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The Associate Director, Supplier Diversity & Sustainability - Data and Analytics role is crucial in supporting the Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SS&P) Global Diversity & Sustainability programs through data-driven insights and advanced analytics. This position aligns closely with the goals and objectives of BMS, ensuring that diversity and sustainability initiatives are effectively translated into actionable procurement-specific goals. The role involves close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, leveraging data to drive strategic decision-making and continuous improvement.

Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Data Strategy & Analytics

• Develop and execute a comprehensive data strategy to support Supplier Diversity & Sustainability initiatives.

• Create and maintain dashboards and reports to track key metrics related to supplier diversity and sustainability.

• Analyze procurement data to identify trends, gaps, and opportunities for enhancing diversity and sustainability efforts.

• Collaborate with the Business Intelligence & Analytics (BI&A) team to integrate predictive analytics into supplier diversity and sustainability planning.

• Collaborate with ESG/Purpose team in support internal/external enterprise reporting & disclosures.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Partner with internal stakeholders, including Business Partnering & Category Strategy teams, to embed diversity and sustainability goals into procurement strategies.

• Engage with external stakeholders such as regulatory bodies, government representatives, and industry organizations to ensure compliance and drive program improvements.

• Participate in conferences, trade shows, and supplier roundtables to promote the organization’s diversity and sustainability efforts.

Program Management

• Drive and monitor Supplier Diversity inclusion within the Source 2 Contract process.

• Support the certification process for small and diverse suppliers, ensuring credentials are verified from relevant authorities.

• Develop and implement governance frameworks to monitor progress against diversity and sustainability targets.
   

Continuous Improvement

• Identify and implement continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the effectiveness of diversity and sustainability programs.

• Foster a culture of innovation by leveraging external research, benchmarking, and best practices in procurement.

• Drive the adoption of new technologies and tools to support data-driven decision-making in supplier diversity and sustainability.

Internal/External Stakeholders

• Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (SS&P) organization

• Members of industry councils and organizations

• Corporate EOHSS & Government sales and government affairs teams as well as Global I&D 

• Supplier and Non-Profit representatives

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum education of a B.S./B.A.

• Minimum of seven (7) years of relevant business experience, with three (3) years of multi-disciplined procurement experience, preferably in a multinational environment.

• Experience in developing and implementing supplier diversity and sustainability strategies.

• Strong experience in data analysis, business intelligence, and reporting tools.

• Proficiency in data reporting tools and predictive analytics.

• Internal stakeholder management and project management skills.

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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

BMS has a diverse 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.

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