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The Associate Director, Agile Sourcing, Research & Development - Data & Diagnostics position will be responsible for contributing to and overseeing the delivery of source-to-contract operations within a subset of the Research & Global Drug Development organizations. Specifically, this role will be focused on the clinical laboratory/diagnostics services, both wet labs and electronic labs (e.g. imaging), real-world data licensing, and R&D analytics. The candidate will need to be comfortable with leading change and taking calculated risk. The Associate Director will lead a team of resources and outsourced providers, ensuring effective sourcing, negotiating, contracting, and purchasing activities to optimize buying power and achieve desired procurement outcomes.
Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities: People management to ensure successful development and implementation of sourcing strategy and contracting for R&D Diagnostics & Data
- Guide and support functional teams to establish procurement plans that are developed and executed in congruence with organizational objectives and sourcing strategies.
- Oversee the development and execution of sourcing events and proposals with pertinent specifications, terms, and conditions.
- Guide teams to evaluate and execute competitive offerings to determine the overall best offer for a product or service, negotiating contracts, obtaining legal review and approval, facilitating, and issuing contracts, and leveraging contracted labor partners to support facilitation/administration of contracts where appropriate.
- Guide teams on proper contracting strategies from templating to negotiation and execution.
- Act as an escalation point for Agile Sourcing team supporting contracting, sourcing, and other procurement initiatives.
- Assist direct reports with professional development planning and enabling flexibility across Agile Sourcing organization to foster cross-pollination of resources and procurement categories.
Partner directly with adjacent stakeholders and deliver on complex procurement projects in the realm of source-to-contract
- Act as a trusted advisor to global category managers and their leadership to ensure procurement strategies can be delivered against the expectations of the business.
- Lead complex contract negotiations in partnership with global category managers, BMS Lawyers, and other participants in the contracting process.
- Lead the development and execution of sourcing events and proposals with pertinent specifications, terms, and conditions.
Performance Management & Continuous Improvement Source to Contract
- Review Team Performance, Compliance & Identify Trends for Continuous Improvement to improve operational effectiveness.
- Work across procurement and with the law department to find improvements to contracting process, recommend updates to contract templates, collect fallback language, and develop guidance for negotiations.
- Participate or lead continuous improvement initiatives within procurement to strengthen our contracting and sourcing outcomes.
- Explore new procurement technologies with a focus on AI/ML opportunities.
- Coordinate support for Health Authority Inspections and M&A Activity
Qualifications Minimum Requirements
- Minimum education of a B.S./B.A. Sciences or Business is required.
- Minimum of seven (7) years of business or related experience, preferably in pharmaceutical industry with a minimum of five (5) years of multi-disciplined procurement experience. This role requires three (3) to five (5) years of experience managing a direct team, with ability to manage large groups of professionals. Hands on manager, who provides close leadership and support to their team.
- Relevant clinical diagnostics and/or data licensing category sourcing experience.
- Expert in contracting and sourcing acumen.
- Procurement process knowledge, agreement management, financial analysis, market analysis, supplier analysis, supplier diversity, supplier management, technology utilization, strategic planning, and integrated supply chain experience
- Demonstrated record of accomplishments and success leading projects and other problem-solving initiatives with cross functional teams.
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