Associate Director, Supplier Relationship - Summit, United States - Bristol-Myers Squibb

Bristol-Myers Squibb

Verified Company

Summit, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren't words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department.

From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

You'll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity.

Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Required Qualifications:

Bachelors or Master's Degree in Engineering, Biotechnology, or related field.
10+ years of relevant experience in the pharmaceutical, biopharmaceutical or related industry
Certification in lean manufacturing principles and Six Sigma tools
Operations experience in pharmaceutical manufacturing to cGMP standards including extensive knowledge of regulatory guidelines and validation practices
Working knowledge of pharmaceutical development and commercialization processes.
Knowledge of suppliers, industry trends and emerging players in global pharmaceutical manufacturing services
Strong presentation and communication skills both, oral and written
Fluency in English.

Required competencies:

Strong strategic and analytical thinking, problem solving and rapid decision making skills
Strong ability in negotiating and influencing without authority in complex, high impact situations
Successful track record in execution and completion of objectives.
Ability to effectively transfer complex knowledge regarding science and engineering procedures.
Demonstrated team leadership skills and ability to work effectively with crossfunctional & multilocation teams
Demonstrated financial and project management skills
Demonstrated capability in implementing challenging goals, objectives and practices in a complex and ambiguous environment
Demonstrated success negotiating complex supply and toll manufacturing agreements with external suppliers.
Experience of a culturally diverse workplace through international projects or global teams.
Demonstrated proficiency in competency areas of Strategic Agility, Organizational Agility, Business Acumen, Process Design and Management, Organization Change Management

Key Responsibilities:

Identify, evaluate, select and manage Contract Manufacturing Organizations (CMOs)
Establish and lead the Virtual Plant Team model
Act as a primary point of contact for all business collaborations ensuring that the overall relationship is healthy:
Responsible for performance monitoring & reporting and ensuring compliance with contractual terms
Collaborate with Quality Operations on quality system and compliance activities
Drive continuous improvement of the overall business relationship
Collaborate on forecasting, production planning and supply chain business process activities to ensure continuity of supply and avoidance of backorders
Act as primary point of contact for communications and resolution of supply chain and technical issues that may impact timely supply of product and/or contractual obligations
Proactively identify supply risks and create strategies to avoid or minimize their impact
Manage inventory risk assessment process for inventory located at manufacturing site. Lead efforts to manage and execute risk mitigation plans.
Lead cross functional teams in implementing and managing processes between BMS, internal sites and CMOs.
Accountable for establishing and managing the technical transfer startup and spend budgets for assigned manufacturing site and the associated variances.
Identify opportunities for improvements and execute Operational Excellence and Process Improvement/Best Practices.
Establish Standard Business Processes to accelerate pipeline development, commercialization and end to end supply chain excellence
Responsible for defining and executing risk management strategies, contingency planning, supporting the development of a high performing team and communication of the solutions to management.

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Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers

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.

For these roles, onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive Company culture.

For field-based and remote-by-design roles the ability to phy