Associate Director, Agile Sourcing, Information Technology Contracting

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Bristol Myers Squibb is looking for an experienced sourcing and contracting professional to join its Agile Sourcing team. The Associate Director, Agile Sourcing, Information Technology Contracting role will be responsible for the delivery of an industry-leading contracting capability across the IT subcategory through efficient contract review, issue identification and analysis, redlining, negotiation and management of escalations to the legal department. Specifically, this role will be focused on supporting the various functional leaders within the IT organization, as well as BMS’ IT infrastructure and enterprise-wide hardware, software, applications, platforms and IT services in general.

The candidate will need to be able to manage a team and handle internal escalations as well as a heavy workload with occasional short and/or expedited deadlines. The individual in this role must also be able to resolve complex negotiation issues in a timely manner and push a deal through to execution. This individual must be able to build strong relationships of mutual trust and accountability with the internal business clients, contracting teams and legal department.

Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

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Source, on-board, lead, manage and develop a team in support of contracting operations across multiple categories

• Monitor team performance and identify opportunities for continuous improvement to ensure successful development and implementation of contracting strategy.

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

• Assist in the creation of training materials leveraging a deep knowledge of contract terms and conditions, negotiation best practices and BMS Standard Operating Procedures.

• Establish clear performance expectations, provide proactive feedback and be a hands-on manager who provides close leadership and support to their team.

Drive and manage the end-to-end contracting process in support of operations across the IT organization

• Perform appropriate due diligence by issue spotting and assessing risk mitigating options.

• Execute contracts in a timely manner with appropriate legal support to ensure compliance with company standards.

• Understand the contractual terms and be able to explain their risks and implications to the internal business stakeholders to help drive appropriate decision-making.

• Ensure applicable written guidelines and company policy are followed and required SME input is obtained where required (i.e., privacy, finance, international and domestic taxation, customs and trade, information security, systems quality, software asset management).

• Maintain awareness of pre-contracting steps, including underlying BMS policies and procedures related to the contracts and the contracted activities within scope.

Partner directly with adjacent stakeholders and deliver on complex, high-risk issues or projects

• 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.

• Act as an expert facilitator to fully manage and lead complex contract negotiations in partnership with business stakeholders, global procurement category managers, legal and other participants in the contracting process, including various subject matter experts.

• Coordinate with cross-functional and stakeholders to ensure timely, compliant an