Senior Director, Procurement, Patient Access & Support Services

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The Senior Director, Procurement, Patient Access & Support Services role will oversee a team of category strategy partners and will partner with senior business leads in the Patient Access & Support Services (PASS) and the broader Commercial organizations to develop a best-in-class category strategy that drive business outcomes. This role is expected to have deep Patient Access & Support category expertise and knowledge of other Commercialization categories, as well as a deep understanding of Pharmaceutical Commercialization models and regulations. This individual will be accountable to develop a Patient Access & Support category strategy that aligns to the strategic priorities of BMS.

This role is also seen as a trusted advisor to senior Commercialization stakeholders across the enterprise and as a leadership role for Commercialization-related procurement needs. This includes overseeing sourcing and contracting teams to ensure we are delivering with speed. Under this individual’ leadership the Patient Access & Support Category Team will drive Supplier Relationship Management processes, procedures, supplier, and category segmentation, metrics/KPI development and application, etc. It is necessary for this individual to understand the product lifecycle process and the archetypes that each product will fall into, as well as impact on the organization (both short and long term).

Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Develop a global category strategy that (1) is best in class, (2) aligns to business needs and market nuances and (3) creates significant value

• Lead and manage a team of Category Strategy Partners, fostering a collaborative and high-performance culture.

• Understand and capture business plans and budgets as needed to ensure global category strategies are fit-for-purpose and meet business needs and are effectively supporting business outcomes such as product launch, in-line product growth, upcoming LOEs, and data and insights.

• Leverage knowledge of external supplier marketplace to curate supplier solutions for the business in alignment with business outcome needs.

• Engage with other Category Strategy Partners within Commercialization and across Procurement towers as needed to ensure alignment across categories to meet business needs and drive a holistic Commercial Procurement value proposition.

• Leverage deep category knowledge and external market ecosystems to develop a fit-for-purpose global category strategy that can meet regional and local needs and is aligned to product lifecycles.

• Lead and / or support major category initiatives within a multi-year plan including end to end process optimization, make / buy analysis and recommendations within a spend category and / or within a major business area to deliver strong financial efficiencies aligned to business targets.

• Continuously bring external benchmarks, KPIs, and thought leadership to optimize category strategies.

• Coordinate with dedicated market business partners to pull through relevant global strategies or develop tailored category strategies as needed to enable specific market needs and objectives.

• Collaborate and coordinate with Procurement operations teams to ensure simple and clear buying processes to allow pull through of category solutions and optimized user experiences.

Execute supplier relationship management (SRM) and drive supplier performance

• Oversee the rationalization and selection of suppliers that meet business requirements at the optimal total cost, with preferre