VP Procurement Excellence

Key Responsibilities

Strategy and Vision: Play a critical role in developing and executing the Procurement strategy, and Ensuring alignment with all the global business units and stakeholders across all functions.

Digital Strategy (Source to Pay): Accountable for development and execution of best-in-class technologies to drive efficiency & productivity across the source-to-pay value stream. and enable step level improvement in performance.

Risk Management and Responsible Sourcing (ESG): Accountable to define and govern strategy to identify, assess, and mitigate Procurement and supply chain risks, ensuring the resilience and continuity of the supply chain. Champion the integration of ESG principles into the procurement process, promoting sustainable and responsible sourcing practices and ensuring compliance.

Business Processes: Establish and optimize procurement processes, systems and policies, to drive efficiency. Define GBS strategy and develop business requirements to effectively leverage the Global Business Solutions (GBS) organization, and drive governance to ensure delivery of SLA and performance metrics.

Data Analytics: Lead the development and implementation of advanced data analytics capabilities to drive informed business decision-making and enhance procurement performance, enable better category management and pro-active supply chain risk mitigations

Reporting & Performance Management: Own the reporting & performance management of the Procurement function. Would also play an active role in developing the Annual Strategic Plan (ASR) for the function and drive accountability across the organization to deliver on ASR commitments.

• Example of team(s) membership/leadership: GPLT, GBS, ISC Finance, others as required
• Examples of internal (BD) contacts: Broadly – ISC Leadership, GPLT, GBS Leadership, Regional Shared Services, Source to Pay, Functional Leaders as needed.
• Examples of external (outside of BD) contacts: Suppliers, Industry Associations

Degrees of Accountability: Strategic, Financial (Efficiency and Effectiveness), Compliance, Organizational Capabilities

Areas:

• Strategy: Accountable to delivery strategies associated with Digital, Risk, Resilience, Responsible Sourcing, Talent Management, Category and Business Analytics.
  
• Financial: Accountable for strategies which increase the functions ROI – efficiency (cost of function) and overall effectiveness (return of spend). Provide strategic insights and analytics which accelerate functional and business value.
  
• Compliance: Accountable to ensure all ESG and Responsible sourcing commitments are met within timelines committed to investors and regulatory bodies.
  
• Talent: Accountable for the functional training and development strategy

Qualification & Requirements

• Demonstrated understanding of the Source to Pay process including category management, contract management and P2P best practices, policies, and tools
• Prior experience developing and implementing Digital Procurement Strategies (Source to Pay)
• Strong analytical and financial acumen with ability to integrate into Business and Functional process.
• Proven experience driving large-scale change management across a global matrix organization.
• Demonstrated knowledge of end-to-end supply chain risk and resiliency strategies and emerging ESG regulations
• Prior experience implementing or working with Global Business Service Organizations and/or shared services.
• Proven knowledge and experience with Supplier Management.
• Strong presentation skills, experience developing and presenting to c-suite level
• Willingness to take a hands-on approach to solve problems with a bias for action
• Previous experience with platforms like SAP, JD Edwards, Coupa, iValua, GEP and knowledge of P2P best practices.
• Lean / Six Sigma trained or experience in Lean Methodologies
• Ability to work across cultures and regions with strong interpersonal skills
• Knowledge of Procurement Policy and Processes
• Education/Degree Bachelor’s degree in a related field; MBA or equivalent is preferred
• Minimum 15 years of work experience across Procurement and Supply Chain

Benefits

We offer high-quality benefits and strive to communicate these benefits to you in a way that shows their value while expanding your healthcare knowledge. Our commitment to “Helping all people live healthy lives” provides us with the opportunity to create benefit plans that produce the greatest value for you and BD.