Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement, Global Product Development and Supply

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Bristol Myers Squibb Ireland

Bristol Myers Squibb has been in operation in Ireland since 1964, employing over 650 people across a range of activities and business units.

Ireland is home to External manufacturing’s global headquarters, the business unit responsible for the management of manufacturing contract operations (CMO’s) and ensuring reliable supply of product to patients across the Bristol Myers Squibb global network.

This includes management of, and working in conjunction with, third party contract manufacturers and internal manufacturing sites. In Ireland, External Manufacturing has two sites; Global Headquarters based in Dublin 15 and a distribution centre in Shannon, Co Clare.

For more information about Bristol Myers Squibb, visit us at BMS.com/ie

The Role

Bristol-Myers Squibb External Manufacturing is looking to recruit a permanent Associate Director, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement, Global Product Development and Supply. This role will lead Strategic Procurement responsibilities for the strategic sourcing of externally manufactured BMS products providing End to End strategic sourcing solutions for external supply requirements from pre-launch (Late Development/Phase 2b/LTSS) through the product life cycle to validation and commercial ramp and supply. Role responsibilities will include delivery high value multi year sourcing strategies for the global product development and supply organisation that supports the business strategies appropriate for phases of the product lifecycle, from pre-launch through the product life cycle. Primary Manufacturing technologies in scope: Small and Large Molecule Drug Substance, Bridging Technologies, Small and Large Molecule Drug Product Development, and new novel modalities such as CelMOD and ADC’. While primary focus will be on Drug Substance, the role will also have significant linkage into Oral Solid Dose Drug and Biologics categories.

This role focuses on the development of category strategies that define how purchasing will be done for a given spend category – inclusive of purchasing policies, a supplier relationship management program, and implementation of strategic Business Continuity Management. This role will develop, maintain and implement a 3-5 year strategic category plan that ensures all projects deliver maximum value in line with Global Strategic Value Capture (SVC) targets. This role will assist in development of and adherence to strategic category management processes and procedures, supplier and category segmentation, metrics/KPI development and application, and contract management. This role is expected to ensure close alignment to business priorities and functional objectives.

This role will support the Senior Director, Strategic Sourcing and Procurement, Global Product Supply. The successful candidate will Partner with senior leadership in the Product Development and External Manufacturing Organisations to align sourcing strategy, execute an end to end sourcing roadmap and initiatives and contribute to strong supplier relationship management, including selective strategic partnerships.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead Procurement responsibilities with selected strategic suppliers of externally manufactured Drug Substance/Drug Product and or associated categories and provide procurement business partnering to Virtual Plant and Virtual Development Operational Teams.
• Provide hands on leadership, direction and ownership on sourcing projects, supplier negotiations, contract deviations and supplier relationship opportunities and issues.  
• Develop End to End strategic sourcing solutions for commercial supply requirements from pre-launch (Late Development/Phase 2b).
• Own global category strategy development with Global Product Supply Busine