Job Description Summary

The IT Business Partner – Logistics & Global Trade serves as a key partner and trusted advisor to BD’s Logistics, and Global Trade organizations. This role is accountable for shaping and delivering digital capabilities in collaboration with platform digital team that improve service, compliance, cost, resilience, and visibility across global logistics and trade operations. Operating within BD’s Technology & Global Services (TGS) Business Partner framework, this role bridges business strategy and technology execution, translating logistics and global trade priorities into scalable digital use cases, roadmaps, and measurable outcomes.

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. 

Key Responsibilities

Strategic & Operational Business Partnership

Act as the primary IT interface for Global Logistics and Global Trade leaders, building positive relationships and deep understanding of business objectives, risks, and opportunities. Co-develop and maintain a multi-year technology roadmap aligned to BD supply chain, logistics, and global trade strategies. Develop demand by identifying, qualifying, and prioritizing high-value digital use cases using BD’s governance and value management processes.

Digital Use Case Identification & Delivery

Lead the ideation, development of the argument, and implementation of digital logistics and global trade use cases, including (but not limited to):

• Integration with transportation and warehouse visibility

• Trade compliance automation and risk controls

• Network optimization and flow analytics

• Integration with carriers, brokers, and customs platforms

• Data, analytics, and decision-support capabilities related to logistics trade areas

Partner with Digital, Data, Platform, and Architecture teams to ensure secure, scalable, and compliant solutions.

Program & Portfolio Leadership

Be accountable for the logistics and global trade IT portfolio, ensuring initiatives are prioritized based on business value, risk, and capacity. Ensure solutions are delivered using agile methods and a focus on delivering customer value, partnering across internal and external delivery teams.

Process Excellence & Transformation

Collaborate with Process Excellence, Operations, and Compliance teams to standardize and simplify logistics and global trade processes through technology enablement. Promote adoption, change management, and value realization for implemented solutions.

Leadership & Collaborator Management

Influence senior collaborators across Supply Chain, Finance, Compliance, and IT to achieve aligned outcomes. Manage vendors and strategic partners delivering logistics and trade technology solutions. Mentor and develop team members and contribute to a strong IT Business Partner community within TGS.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Information Technology, Engineering, Supply Chain, Business, or related field

• 8+ years of experience in IT Business Partnering, Supply Chain IT, or Digital Transformation roles

• Strong domain knowledge in logistics, transportation, distribution, and/or global trade

• Proven experience delivering complex, cross-functional digital initiatives

• Demonstrated ability to engage and influence senior business leaders

• Experience working within structured IT governance and portfolio management frameworks

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in global, regulated, or life sciences environments

• Knowledge of global trade compliance concepts and systems

• Familiarity with digital technologies such as analytics platforms, automation, integration middleware, and cloud-based supply chain solutions

• MBA or advanced degree

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