Sr. Director Global Strategic Sourcing - Supply Chain

BD · Franklin Lakes, NJ · 3 wk ago

On-sitePurchasing$221k–$353k/yrFull-time

About the role

Reporting to the Vice President Procurement, the Senior Director Global Strategic Sourcing - Supply Chain Procurement directs the development and maintenance of leading-edge global and regional sourcing strategies, governance, and tailored vendor bases for the assigned group of categories. The associated vendors are a mix of global, regional, and local and are critical to the flow of BD’s life-saving medical technology products.

The position oversees the creation and execution of strategies and projects with the complete vendor base to drive significant performance improvements in Quality, Service, Total Cost, Risk Management, Innovation, and Responsible Sourcing in the assigned categories. Categories of responsibility include:

Freight (Air, Ocean, Parcel, Intermodal, and Over-the-Road)
Warehousing and Distribution (3PL and 4PL contracts, DC & WH consumables, capital equipment, automation partners)
Supply Chain related software and systems

The Sr. Director co-owns the BD Scope 3 (carbon) emissions strategy related to product and materials transport along with Supply Chain leadership. The scope is global and covers Inbound, Intracompany, and outbound materials and products.

The leader is responsible for the selection, development, allocation, and evaluation of a diverse team of seasoned sourcing and analytics professionals, providing support and guidance to advance team capabilities in spend penetration, sourcing strategy development, risk sensing and mitigation, budget forecasting, source plan creation, ongoing supplier relationship and risk mitigation, and the continued development of commercial acumen and strong stakeholder alignment and engagement.

Responsibilities

Team Leadership (20%): Leading, coaching, and developing team members.
Strategy Development (25%): Corporate and stakeholder intake, and translation into aligned category strategies including effective execution across geographies, business segments, and key partners.
Supplier Relationship Management (40%): Value-based Supplier Relationship Management guiding the team in coordinating across Procurement, Quality, and Operations and other stakeholders to develop category (and where appropriate, geographical and business segment specific) supplier stratification, development, and partnering approaches ensuring good performance management, program management, and resource allocation. Steady rhythm of continuous improvement initiatives and managing cross-functional implementation.
Operational Excellence (15%): Engaging with Stakeholders, Procurement CoE, Finance, Quality, and peer Procurement leadership to advance development and adoption of thoughtful processes, models, systems, standards, measures, benchmarks, and automation continually advancing Procurement Operational Excellence.

Strategic Orientation: For the assigned group of categories, the Sr. Director ensures that:

Global category teams are formed, inclusive of stakeholder and regional Procurement and Supply Chain input; are functional and effective, and that resulting strategies are communicated, aligned, and executed.
Category strategies are inclusive of regional business requirements, reflective of external regional market conditions and supply practices, and result in three-to-five-year roadmaps of savings and value streams, and where appropriate, sustainability and innovation opportunities.
Internal and external sensing occurs, supporting models and analytics are developed, and strategies are refreshed as needed.
Savings and value streams from category strategies get built into Class I and Class II commitments at the business and/or function level and reported in proper tracking tools and systems.
Supplier selection is consistent with the needs of the sourcing strategies and that supplier selection is approved by the appropriate stakeholders and communicated appropriately to the end-user community.
Responsible strategic stakeholder engagements are planned and managed to ensure alignment of activities across the internal and external supply chains.
Appropriate business governance, cadence, and process are developed and well maintained and executed.
Real Supply Chain and Business Unit Planning is being refreshed and revisited with BU and Regional Supply Chain Leadership on at least an annual basis (including C-suite stakeholder alignment as appropriate).

Sphere of Influence: For this group of categories, the Senior Director:

Has year-on-year financial accountability for the group of categories with respect to price movement.
Is accountable for negotiation planning, negotiation, and contracting with suppliers.
Is responsible for leading and coordinating Supplier Relationship Management activities across the assigned group of categories.
Has accountability for developing and maintaining risk mitigation plans inclusive of compliance for the assigned group of category(ies) with businesses or functions.
Ensures optimal supply base compliance for assigned scope including compliance to corporate procedures and all legislation-driven and socially responsible reporting requirements.
Ensures proper application of the source-to-pay process, inclusive of customer-centric support content and preferred payment methods, as part of sourcing strategies.
Monitors internal stakeholder performance metrics which are (relevant) supplier driven.
Contributes to overall functional governance, operational excellence, strategy, and procure-to-pay (PTP) process improvements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a related field; MBA or other relevant advanced degree preferred.
Minimum ten years of professional experience in an international regulated manufactured products environment.
~5+ years managing professionals.
Experience in developing effective sourcing strategies for a wide range of categories.
Supply Chain operating role or Supply Chain Operations cost/efficiency project experience preferred.

Skills

Procurement, Strategic Sourcing, Supplier Management in either or both Manufacturing and Services environments.
Understanding of supply markets and macro-economic factors relevant to areas of responsibility, and leveraging them for sourcing strategies.
Cost management practices.
Strategic sourcing or category management with a history of successful breakthrough strategy development implementation.
Supplier value management, supplier development, and continuous improvement.
Supply relationship development.
Champion change and innovation.
Strategic agility, business acumen, and managing complexity.
Working and influencing within a highly matrixed organization.
Hiring and staffing for high-performing teams.
Coaching and developing others.
Strong analytical acumen and comfort with statistical models.
Adept at fostering, developing, and leading inclusive and diverse environments.

Benefits

A career at BD means being part of a team that values your opinions and contributions and encourages you to bring your authentic self to work. It’s a place where we help each other be great, do what’s right, hold each other accountable, and learn and improve every day.

Opportunity to help shape the trajectory of BD while leaving a legacy.
Investment in BD University to continually level up your tech skills and expertise.
Inclusive, growth-centered, and rewarding culture with inspirational leaders and colleagues.

Schedule

Travel Required: 40%+ (domestic and international).

Pay

The Sr. Director’s team leads the strategy creation of over $800M in annual spend and achieves annual value delivery. The role has year-on-year financial accountability for the group of categories with respect to price movement, cost savings, non-price value opportunities, and inflation management.