DIrector Strategic Initiatives

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Bristol-Myers Squibb is a global Biopharma company committed to a single mission: to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines focused on helping millions of patients around the world in disease areas such as oncology, cardiovascular, immunoscience and fibrosis.

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The Director, Strategic Initiatives is a member of the Strategy & Process & Capabilities team (i.e., Tiger Team). This role serves as a strategic partner (or ‘liaison’) to the procurement senior leadership team and is responsible for driving high impact / strategic procurement initiatives within Strategic Sourcing & Procurement. As a ‘liaison’, the Tiger Team member is expected to provide a value chain perspective across the entire functional portfolio and coach (e.g., peer review) leaders on key procurement processes / capabilities (e.g., Strategic Capability Rollout, Technology Implementation, Supply Plans, Category Strategies & Roadmaps, Contract to Pay enablement). Additionally, each Tiger Team member acts as a portfolio manager for a given function, in order to ensure appropriate prioritization and value opportunities are realized. This role is intended to bring a high degree of flexibility to our resource model from a strategic capacity perspective leading strategic initiative, enhancing strategic capabilities, and identifying cross-category opportunities for value delivery.

Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities:


Lead and / or support major functional or enterprise-wide strategic programs within a multi-year plan including end-2-end process, make/buy analysis and recommendations

Responsible for supporting value creation and delivery, end-to-end across the value chain, and business strategy development while engaging as a strategic business partner.

Leading procurement and supply management activities for multiple areas of spend within Category Leader Team with the goal of driving substantial value realization efforts in all forms – revenue generation, cost reductions and productivity improvements while maintaining or improving product quality and supplier service levels.

Works closely with key stakeholders in business units and in corporate functions to develop effective cost reduction strategies and implementation plans.





Serve as a strategic partner (or ‘liaison’) to the procurement leadership team

Ensure connectivity between center lead (Strategy & Process function) initiatives and BP&S functional strategies

Act as Business Performance Monitoring Lead for key deliverables in Functional area





Act as a portfolio manager for a given function, in order to ensure appropriate prioritization and value opportunities are realized

Drive high impact / strategic procurement initiatives with the goal of driving substantial value realization efforts in all forms – revenue generation, cost reductions and productivity improvements while maintaining or improving product quality and supplier service levels

Lead highly complex strategic sourcing efforts in specific category areas as necessary / appropriate

Champion ideas that will drive innovation, optimize BMS total cost of ownership for spend categories, and support an emerging future pipeline of Continuous Improvement deliverables

Primary responsibility is to champion and secure total cost of ownership (TCO) value realization for all designated Category Teams and spend categories, drive innovation in the supply chain, lead and/or support major strategic programs including end-2-end process and leading insource/outsource recommendations and to institutionalize these processes across BMS.





Coach and oversee development of key capabilities (e.g., Business Partnering, Strategic Category Management, Source-to-Pay & SRM processes) for a given function to ensure consistency and quality

Provide a value chain perspective across the entire functional portfolio

Oversee the development and execution of category strategies to drive innovation into the category and supplier management processes

Ensure collaboration between key stakeholders in business units and in corporate functions to develop effective cost reduction strategies and implementation plans.

Ensure sourcing strategies are implemented and TCO reductions are secured according to forecasts.

Lead and/or support major strategic programs within a multi-year plan including end-2-end process, make/buy analysis and recommendations within a large group of spend categories and/or within a major business area.

Champion and support efforts to achieve small and disadvantaged business sourcing content objectives


Qualifications:

Minimum Requirements:


B.S./B.A.

Minimum of 10 years of business experience

Minimum of 8-10 years of multi-disciplined procurement experience or relevant experience

Minimum of 3 years Pharmaceutical Procurement experience or relevant experience

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

Managerial experience including managing teams of senior professionals and managers and establishing performance expectations

Internal stakeholder management, data/information management, category management, process redesign and continuous improvement expertise, project management and performance measurement skills

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


Preferred Qualifications:


M.S./M.B.A.

Professional certifications (e.g. CPM, CPIM).

5 years Pharmaceutical Procurement experience

Membership in Professional Associations, e.g. ISM


Bristol-Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Bristol-Myers Squibb is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

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