Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing, Warehousing - New Brunswick, United States - Bristol-Myers Squibb

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Verified Company

New Brunswick, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

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The Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing, Warehousing & Transportation position focuses on the development of category strategies that define how procurement will be done for the warehousing and logistics distribution spend category, including defining buying channels, purchasing policies, and supplier relationship management program, etc.

This role will develop, maintain, and implement a 3-5-year strategic category plan that ensures all projects deliver maximum value.

Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Develop global category strategies with regional / market variations that define how purchasing will be done for a given spend category.
Define buying channels and purchasing policies to drive compliance and adherence to category strategy, with a usercentric approach.
Define a supplier relationship management program, including segmentation criteria and a preferred supplier list for a given category.
Ensure clear roles and responsibilities between regional / local resources and global category leads to ensure oneface to the business.
Lead and / or support major category initiatives within a multiyear plan including end2end process optimization, make / buy analysis, and recommendations within a spend category and / or within a major business area.
Develop and manage key category budget owners and functional stakeholders.
Drive coownership of initiatives and accountability based on agreed upon strategies.
Develop and implement metrics and reporting mechanisms.
Ensure excellence in delivery of procurement initiatives that maximize corporate, business, and functional priorities and objectives.
Remain current with market trends through relationships with Sourcing Managers, suppliers, and market experts, and ensure compliance to the BMS process of gaining access / familiarity with emerging supplier capabilities.
Coach and develop crossfunctional implementation teams to appropriately execute category strategies globally and regionally.
Execute Supplier Relationship Management priorities by fostering collaborative relationships with highly strategic global / regional suppliers.
Identify, build, and maintain mutually beneficial relationships, partnerships, and alliances with selected suppliers through Supplier Relationship Development programs.
Develop a list of preferred suppliers within a category of spend and manage compliance. Measure supplier performance using rating systems or predetermined standards.

Qualifications
Minimum Requirements

Minimum education of a B.S. in Business, Supply Chain, Procurement, or technical equivalent.
Minimum of seven (7) years of work experience, in which five (5) years is procurement or related experience.
Exemplary negotiating and contracting skills.
Demonstrated high degree of independence, requiring mínimal supervision from senior management.
Internal stakeholder management, data/information management, category management, process redesign and continuous improvement expertise, project management and performance measurement skills.
Procurement process knowledge, category management, contract management, financial analysis, market analysis, supplier analysis, supplier management, technology utilization and strategic planning.
Strong skillset in gaining marketplace intelligence and communicating the commercial impact of information back to internal decision makers.
The role may require international travel.

Preferred Qualifications

Master's Degree in related business area.
Category Management experience and prior procurement experience in Primary Warehousing and Inmarket Warehousing & Distribution.
Prior Logistics Sourcing experience in Transportation. (Air, Ocean, Road, Small Parcel and Courier Services) and Warehousing.

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On-site Protocol
BMS has a diverse occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs.

The occupancy type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:

Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility.