Bristol Myers Squibb · 16 hours ago
Senior Manager, Procurement, Wholesalers
Tampa - FL - US
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$120K/yr - $145K/yr
5+ years expBristol Myers Squibb is a biopharmaceutical company that transforms patients' lives through science. The Senior Manager, Procurement, Wholesalers role is responsible for developing a robust global category strategy and managing supplier relationships to ensure alignment with business needs across the product lifecycle. This position also focuses on driving supplier management, performance, and continuous improvement in procurement capabilities.
BiotechnologyHealth CareMedicalPharmaceuticalPrecision Medicine
Responsibilities
Develop Global Category Strategies that are best in class and relevant for global and market nuances as needed to drive outcomes for the business
Understand and capture business plans and budgets as needed to ensure global category strategies are fit-for-purpose and meet business needs
Leverage knowledge of external supplier marketplace to curate supplier solutions for the business in alignment with business outcome needs
Collaborate with Category Leads and Partners to ensure category strategies are effectively supporting business outcomes such as product launch, in-line product growth, upcoming LOEs, and data and insights
Coordinate with market teams to develop relevant and effective global category strategies that are utilized across markets
Coordinate with dedicated market business partners to pull through relevant global strategies or develop tailored category strategies as needed to enable specific market needs and objectives
Coordinate with Procurement COE teams to ensure simple and clear buying processes to allow pull through of category solutions and optimized user experience
Leverage deep category knowledge and external market ecosystems to develop fit-for-purpose global category strategies that can meet regional and local needs
Support major category initiatives within a multi-year plan including end to end process optimization, make / buy analysis and recommendations within a spend category and / or within a major business area
Provide Industry and Category Expertise to build robust Category Strategies & Plans that evolve and align with the product lifecycle
Bring external benchmarks, KPIs, and thought leadership to optimize category strategies
Coordinate with other Category Strategy Partners to monitor Supplier performance across business units and leverage inputs to effectively manage relationships
Manage and optimize the Wholesalers category supply base, preferred suppliers, and track supplier performance (KPIs, SLA tracking)
Lead cadenced business reviews with key internal and external stakeholders to track performance and ensure alignment on business objectives
Identify, build, and maintain mutually beneficial relationships, partnerships, and alliances with select suppliers
Manage escalations from the business and coordinate with suppliers on behalf of the business to develop solutions or performance improvement plans
Continuously develop category and procurement knowledge through self-development, trainings, and market research
Continuously refine category strategies to meet evolving product portfolio and business needs, and enhance business outcomes (e.g. product launch, plan for LOE, drive in-line product growth)
Encourage and champion external research, benchmarking, and involvement in professional networks as a means of strengthening capabilities via the adoption of procurement profession best practices
Foster internal and external (supplier led) innovation
Coordinate with Global Business Solution Partners and Procurement Market Business Partners to execute innovation plans, display supplier capabilities, and lead innovation workshops that help solve key business problems
Leverage deep knowledge of category management, supplier capabilities and the commercial lifecycle to continuously bring ideas and opportunities to business leaders
Coordinate with the Procurement Center organization to enable the Procurement reporting mechanism, strategy, processes, policies, and digital strategy
Provide consistent feedback to the Centers organization on how the procurement operations organization is executing and enabling category strategies
Qualification
Required
Minimum education of a B.S./B.A. is required
Minimum of five (5) years of multi-disciplined procurement experience, preferably in a multinational environment is required
Procurement process knowledge, contract management, financial analysis, market analysis, supplier analysis, supplier diversity, supplier management, technology utilization, strategic planning, and integrated supply chain experience
Internal stakeholder management, data / information management, category management, process redesign and continuous improvement expertise, project management and performance measurement skills
Experience leading and participating on cross-functional and market teams
Preferred
Pharmaceutical Procurement experience is preferred
Benefits
Health Coverage: Medical, pharmacy, dental, and vision care.
Wellbeing Support: Programs such as BMS Well-Being Account, BMS Living Life Better, and Employee Assistance Programs (EAP).
Financial Well-being and Protection: 401(k) plan, short- and long-term disability, life insurance, accident insurance, supplemental health insurance, business travel protection, personal liability protection, identity theft benefit, legal support, and survivor support.
Paid Time Off: flexible time off (unlimited, with manager approval, 11 paid national holidays (not applicable to employees in Phoenix, AZ, Puerto Rico or Rayzebio employees)
Additional time off for employees may include unlimited paid sick time, up to 2 paid volunteer days per year, summer hours flexibility, leaves of absence for medical, personal, parental, caregiver, bereavement, and military needs and an annual Global Shutdown between Christmas and New Years Day.
Company
Bristol Myers Squibb
At Bristol Myers Squibb, we work every day to transform patients’ lives through science.
10001+ employees
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Funding
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Public CompanyTotal Funding
$29.33BKey Investors
Venrock
2025-11-05Post Ipo Debt· $5.75B
2024-02-14Post Ipo Debt· $13B
2023-10-30Post Ipo Debt· $4.5B
Leadership Team
Charles Bancroft
CFO
Cristian Massacesi
Executive Vice President, Chief Medical Officer and Head of Development
Recent News
2026-02-03
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