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Bristol Myers Squibb Associate Director, Procurement, Business Partner - IT in Princeton LVL, New Jersey
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The Associate Director, IT Business Partner position will seek to provide service excellence by driving best-in-class business partnering to understand and influence category strategy. This individual is expected to understand the capability roadmap and translate the roadmap to procurement outcomes via influence on a 3-5 year strategic category plan that ensures all projects deliver maximum value. It is necessary for this individual to have a deep understanding of the IT capability and driving forces in the industry, ability to influence business strategies through 'outside-in' expertise and effective stakeholder management, and experience in the identification and realization of innovative ideas in alignment to capability priorities.
Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities :
Partner with key IT and relevant cross-functional senior business stakeholders to enable capability delivery strategy with procurement outcomes
- Partner with IT Enterprise stakeholders/IT capability delivery leads, such as IT Operations, Cybersecurity, Enterprise Architecture and Platforms, IT Business Applications, and IT User Experience, to understand and influence IT capability strategy and requirements.
Bring best-in-class insights to influence IT capability strategy by leveraging market insights and innovation
Partner with IT capability leads and business partners across functions to understand and influence strategy and support solutioning and implementation.
Act as single point-of-entry for demand.
Develop and implement metrics and reporting mechanisms to measure success of relationship.
Support development and influence IT implementation of diverse supplier and small business strategies in coordination with Category Leads.
Ensure linkage of IT capability strategy across global category strategies
Coordinate with Category Leads to provide capability specific requirements for categories strategies in alignment with business roadmap.
Bridge procurement performance view across categories into single capability view, including relevant initiatives across categories.
Drive co-ownership of initiatives and accountability based on agreed upon strategies.
Foster relationships with cross-functional and external stakeholders to bring outside-in innovation to the organization
- Remain current with market trends through relationships with cross-functional category teams, academia, suppliers, start-ups, and market experts.
Enable Supplier Relationship Management priorities by fostering collaborative relationships with highly strategic global / regional suppliers
Support development and implementation of applicable Supplier Relationship Management programs in coordination with Category Leads.
Help identify, build, and maintain mutually beneficial relationships, partnerships, and alliances with select suppliers through Supplier Relationship Development programs.
Ensure capability delivery priorities are incorporated into Supplier Relationship Management initiatives.
Reinforce preferred supplier compliance.
Qualifications
Minimum Requirements
Minimum education of a B.S./B.A. is required.
Minimum of seven (7) to ten (10) years of business experience with a minimum of six (6) years of multi-disciplined procurement experience. Two (2) years Pharmaceutical Procurement experience is preferred.
Managerial experience including managing cross-functional and/or global teams of senior professionals and managers and establishing performance expectations.
Procurement process knowledge, contract management, financial analysis, market analysis, supplier analysis, supplier diversity, supplier management, technology utilization, strategic planning, and integrated supply chain experience
Internal stakeholder management, data/information management, category management, process redesign and continuous improvement expertise, project management and performance measurement skills
Preferred Qualifications
Professional certifications (e.g., CPM, CPIM)
Membership in Professional Associations (e.g., ISM)
Knowledge of emerging and disruptive digital technologies and data solutions applicable across IT and biopharmaceutical or biotechnology business units.
Understanding of biopharmaceutical/biotechnology drug development life cycle and operations (e.g., R&D, commercialization, product development/manufacturing/supply/distribution).
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Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Req Number: R1587926
Updated: 2024-12-20 05:18:33.407 UTC
Location: Princeton LVL-NJ
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