals with pertinent specifications, terms, and conditions.

Guide teams to evaluate and execute competitive offerings to determine the overall best offer for a product or service, negotiating contracts, obtaining legal review and approval, facilitating, and issuing contracts, and leveraging BPO partners to support facilitation/administration of contracts where appropriate.

Ensure negotiated terms are translated into contractual terms, following BMS templates provided by Legal Department, and work in close partnership with BMS Lawyers when needed.

Provide oversight and supplier management for external providers

Provide Program oversight for external providers of source to contract support.

Conduct operational reviews and coordinate with internal customers for Supplier Management program. Coordinate feedback on performance and delivery models for continuous improvement.

Oversee compliance programs, ensure compliance, and risk responsibilities are appropriately staffed and training conducted

Accountable for projects and their full compliance with BMS policies and external regulations/laws, including FCPA, FDA, EMA, SOX, Sunshine Act, and others).

Qualifications

Minimum education of an Undergraduate Degree preferably in Supply Chain Management, Business management, Life Sciences, or Pharmaceutical.

Minimum of seven (7) years of business experience in which two (2) to four (4) years are multi-disciplined procurement experience.

Minimum of three (3) years of experience managing a direct team, with ability to manage large group of professionals. Hands on manager, who provides close leadership and support to his/her team.

Experience leading and participating on cross-functional and/or global teams.

Strong contracting acumen.

Relevant Research Category sourcing experience.

Procurement process knowledge, agreement management, financial analysis, market analysis, supplier analysis, supplier diversity, supplier management, technology utilization, strategic planning, and integrated supply chain experience.



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