Director, Supply Chain Analytics

Director, Supply Chain Analytics

Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren't words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You'll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

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.

The GPS BIA team (Global Product Development and Supply Business Insights and Analytics) partners with the BMS GPS organization to answer key business questions that drive business strategy using advanced data analytics and data science.

The Director, Supply Chain Analytics will lead the development of analytical tools and derive business insights to optimize BMS' near-term commercial supply strategies for the Pharma and Biologics supply chains in support of the Global Supply Chain (GSC) organization. The Director will also lead the development and execution of analytics roadmaps for clinical supply chain, market supply operations and logistics & distribution. This leader will work to understand and contribute to the development of GSC strategy and priorities, ensuring integration of analytics capabilities across GSC, develop strong partnerships with GSC, and recruit/develop high performing team to deliver on the analytics roadmap.

Roles & Responsibilities

• Develops and drives the analytics strategy/roadmaps in support of near-term supply strategies for Pharma, Biologics, local market supply operations and logistics & distribution.
• Identifies and contextualizes analytics / insights for critical business questions, working to embed an independent/objective point of view into GSC.
• Drives the application of fact-based decision making for GSC through analytics and insights.
• Works to increase the analytical sophistication of the GSC organization by recommending and bringing best in class (including cross industry) capabilities, recommending process changes to be digitally driven, advocating for good data practices.
• Develops and launches optimization, simulation technology and predictive capabilities in support of a more robust supply chain.
• Develops & executes data enablement roadmap in support of the GSC business analytics needs in collaboration with IT.
• Oversees and manages a team of 3-4 internal data scientists and 1-2 consultants supporting analytics solutions
• Partners with the demand planning team within BIA Enterprise Strategy & Performance to provide perspective and impact of the demand scenarios to GSC and associated risk/opportunities with scenarios.
• Partners with Operating Units Analytics & Strategy & Business Excellence Analytics teams to align supply chain analytics to functional area analytics needs.
• Proactively measures and communicates value generation from analytics deliveries within GPS, BIA and GBO.
• Ensures best practice adoption within stated areas of responsibility, applying appropriate levels of technical capability, standardization and subject matter expertise.
• Proactively manages planned and ad hoc analytics requests, ensuring appropriate prioritization, consistent quality and timeliness in delivery to business stakeholders.
• Leverages standards for the provision of analytics to support planning and decision making processes and utilizes appropriate escalation processes.
• Provides input/feedback to direct reports and works actively to improve and enhance capabilities related to the SC Analytics team.
• Drives a culture of analytics and fact-based decision making through the utilization of standard methodologies and approaches.

Requirements

• Masters or PhD in analytical / quantitative field (i.e. predictive sciences, statistics, engineering, computer science) & 7+ years of experience using analysis or advanced analytics to address business problems
• Proven and experienced:
• Leader of teams who can adapt analytics for business context
• In applied analytics for solving business problems including experience developing frameworks around analytical methods for teams in supply chain and operations research.
• With the application of predictive modeling, simulation and / or optimization to business problems
• Developing strong partnerships with senior management (SVP, VP, ED levels), understanding, anticipating, and fulfilling their insight/analytical information requirements
• Operating successfully in a complex organizational environment
• Communicates effectively to senior leadership audiences of varying degrees of familiarity with analytics.
• Conceptualizes business problems and develops frameworks around analytical methods for teams
• Experienced project manager.
• Experienced people developer.

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 an inclusive culture, promoting diversity 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

Physical presence at the BMS worksite or physical presence in the field is a necessary job function of this role, which the Company deems critical to collaboration, innovation, productivity, employee well-being and engagement, and it enhances the Company culture.

COVID-19 Information

To protect the safety of our workforce, customers, patients and communities, the policy of the Company requires all employees and workers in the U.S. and Puerto Rico to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, unless they have received an exception based on an approved request for a medical or religious reasonable accommodation. Therefore, all BMS applicants seeking a role located in the U.S. and Puerto Rico must confirm that they have already received or are willing to receive the full COVID-19 vaccination by their start date as a qualification of the role and condition of employment. This requirement is subject to state and local law restrictions and may not be applicable to employees working in certain jurisdictions such as Montana. This requirement is also subject to discussions with collective bargaining representatives in the U.S.

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