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Position Summary:
The Senior Director, Global Supply Chain (GSC) Transformation serves as the cross-GSC transformation leader, responsible for driving the full slate of transformational initiatives in alignment with the Global Product Development & Supply (PDS) & GSC strategic roadmap. This role manages the GSC budget, portfolio, and book of work, including prioritization, business case development, and value delivery. The leader orchestrates and executes Polaris, the GSC strategic roadmap, and works toward realizing the GSC vision to become best-in-class. Additionally, the position is responsible for business development orchestration, architecture, and execution across GSC, serving as the liaison with PDS, and deploying strategy across the GSC-pillars. This position reports into the VP, GSC Business Performance & Transformation and plays a key role in orchestrating transformational initiatives in collaboration with cross-functional stakeholders to ensure strong partnerships and synergies across the organization.
Key Responsibilities:
Strategic Leadership
Lead and ensure successful prioritization, deployment, and execution of GSC Strategic Projects, Book of Work, and Global Initiatives.
Oversee Business Development initiatives, including divestitures, integrations, alliance agreements, and network changes.
Act as the primary Point of Contact for GSC in Business Development initiatives, ensuring matrixed coordination throughout all phases.
Represent GSC during due diligence and preparation phases, ensuring appropriate impact assessments are made and incorporated.
Create and maintain the GSC knowledge playbook and introduce standard work.
Deploy GSC strategy across pillars, driving transformation and ensuring cross-GSC and PDS alignment.
Develop strong relationships with partners and build successful cross-functional teams, balancing resources with competing BMS global objectives.
Provide clear visibility to leadership, proactively highlighting risks and recommendations.
Strengthen and deploy knowledge and capabilities throughout the organization.
Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements and company policies, maintaining robust governance and data integrity.
Leadership:
Promote operational excellence, process standardization, and harmonization where appropriate.
Empower rapid decision-making by removing barriers, setting clear priorities, and streamlining processes.
Build a strong and diverse team, proactively sourcing diverse candidates and providing equal opportunities for talent.
Create a safe space for speaking truth and idea generation, encouraging constructive disagreement and creative debate.
Celebrate both go and no-go decisions and value individuals who flag risks or present efficiencies, even if they result in a change of course.
Collaboration and Stakeholder Management
Understand various facets of the GSC pillars, including operations, operating model, mission, needs, systems, tools, and stakeholder ecosystem.
Leverage understanding of GSC to work autonomously and flexibly support GSC in critical areas.
Stay up to date on digital solutions and emerging systems or tools to continuously improve existing processes.
Act as a deputy to the VP GSC BP&T when needed.
Education & Experience:
Bachelor's degree in engineering, supply chain, or business required; Master's or MBA preferred.
10+ years of experience in operations and supply chain, preferably in the biopharma industry, with proven cross-functional global program/project management and global team leadership experience
Demonstrated Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement skill set and delivery, including experience leading agile teams through time-constrained deadlines and working effectively under pressure.
Strong strategic abilities, including developing, aligning, socializing, monitoring, adapting, and delivering strategies in dynamic, rapidly evolving environments; strong problem-solving, negotiating, decision-making, and implementation skills.
Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills at all levels, with strong presentation skills for all audiences including executives.
Strong planning, analytical, time management, and organizational skills; self-motivated and comfortable working independently or as part of a larger team; ability to build effective partnerships and relationships in a matrix organization.
Creates a climate that fosters personal investment and excellence, nurturing commitment to common goals; strong financial acumen and understanding of Supply Chain responsibilities in serving patients, business needs, and the BMS global mission.
Up to date on emerging technology and able to quickly adapt to new digital ways of working and systems; demonstrates learning agility and ability to adapt in an agile way as required; able to work in a fast-paced environment, organized, and able to prioritize execution activities to meet multiple deadlines.
If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn't perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.
Compensation Overview:
Madison - Giralda - NJ - US: $224,910 - $272,538
New Brunswick - NJ - US: $224,910 - $272,538
Princeton - NJ - US: $224,910 - $272,538
The starting compensation range(s) for this role are listed above 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.
Eligibility for specific benefits listed on our careers site may vary based on the job and location. For more on benefits, please visit https://careers.bms.com/life-at-bms/.
Benefit offerings are subject to the terms and conditions of the applicable plans in effect at the time and may require enrollment. Our benefits include:
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 include:
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 for employees 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 Years 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.
*Eligibility Disclosure: T he summer hours program is for United States (U.S.) office-based employees due to the unique nature of their work. Summer hours are generally not available for field sales and manufacturing operations and may also be limited for the capability centers. Employees in remote-by-design or lab-based roles may be eligible for summer hours, depending on the nature of their work, and should discuss eligibility with their manager. Employees covered under a collective bargaining agreement should consult that document to determine if they are eligible. Contractors, leased workers and other service providers are not eligible to participate in the program.
Uniquely Interesting Work, Life-changing Careers
With a single vision as inspiring as Transforming patients' lives through science , every BMS employee plays an integral role in work that goes far beyond ordinary. Each of us is empowered to apply our individual talents and unique perspectives in a supportive culture, promoting global participation in clinical trials, while our shared values of passion, innovation, urgency, accountability, inclusion and integrity bring out the highest potential of each of our colleagues.
On-site Protocol
BMS has an occupancy structure that determines where an employee is required to conduct their work. This structure includes site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design jobs. The occupancy @type that you are assigned is determined by the nature and responsibilities of your role:
Site-essential roles require 100% of shifts onsite at your assigned facility. Site-by-design roles may be eligible for a hybrid work model with at least 50% onsite at your assigned facility. For these roles, 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.
Supporting People with Disabilities
BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com . Visit careers.bms.com/ (https://careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility) eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.
Candidate Rights
BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.
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R1600671 : Senior Director, Global Supply Chain Transformation Company: Bristol-Myers Squibb
Req Number: R1600671
Updated: 2026-03-26 03:02:55.738 UTC
Location: Dublin-IE
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