Sr Director, Global Supply Chain Capabilities Accelerator

Bristol Myers Squibb • New Brunswick, NJ

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About The Position

The Sr Director, Global Supply Chain Capabilities Accelerator is a visionary digital leader and strategic translator, bridging business and technology to architect and own the end-to-end digital transformation strategy for Global Supply Chain (GSC). This role drives the adoption of cutting-edge technologies, data-driven decision-making, and process automation to accelerate GSC's digital maturity. The incumbent champions the GSC's AI-infused digital roadmap fostering outcome driven innovation, and ensures seamless integration of emerging technologies across all GSC's capabilities. Acting as a key interface with GPS and IT, this leader delivers scalable, user-friendly, future-ready solutions that drive adoption and business value.

Requirements

• Master/MBA/Engineering degree or bachelor with equivalent experience
• Full Value Chain Understanding: Deep E2E supply chain process understanding across all major capabilities. Can lead strategic initiatives to optimize cross-functional processes in pursuit of higher-order business objectives. Is able to connect the dots between events and across the value chain, incl translating impact from operations to technology and back.
• Digital Acumen: Drives the departments overarching digital strategy. Identifies and champions emerging technologies (e.g., AI, automation) that can create a competitive advantage and transform business models at an enterprise level
• Transformation Leadership: Ability to lead transformation efforts across GSC
• Decision-Making: Drives initiatives across multiple functional areas and departments to simplify and accelerate decision making processes.
• Communication & influencing: Executive communication, influencing and effective decision making at all levels internal/external, including senior leaders across organizations. Can appropriately display assertiveness and build trust-relationships with customers and partners.
• Leadership: Champion the implementation of diverse/inclusive high-performance teamwork and BMS Behaviors as the norm for all teams and acts as a role-model
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical skills for root cause analysis and solution proposals. Opex certification is a plus.
• Change Management and Innovation: Ability to lead change initiatives and ensure stakeholder alignment and is able to pro-actively address potential challenges.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry or a related field preferred.
• Relevant experience within the pharmaceutical or a comparable industry
• Opex certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Lead cross-functional projects for digital process redesign and supply chain capability building
• Serve as a strategic translator and thought leader between business operations and technology teams, facilitating effective communication and ecosystem design
• Design, deliver, own, and continuously evolve the global GSC digital roadmap, aligning with enterprise-wide ambitions and infusing AI across all supply chain modalities in GSC's ecosystem in alignment and close collaboration with the stakeholders and BI&T
• Identify and drive transformational improvements, leveraging emerging technologies (AI/ML, IoT, advanced analytics, automation) in partnership with BI&T to accelerate capability maturity and unlock business value
• Represent GSC digital strategy internally and externally, influencing stakeholders and serving as the primary contact for GPS and BI&T organizations.
• Champion user-centric design and deployment of digital solutions, ensuring tools are intuitive, accessible, and tailored to end-user needs driving the expected outcomes
• Lead change management efforts to drive adoption and sustainment of new digital capabilities, establishing and monitoring related KPIs
• Simplify the processes to be digital ready and identify opportunities for digital innovation
• Drive the requirements and adoption of foundational and advanced data capabilities (master and transactional data), enabling predictive analytics, real-time insights, and intelligent automation
• Ensure robust data governance, security, and compliance across all digital initiatives.
• Drive a culture of digital innovation and continuous improvement by championing the adoption of advanced technologies and agile methodologies across the Global Supply Chain
• Mentor and develop a high-performing, digitally savvy team, building future-ready skills and fostering a mindset of experimentation and rapid prototyping
• Engage and cooperate with key stakeholders to ensure cohesive execution of digital initiatives, facilitating effective cross-functional collaboration.
• Partner with B&IT and GPS to evaluate, select, and implement scalable digital solutions, ensuring interoperability and future-proofing the technical stack
• Monitor industry trends and best practices to proactively identify opportunities that elevate GSC's digital maturity and competitive advantage

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Industry: Chemical Manufacturing
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees