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Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in science, or a closely related field.

• 10+ years of experience in a pharmaceutical/ biopharmaceutical/Advanced Therapeutic Modality Products (ATMP) environment including 7+ yrs previous Supplier/Vendor Quality mgmt leadership position and 5+ yrs managing/leading teams.  ATMP experience a plus.

• Expertise in GMP compliance, Quality System and global GMP regulations; must also have strong knowledge and experience with Quality Risk Management.

• Strong understanding of supplier management principles, governance frameworks, and performance metrics.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to analyze supplier data, assess risks, identify trends, and develop mitigation strategies and improvement opportunities.

• Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams.

• Demonstrated Strategic Agility through anticipation of future trends and consequences, and adjustment of strategies accordingly.

• Demonstrated influential leadership expertise and experience with senior level interactions.

• Demonstrated Enterprise mindset to be able to think and act across functions and divisions.

• Demonstrated ability to wield and develop technologies, innovations, programs, and procedures that move the business forward.

• Demonstrated and perceived ability to lead, develop and instill confidence through the reinforcement of teamwork and exemplification of BMS values.

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, with the ability to convey complex information to diverse audiences.

• Demonstrated innovation, flexibility, open-mindedness, and adaptability to meet objectives in a rapidly changing environment with shifting priorities.

Key Responsibilities

• In partnership with the Senior Director, Supplier Quality Excellence, Global Supplier Compliance Leads and the Vendor & Materials Mgmt. Global Process Lead & Systems Lead, Support the development and implementation of a comprehensive quality management program for supplier lifecycle management inclusive of risk-based oversight models, ongoing strategy and continuous improvement and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements.

• Lead the cross-functional collaboration with BMS Site, Procurement, Supply Chain and Material Science teams to ensure holistic understanding of supplier performance across the BMS GPS operating units to inform and drive the strategy for enhanced supplier performance supporting business drivers and optimizing value.

• Proactively identify supply risks and create and execute strategies to avoid or minimize their impact.

• Co-chair internal and supplier specific quality governance and oversight forums, as required.

• Responsible for the management and coordination of activities related to the governance framework including process alignment with evolving regulations, and development and maintenance of global procedural documents and training materials.

• In partnership with the SD, Supplier Quality Excellence, develop and implement transformational strategy of real-time assessment of supplier performance and predictive indicators which will enable preventive actions to enhance operational performance.

• Provide direction and critical input in setting, monitoring, and analyzing globally aligned metrics, key performance indicators/key quality indicators across the VMM QMS and Supplier LCM for applicable BMS quality councils and supplier quality steering committees.

• Work horizontally across QMS, Procurement and Site teams to analyze and integrate metrics data across GxP for review and actioning with appropriate risk mitigation strategies centered on health of the QMS, products in development and in commercial supply. 

• Oversee the development and maintain Quality Performance dashboards in partnership with Predictive Quality Governance & Performance Mgmt, BI&A, GPS Strategic Sourcing & Procurement (GPS SSP) and site quality teams for VMM QMS Health & Maturity management, Supplier Quality global KQI/KPIs and individual supplier KQI/KPI to ensure real-time visibility of QMS and Supplier LCM performance, driving accountability and actions.

• Oversee the development and implementation of improved mechanisms for metric monitoring, analysis, trending, and reporting with innovative data analytics and technology solutions.

• Promote and enable a culture of psychological safety, inclusion, and diversity.

• Champion an Enterprise-wide Quality mindset / Culture of Quality

Other Responsibilities:

• Support Health Authority inspections and audits of BMS sites/functions, act as QA representative (SME) for functional area relevant topics.

• Lead and/or participate as QA representative to internal work streams, projects, and improvement initiatives.

• Participate in external trade organizations and external programs to represent BMS in the development of industry-wide Supplier Quality Mgmt. health and maturity programs.

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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

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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