Director, Cell Therapy, Raw Materials Planning and Buying

Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

At Bristol Myers Squibb we are reimagining the future of cell therapy. With our bold ambition, backed by a best-in-the-industry team and long-term commitment, we are leading the way to unlock the full promise of cell therapy as we strive to put more patients on the path to a cure. If you are ready to challenge yourself, accelerate your career, and give new hope to patients, there’s no better place than here at BMS with our Cell Therapy team.

Position Summary

The Director, Raw Materials Planning and Buying is a critical role in the CAR-T supply chain organization that leads raw materials planning and buying operations across a global Cell Therapy network. This role will lead a direct organization of material buyers and planners, will play a key role in managing relationships with suppliers, and will work closely with site and above-site counterparts in ensuring that the network can adequately service patient demand volume. Additionally, the Director will be responsible for aggregating material performance data across the network and provide insights into improvement areas.

This individual is a people manager/leader, as well as be a highly capable cross functional leader in driving execution and standardization of network material buying and planning practices. Stakeholders for this role will span across the internal and external Cell Therapy network, all site and global supply chain functions, and will have routine interactions with members of the global Cell Therapy extended leadership team.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead a direct team of network material buyers and planners responsible for managing MRP (material requirements planning processes), placement of purchase orders, daily supplier interactions, and management of planning master data.
• Collaborate with site buying and planning teams, strategic sourcing, MS&T, quality and other cross-functional partners to resolve material shortages and deliver on supply requirements.
• Responsible for leading the hyper care processes needed to mitigate any potential material shortages.
• Develop global guidelines and policies that relate to MRP, development and management of planning master data including planning BOM, buyer/planner standard work, and material life cycle management.
• Proactively manage supplier relationships to ensure network supply readiness through collaboration with strategic sourcing and directly building relationships with suppliers.
• Partner with demand planning team to develop best-in-class forecasting for independent and dependent raw material demand. Responsible for managing raw material demand and consumption signals and proactively addressing risks to future supply.
• Responsible for ensuring uninterrupted raw material supply to support the continuous manufacturing across the Cell Therapy network.
• Develop buying and planning performance data and metrics across the network. Drive standardization and improvement across the network through management of cross functional continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead development of supply strategies to reduce cost and waste across the organization.
• Business process owner for MRP, raw materials buying and planning, planning BOM and planning master data management, and material life cycle management.
• Acts as supply chain subject matter expert for raw material supply management and materials planning processes when assessing new supply processes or improvements to supply processes and applications.
• Build a collaborative environment that fosters decisive decision making and accountability.
• Lead as a change agent in a fast-paced environment to promote flexibility, creativity, and accoun