Job Description Summary

This role will be responsible for leading IT sourcing and procurement of software and platforms that support Sales, Marketing, Customer Service, E-commerce, CRM and other assigned categories. This role is accountable for leading end to end sourcing and procurement category strategies, driving a compliant supply base and purchasing environment, identifying opportunities for impact, providing market insights to shape business aligned supplier strategies, IT/Business led programs, and deliver supplier led innovation, cost savings, value, efficiencies, quality and compliance.

Job Description

We are the makers of possible 

 

BD is one of the largest global medical technology companies in the world. Advancing the world of health™ is our Purpose, and it’s no small feat. It takes the imagination and passion of all of us—from design and engineering to the manufacturing and marketing of our billions of MedTech products per year—to look at the impossible and find transformative solutions that turn dreams into possibilities. 

 

We believe that the human element, across our global teams, is what allows us to continually evolve. Join us and discover an environment in which you’ll be supported to learn, grow and become your best self. Become a maker of possible with us. 

Primary Responsibilities

• The individual in this position will be responsible for the following:

Objectives

• Align procurement objectives and associated metrics with those of the business and IT (including risk, security, and enterprise architecture).

Policy

• Establish and/or improve upon internal and external policies, standards, and processes for vendor interaction.

• Establish and/or improve IT sourcing frameworks and IT procurement procedures and processes that balance cost, risk and agility.

• Provide input into policy that builds assessment of environmental sustainability performance into sourcing and procurement actions.

Strategy

• Develop, through a collaborative and inclusive approach, a global IT sourcing and procurement strategy that delivers against IT and business strategy priorities and translates IT and business imperatives into effective IT sourcing strategies and procurement strategies.

• Support both traditional and agile sourcing approaches to match the organization’s appetite for risk and its culture.

• Develop and demonstrate key sourcing and procurement competencies, such as business relationship management, stakeholder collaboration, category and subcategory planning, supplier relationship management, best practices for negotiation, analytics, project management, finance, and communication.

Communications

• Present all pertinent vendor and/or industry trends to stakeholders and propose updates and improvements to existing strategies.

• Manage the communication process with vendors, including what information should be communicated, when and by whom, to ensure that appropriate leverage is preserved.

Market Intelligence

• Keep abreast of industry trends that have an impact on the IT sourcing strategy, through external advisory services, internal procurement and vendor management teams and good working relationships with existing and emerging strategic vendors used by the enterprise.

• Identify the drivers, shifts, market dynamics and trends to advise the business and IT teams of the most effective sourcing and procurement strategies across all IT categories.

• Identify and leverage relevant third-party market intelligence sources.

Execution

• Work closely with stakeholders (IT, business, vendor management) to lead major sourcing programs.

• Drive IT sourcing and procurement strategies for products, services, and solutions, identifying cost optimization opportunities and presenting business cases to stakeholders.

• Support business agility, speed, and risk management, through automation or the adoption of new technology and leveraging internal and external data sources.

• Identify and evaluate the best options for solutions, which may include acquisition of IT products, outsourcing or insourcing, or other alternatives such as joint ventures, brokering vendor partnerships or potential IT acquisitions.

• Engage the business to understand business drivers, demand, risk appetite and environmental factors that influence the development and maintenance of the IT sourcing strategy.

• Develop and adopt agile, pragmatic and fast-track principles into IT