Director, Inventory Excellence - Bristol Myers Squibb

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Role overview

Job Title: Director, Global Process Owner, Inventory Excellence

Job Grade: EG-150

Department: Process & Digital Excellence, Global Supply Chain

Direct report: 5

Reports to: Executive Director, Supply Planning Excellence, Global Supply Chain, Process and Digital Excellence

Job Purpose

The Director, Global Process Owner, Inventory Excellence leads companywide efforts to optimize inventory, develops inventory targets across the network to ensure supply to patients and supporting supply chains and is accountable for the coordination of annual Budget process (volumes and dollars)

Key responsibilities

• Defines and articulates the role of the inventory excellence team within GSC, GPS, and BMS.
• Works with key stakeholders to understand business needs and to align on what the inventory excellence team will contribute towards the realization of these business goals. 
• Sets near- and long-term strategy and goals for the inventory excellence team and identifies capabilities and resources required to meet these commitments.
• Manages and develops the members of the inventory management team. Establishes expectations for the team and its members. Solicits developmental feedback from key stakeholders and provides coaching to individual team members.
• Applies a combination of business knowledge and supply chain techniques to develop different analytics and modelling methods of establishing inventory targets and optimizing inventories.
• Is accountable for the identification, definition, implementation, and sustainability of new processes and, as required, technologies required to meet business objectives and support optimization of inventories. 
• Ensures alignment of inventory management processes and technologies with other key business objectives. 
• Leads company wide effort to optimize inventory.  Accountable to identify key inventory drivers and opportunities for optimization.  Enlists support from other business functions to align on and drive inventory optimization.
• Accountable for developing and maintaining inventory targets across the supply network (internal nodes and CMOs); to meet brand specific risk mitigation and service level goals; and to meet companywide inventory objectives. 
• Aligns with management on assumptions and frames discussion on the different options and risks.
• Partnering with business leaders, understands key business objectives for priority and key established brand. 
• Accountable for the execution of inventory management processes including inventory budget and projections, inventory reporting, business continuity inventory assessment, and finished goods safety stocks. 
• Works with key stakeholders to ensure deliverables continue to be relevant and aligned with business needs. 
• Establishes expectations with business leaders of key processes, supporting the execution of inventory management functions. This includes Information Technology, Business Information and Analytics, Global Data Management, Global Supply Planning, Customer Partnership & Supply Orchestration, Global Delivery Solutions, Commercial, and Finance.  Escalates any issues impacting execution.
• In conjunction with the rest of the GSC functional teams and GPS partners, ensure policies and procedures are in place which meet compliance requirements

Professional experience and qualifications

Education:

• B.S. or BA in supply chain, management and/or engineering (biotechnology, biology, chemistry, pharmacy, engineering or related disciplines). 
• Advanced certification in Supply Chain Management strongly preferred (e.g. APICS CSCP/ CPIM).
• Operational excellence experience (Green/Black belt or equivalent) preferred.

Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in Supply Chain Management
• Track record of leading transformational projects with high performing teams with cross functional teams
• Experience with Inventory Management/ Inventory Excellence highly desired.
• Lean/ Six Sigma certification highly desired.
• Good understanding and exposure to current Good Manufacturing Practices (cGMP), Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and other regulatory requirements.
• Exposure and experience in Biotech/ Pharmaceutical manufacturing processes, principles and practices.

  Additional professional and personal requirements include:

• Business Acumen & Enterprise Mindset:  Has a strong understanding of the key business drivers of the industry/organization.  Persuades others with fact-based judgments of the business situation. Understands the big picture, beyond their own functional area. Leads within the broader internal and external network and seeks to have impact on organization-wide performance. Embraces complexity but strives for simplicity. Shares resources and makes difficult trade-offs to benefit the organization at large.
• Building Relationships & Influencing:  Establishes credibility and earns respect with a diverse set of internal and external cross functional stakeholders. Is articulate and makes arguments in a clear and compelling manner.
• Operational Excellence mindset: Embraces operational excellence and can lead global teams towards transformational changes.
• Problem solving skills: Effectively structures business problems; leverages data (qualitative and quantitative) to identify insights and inform recommendations; leverages key matrix partners. Conveys a sense of urgency and drives issues to closure. 
• Change Agility: Creates a vision for the future by spotting strategic opportunities for breakthrough performance. Translates the case for change into actionable plans for the organization. Demonstrates smart risk-taking and personal resilience when implementing change. Enables others to navigate change with confidence and in sustainable ways.

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