Senior Director, Global Supply Chain Transformation

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Position Summary:

The Senior Director, Global Supply Chain (GSC) Transformation serves as the cross-GSC transformation leader, responsible for driving the full slate of transformational initiatives in alignment with the Global Product Development & Supply (PDS) & GSC strategic roadmap. This role manages the GSC budget, portfolio, and book of work, including prioritization, business case development, and value delivery. The leader orchestrates and executes Polaris, the GSC strategic roadmap, and works toward realizing the GSC vision to become best-in-class. Additionally, the position is responsible for business development orchestration, architecture, and execution across GSC, serving as the liaison with PDS, and deploying strategy across the GSC-pillars. This position reports into the VP, GSC Business Performance & Transformation and plays a key role in orchestrating transformational initiatives in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure strong partnerships and synergies across the organization.

Key Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership

• Lead and ensure successful prioritization, deployment, and execution of GSC Strategic Projects, Book of Work, and Global Initiatives.
• Oversee Business Development initiatives, including divestitures, integrations, alliance agreements, and network changes.
• Act as the primary Point of Contact for GSC in Business Development initiatives, ensuring matrixed coordination throughout all phases.
• Represent GSC during due diligence and preparation phases, ensuring appropriate impact assessments are made and incorporated.
• Create and maintain the GSC knowledge playbook and introduce standard work.
• Deploy GSC strategy across pillars, driving transformation and ensuring cross-GSC and PDS alignment.
• Develop strong relationships with partners and build successful cross-functional teams, balancing resources with competing BMS global objectives.
• Provide clear visibility to leadership, proactively highlighting risks and recommendations.
• Strengthen and deploy knowledge and capabilities throughout the organization.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies, maintaining robust governance and data integrity.

Leadership:

• Promote operational excellence, process standardization, and harmonization where appropriate.
• Empower rapid decision-making by removing barriers, setting clear priorities, and streamlining processes.
• Build a strong and diverse team, proactively sourcing diverse candidates and providing equal opportunities for talent.
• Create a safe space for speaking truth and idea generation, encouraging constructive disagreement and creative debate.
• Celebrate both go and no-go decisions and value individuals who flag risks or present efficiencies, even if they result in a change of course.
• Collaboration and Stakeholder Management
• Understand various facets of the GSC pillars, including operations, operating model, mission, needs, systems, tools, and stakeholder ecosystem.
• Leverage understanding of GSC to work autonomously and flexibly support GSC in critical areas.
• Stay up to date on digital solutions and emerging systems or tools to continuously improve existing processes.
• Act as a deputy to the VP GSC BP&T when needed.

Education & Experience:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, supply chain, or business required; Master’s or MBA preferred.
• 10+ years of experience in operations and supply chain, preferably in the biopharma industry, with proven cross-functional global program/project management and global t