Sr. Manager, Procurement, Portfolio Delivery & Ancillary Supply at Bristol Myers Squibb Princet

Overview

Sr. Manager, Procurement, Portfolio Delivery & Ancillary Supply – Bristol Myers Squibb. Princeton, NJ.

Working with Us:
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. At Bristol Myers Squibb, unique work happens daily across departments. This role provides programmatic, operational, and data-informed decision support to the CDP (Clinical Development Procurement) Leadership Team, coordinating priorities, tracking execution, and ensuring disciplined delivery of the function's transformation agenda. It serves as the connective hub across CDP initiatives, integrating governance, performance reporting, and digital enablement to enhance operational effectiveness and execution transparency while reinforcing CDP’s evolution into a next-generation, agile organization.

The role works closely with category leaders and business partners across Finance, Legal, and IT to align priorities, maintain leadership reporting, and support decision-making through timely information flow and structured communication. It acts as a trusted partner to the Head of CD Procurement, translating strategy into clear execution plans, monitoring progress, and enabling continuous improvement across projects and governance forums.

• Operational Enablement and Performance Reporting
  • Coordinate leadership priorities and program milestones across the CDP organization, maintaining performance summaries and dashboards that provide visibility to progress and outcomes.
  • Develop and maintain standard tools, templates, and governance documents to drive consistency in execution and reporting.
  • Consolidate key data inputs and prepare summaries for leadership reviews and enterprise reporting.
  • Coordinate post-initiative reviews and lessons learned to strengthen future delivery and accountability.
• Financial Analysis & Data-Driven Recommendations
  • Identify, track, and report cost-savings for the CDP team.
  • Perform financial analysis on rate cards, master pricing models, prebates, rebates, outcome-based contracting, volume-tier discounting structures, deliverable-based pricing models, etc.
  • Extract valuable insights and make recommendations to better direct decision making.
  • Maintain accurate summaries and reports to inform leadership discussions on team performance versus objectives.
• Supplier Performance and Risk Coordination
  • Coordinate the collection and consolidation of supplier performance and operational data to support reviews led by category heads.
  • Maintain accurate summaries and reports to inform leadership discussions on supplier trends and risk areas.
  • Ensure data consistency and clarity across reporting tools to support governance without direct ownership of supplier management activities.
• Performance Measurement and Value Tracking
  • Provide value-tracking and performance measurement support to CDP leadership, consolidating information on budget utilization, cost-management initiatives, and transformation outcomes.
  • Create standard summaries and visual reports to support forecasting discussions and strategic prioritization decisions.
• Procurement of Ancillary Services and Ad-Hoc Clinical Category Support
  • Coordinate and support the procurement of ancillary clinical services such as translation, travel logistics, local laboratory testing, and other study-related services, ensuring alignment with functional and enterprise standards.
  • Support ad-hoc sourcing activities or short-cycle category requests as directed by category leads or the Head of CDP, providing documentation, supplier research, and pricing comparisons.
  • Participate in pricing discussions and benchmarking to support competitive, compliant supplier selections.
  • Maintain awareness of supplier performance, category spend, and contracting timelines to enable continuity and alignment with CDP processes.
  • Partner with Procurement Operations and Legal to ensure contracts are routed, tracked, and executed in compliance with company policies.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration & Leadership Support
  • Act as the central coordination point for the CDP Leadership Team—managing meeting cadence, follow-ups, communications, and tracking of strategic initiatives.
  • Partner across R&D, Finance,…