Associate Director, Agile Sourcing, Data & Diagnostics

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The Associate Director, Agile Sourcing, Research & Development - Data & Diagnostics position will be responsible for contributing to and overseeing the delivery of source-to-contract operations within a subset of the Research & Global Drug Development organizations. Specifically, this role will be focused on the clinical laboratory/diagnostics services, both wet labs and electronic labs (e.g. imaging), real-world data licensing, and R&D analytics. The candidate will need to be comfortable with leading change and taking calculated risk. 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:

People management to ensure successful development and implementation of sourcing strategy and contracting for R&D Diagnostics & Data

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

• 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 contracted labor partners to support facilitation/administration of contracts where appropriate.

• Guide teams on proper contracting strategies from templating to negotiation and execution.

• Act as an escalation point for Agile Sourcing team supporting contracting, sourcing, and other procurement initiatives.

• Assist direct reports with professional development planning and enabling flexibility across Agile Sourcing organization to foster cross-pollination of resources and procurement categories.

Partner directly with adjacent stakeholders and deliver on complex procurement projects in the realm of source-to-contract

• 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.

• Lead complex contract negotiations in partnership with global category managers, BMS Lawyers, and other participants in the contracting process.

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

Performance Management & Continuous Improvement Source to Contract

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

• 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.

• Participate or lead continuous improvement initiatives within procurement to strengthen our contracting and sourcing outcomes.

• Explore new procurement technologies with a focus on AI/ML opportunities.

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

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum education of a B.S./B.A. Sciences or Business is required.

• Minimum of seven (7) years of business or related experience, preferably in pharmaceutical industr