Senior Manager, Procurement, Direct Materials - Cell Therapy

About the role

Working at Bristol Myers Squibb is challenging, meaningful, and life-changing. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, across every department—from optimizing production lines to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy. This role transforms the lives of patients and the careers of those who do it. You’ll grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility, offering a wide variety of competitive benefits, services, and programs that support employees in pursuing their goals, both at work and in their personal lives.

Responsibilities

• Develop global category strategies with regional/market variations that define how purchasing will be done for a given spend category.
• Define buying channels and purchasing policies to drive compliance and adherence to category strategy, with a user-centric approach.
• Develop a 3–5-year strategic plan to realize category targets.
• Lead and/or support major category initiatives including end-to-end process optimization, make/buy analysis and recommendations, risk management and mitigation, and identification of external innovation.
• Negotiate supply agreements and facilitate negotiation of other agreements as needed (e.g., CDAs, Quality Agreements).
• Develop a business engagement plan and ensure stakeholder priorities and needs are incorporated into functional objectives.
• Support business growth by providing market insights and subject matter expertise to key business partners ranging from scientists to operations and quality teams.
• Identify, build, and maintain mutually beneficial relationships, partnerships, and alliances with select suppliers through Supplier Relationship Development programs.
• Develop preferred suppliers within a category of spend and manage compliance.

Requirements

• Minimum education of a bachelor’s degree or equivalent is required.
• Minimum of five (5) years of business experience, preferably with multi-disciplined procurement experience or related category domain experience.
• Experience participating on cross-functional and/or global teams.
• Internal stakeholder management, data/information management, category management, process redesign and continuous improvement expertise, project management, and performance measurement skills.
• Procurement process knowledge, contract management, financial analysis, market analysis, supplier management, strategic planning, and integrated supply chain experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• M.S., M.B.A., M.A., or equivalent master’s degree in science, business administration, operations management, engineering, finance, or another technical field.
• Experience in Cell Therapy and/or Biologics.
• Negotiations training with demonstrated results.

Pay

Princeton - NJ - US: $140,760 - $170,568

Summit West - NJ - US: $140,760 - $170,568

The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed for a full-time employee (FTE) basis. Additional incentive cash and stock opportunities (based on eligibility) may be available. The starting pay rate takes into account characteristics of the job, such as required skills, where the job is performed, the employee’s work schedule, job-related knowledge, and experience. Final, individual compensation will be decided based on demonstrated experience.

Benefits

• Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
• Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
• Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
• Work-life Benefits:
  • Paid Time Off:
    • US Exempt Employees: Flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval), 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico, or Rayzebio employees).
    • Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico, and Rayzebio Exempt, Non-Exempt, Hourly Employees: 160 hours annual paid vacation for new hires with manager approval, 11 national holidays, and 3 optional holidays.
  • Based on eligibility, additional time off may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs, and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Year’s Day.

All global employees full- and part-time who are actively employed at and paid directly by BMS at the end of the calendar year are eligible to take advantage of the Global Shutdown.

Schedule

BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This role may be:

• Site-essential: Requires 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility.
• Site-by-design: May be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. Onsite presence is considered an essential job function and is critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, and a positive company culture.

For field-based and remote-by-design roles, the ability to physically travel to visit customers, patients, or business partners and to attend meetings on behalf of BMS as directed is an essential job function.