Senior Manager, Agile Sourcing, GPS Contract Lead

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Procurement Contract Lead

The Procurement Contract Lead within Agile Sourcing will lead and deliver contracting capability to support Global Products Supply (GPS) through efficient contract review, issue identification and analysis, redlining, negotiation, and management of escalations to the legal department. It will be key for this individual to manage and drive effective collaboration across operational functions within GPS (and cross-functional stakeholders, including Legal, Process Owners, and other important cross-functional & business stakeholders. The candidate will need to be able to handle a variety of agreement types and workload with sometimes short and/or expedited deadlines. The individual must have excellent communication skills and must work quickly, diligently, independently, and efficiently. The individual in this role must also be able to work with the entire GPS Agile team and to resolve complex negotiation issues in a timely manner and push a deal through to execution. The Contract Lead will ensure effective negotiating and contracting activities to achieve desired procurement outcomes in support of our company's goals.

Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities:

Drive and manage the end-to-end contracting process in support of operations with cross-functional stakeholders

• Perform appropriate due diligence by issue spotting and assessing risk mitigating options this includes contract analysis to identify key legal terms that need to be mitigated by the BMS Legal team.
• Act as a conduit across the GPS Agile Sourcing team to triage and support various Agreement terms and negotiations processes across categories.
• Drive and manage the end-to-end contracting process and execute contracts in a timely manner with appropriate legal support to ensure compliance with company standards.
• Negotiate business/commercial terms to advance BMS' interests and understand the contractual terms and be able to explain their risks and implications to the internal business stakeholders to help drive appropriate decision-making.
• Ensure compliance to applicable written guidelines and company policy are followed and required SME input is obtained where required (i.e., privacy, finance, taxation, customs and trade, information security, systems quality, EHS, System Access, Audits etc.)
• Maintain awareness of pre-contracting steps, including underlying BMS policies and procedures related to the contracts and the contracted activities within scope.

Partner directly with adjacent stakeholders and deliver on complex, high-risk issues or projects

• Act as a trusted advisor to GPS category managers & site contacts and their leadership to ensure procurement strategies can be delivered against the expectations of the business requirements.
• Act as an expert facilitator to fully manage and lead complex contract negotiations in partnership with stakeholders, procurement, legal, and other participants in the contracting process, including various subject matter experts.
• Coordinate with cross-functional and stakeholders to ensure timely, compliant, and efficient facilitation of contracts.
• Identify points of escalation for Agile Sourcing to interface with relevant stakeholders regarding contracting and procurement policy and related operational questions.
• Monitor performance and identify opportunities for continuous improvement to ensure successful development and implementation of contracting strategy.

Performance Management & Continuous Improvement for Source to Contract

• Partner and share best practices and learnings with Agile Sourcing team to ensure business needs are proactively met in an aligned, consistent, and collaborative manner.
• Work with procurement and legal to develop and maintain contracting guidance documents to continually improve on an efficient and effective contracting function.
• Support continuous improvement initiatives towards an industry-leading contracting capability within Agile Sourcing by participating in developing training to provide opportunities for expansion of contracting skillsets.
• Explore new procurement contracting processes & technologies with a focus on AI/ML opportunities to enhance contracting productivity and agility.

Qualifications

Minimum Requirements

• Minimum education of a B.S./B.A. is required. Legal training or certifications ex. LLB or Juris Doctorate (JD) is preferred.
• Minimum of five (5) years of related experience, including relevant procurement, sourcing, and contracting experience, including but not limited to drafting, redlining, reviewing, and negotiating procurement/business contracts, procurement negotiations, and familiarity with Master Services Agreements within international markets.
• Expertise in contract construction, terms, and conditions, with strong preference for working knowledge of facilitating, drafting, and negotiating buy-side and other in-scope contracts in the pharma/biotech industry.
• Experience leading, collaborating with, and participating on cross-functional teams and demonstrated ability to work and influence within a matrix structure.
• Demonstrates a high level of adaptability in dealing with ambiguous and complex work environment and balances multiples demands on role in a responsive and professional manner.
• Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management technology (e.g., Icertis) to automate and streamline processes.

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