Senior Manager, International Contract Specialist, Agile Sourcing

<p><b>Working with Us</b><br/>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. Take your career farther than you thought possible.</p><p></p><p>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: <a href="https://careers.bms.com/working-with-us" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span><span><span>careers.bms.com/working-with-us</span></span></span></a>.</p><p></p><p></p><p><b>Bristol Myers Squibb Ireland</b></p><p></p><p>Bristol Myers Squibb is a leading global biopharma company focused on discovering, developing and delivering innovative medicines for patients with serious diseases in areas including oncology, haematology, immunology, cardiovascular and neuroscience. Our employees work every day to transform patients’ lives through science.</p><p></p><p>Bristol Myers Squibb has been in operation in Ireland since 1964, employing over 650 people across a range of activities and business units. Many of the global business services, including the European Treasury Centre, Market Supply Operations and Commercial Operations have a presence in Ireland. </p><p></p><p>Ireland is also 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.</p><p>Located in Dublin, Cruiserath Biologics Campus, a one billion Multi-Product Cell Culture Biologics Manufacturing facility plays a central role in the Global Product Development and Supply (GPS) network as the company’s first European biologics manufacturing facility.  This state of the art facility will produce multiple therapies for the company’s growing biologics portfolio. Global Biologics Laboratory (GBL) responsible for the release testing of Biologics Drug product for the network, is also based on the Cruiserath Biologics Campus.</p><p>For more information about Bristol Myers Squibb, visit us at BMS.com/ie</p><p></p><p><b>Introduction</b></p><p>Bristol Myers Squibb (BMS) is looking for an experienced sourcing and contracting professional to join its Agile Sourcing team. BMS is a global BioPharma company firmly focused on its mission to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. We focus on the needs of health care professionals, patients, employees, shareholders and our communities, giving maximum priority to developing innovative medicines, accelerating pipeline development, delivering solid growth, continuing to manage costs, and adhering to high standards of business conduct and ethics. We are looking for an experienced sourcing and contracting professional who can be successful within our fast-paced, adaptive and focused culture.</p><p></p><p><b>Description </b></p><p>The Contract Specialist, Senior Manager, Agile Sourcing will be part of a team that delivers an industry-leading contracting capability across the functions through efficient contract review, issue identification and analysis, redlining, negotiation and management of escalations to the legal department.  It will be key for this individual to manage and drive effective collaboration across multiple international markets (APAC and EMEA) with cross-functional stakeholders, including Legal, Process Owners, and other important cross-functional teams. The candidate will need to be able to handle an extensive workload with sometimes short and/or expedited deadlines. The individual must have excellent communication skills and must work quickly, diligently, independently and efficiently. The individual in this role must also be able to resolve complex negotiation issues in a timely manner and push a deal through to execution. This individual must be able to build strong relationships of mutual trust and accountability with the internal business clients, contracting teams and legal department. The Contract Specialist, Senior Manager will ensure effective negotiating and contracting activities to achieve desired procurement outcomes in support of our company’s goals. This position will report to the Director, Agile Sourcing, Enabling Services and International.</p><p></p><p>The key competencies for this role include:</p><ul><li>Procurement and Contracting Funda