Contracting Lead, Senior Manager- HEOR & Commercial, Agile Sourcing

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Introduction

Bristol Myers Squibb is looking for an experienced sourcing and contracting professional to join its Agile Sourcing team. Bristol Myers Squibb 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.

Description 

The Contracting Lead, Senior Manager, Commercial, Agile Sourcing will be part of a team that delivers an industry-leading contracting capability across Commercial, Enabling Functions, R&D and GPS categories, through efficient contract review, issue identification and analysis, redlining, negotiation and management of escalations to the legal department. Specifically, this role will be focused on Marketing, Medical Affairs, Media, Business Insights and Analytics, HEOR, Commercial Distribution and a host of other categories supported by Agile Sourcing. The candidate will need to be able to handle a heavy 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 Contracting Lead 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 Commercial.

The key competencies for this role include:

• Procurement and Contracting Fundamentals
• Project and Stakeholder Management 
• Strategic Planning & Organization 
• Future Oriented Growth Mindset 
• Change Management & Communications  
• Business Process & Performance Management  
• Strong Mission & Values Alignment 
• Company &/OR Industry Expertise 

Key Responsibilities

• Drive and manage the end-to-end contracting process in support of operations across the enabling functions
• Perform appropriate due diligence by issue spotting and assessing risk mitigating options
• Execute contracts in a timely manner with appropriate legal support to ensure compliance with company standards
• Coordinate and perform contract analysis to negotiate business/commercial terms to advance BMS’ interests and goals
• Understand the contractual terms and be able to explain their risks and implications to the internal business stakeholders to help drive appropriate decision-making
• Manage multiple, complex projects independently
• Ensure applicable written guidelines and company policy are followed and required SME input is obtained where required (i.e., privacy, finance, international and domestic taxation, customs and trade, information security, systems quality, software asset management)
• Maintain awareness of pre-contracting steps, including underlying BMS policies and procedures related to the contracts and the contracted activities within scope
• Partner directly with adjacent stakeholders and deliver on complex, hig