Associate Director, Procurement, Cambridge Research Site Lead

Bristol Myers Squibb

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About The Position

The Global Procurement Associate Director, Cambridge Research Site Lead is part of the Business Partnering & Strategy (BP&S) sub-group of BMS’ Global Procurement function. This position is co-located with the corresponding stakeholder community at the Cambridge Research site and is one of five site-based procurement leadership roles spread across our R&D network. The role has the responsibility to manage local stakeholder relationships and develop local strategies which align with the stakeholder business strategies, central functions and global procurement category strategies. The successful candidate will be an experienced procurement leader with a strong partnering approach, be a clear communicator and possess the ability to influence stakeholders at various levels of the organization without direct reporting authority over them. The successful candidate will be responsible for partnering with the local R&D scientific leadership community, operations and facilities teams. The candidate should be comfortable working in a matrix environment which, at times, has elements of ambiguity, however driven by the primary objectives of BMS. The candidate will be expected to appropriately familiarize himself or herself with the global procurement strategies for three taxonomic categories within the R&D Global Procurement team (Lab Operations, Research Services and Specialty Laboratory Services) and, in combination with their procurement expertise and seasoned capabilities, serve to respond to local stakeholder needs and inquiries and make decisions on issues that arise which require procurement input. The role further serves as liaison for the site to the entire GP organization by facilitating connections with other category leads throughout the procurement organization, for the purpose of ensuring the full breadth of GP’s capabilities support the site’s procurement needs.