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Introduction

Bristol Myers Squibb is looking for an experienced sourcing and contracting professional to join its Enterprise Contract Facilitation (ECF) team. Bristol Myers Squibb is a global BioPharma company firmly focused on its mission to discover, develop and deliver innovative medicines that help patients prevail over serious diseases. We focus on the needs of health care professionals, patients, employees, shareholders and our communities, giving maximum priority to developing innovative medicines, accelerating pipeline development, delivering solid growth, continuing to manage costs, and adhering to high standards of business conduct and ethics. We are looking for an experienced sourcing and contracting professional who can be successful within our fast-paced, adaptive and focused culture.

Description

The Senior Contract Facilitator, International, will be part of a team that delivers an industry-leading contracting capability across the functions through efficient contract review, issue identification and analysis, redlining, negotiation and management of escalations to the legal department.  This individual will collaborate across multiple international markets (EMEA, APAC & Canada) with cross-functional stakeholders, including Contract Legal Support Team (CLS) and International Legal, and other important cross-functional teams. 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 resolve complex negotiation issues in a timely manner and push a deal through to execution. This individual must be able to build strong relationships of mutual trust and accountability with the internal business clients, contracting teams and legal department.  This position will report to the Director, Enterprise Contracting Facilitation, EMEA/APAC & Canada.

The key competencies for this role include:

Procurement and Contracting FundamentalsRedlining & Negotiation of ContractsPeople ManagementProject and Stakeholder Management Strategic Planning & Organization Future Oriented Growth Mindset Change Management & Communications Business Process & Performance Management Strong Mission & Values Alignment Company & Industry Expertise Global and International contracting expertiseProblem solvingCritical thinking
 

Key Responsibilities

Train, lead, and perform quality control within a team of international Contract Facilitators.Experienced in intake, template selection, , negotiation, execution, and storage.Create training materials in collaboration with International Legal, leveraging a deep knowledge of contract terms and conditions and negotiation best practices, and BMS Standard Operating Procedures.Confidently facilitate, including drafting, negotiating and redlining, highly complex international contract types in collaboration with internal stakeholders and CLS as required by BMS SOPs and escalation protocols.Coordinate with functions and stakeholders across BMS to ensure timely, compliant, and effective facilitation of contracts.Collaborate closely with international and local legal teams and other key market stakeholders for reviews and escalations.Maintain awareness of pre-contracting steps, including underlying BMS policies and procedures related to the contracts and the contracted activities within scope.Act as the first escalation point on substantive contracting related questions.Appropriately document systems and processes, including collaborating with CLS and International Legal Teams to ensure relevant tools (such as playbooks) and contract templates are up to date. Make recommendations for continuous improvement with standardization, process simplification, and automation to elevate the customer experience.Grow and develop an evolving customer focused organization internally and externally.  Assess and analyse data to report SLA, KPIs, and other team performance metrics to support execution of long-term business plans and growth and share with Pod Leads to drive business decisions.

Qualifications & Experience

Bachelor’s degree required: LLB, paralegal certification or other relevant formal legal contracts experience preferred. Direct experience in redlining, contract language and negotiation of contract terms.Experience with Critical Thinking and examples of such.Prior experience with legal and contracting within the pharma/biotech/CRO industry and team leadership required. Experience in international contracting (EMEA/APAC & Canada) including any local nuances that may impact contracting.Preferred: In addition to English, speaking Spanish, Italian,  Portuguese, French, Mandarin or German language is a plus.Excellent understanding of pharma contracting, compliance, and policies relevant to the services within the remit of the role. Proven leadership success and demonstrated ability to work and influence within a matrix structure. Experienced in facilitating a contract from intake, template selection, drafting, redlining  and negotiation through escalation, approval, signature and storage.Excellent oral and written communication skills and diplomacy to convey information and influence others with a strong customer focus. Proven ability to engage teams and inspire them to sustain high levels of performance in a constantly changing environment. 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.Strong process mindset.Familiarity with Icertis would be preferred. Working knowledge of contract terms and conditions, with a strong preference for working knowledge of facilitating, drafting, and negotiating buy-side and other in-scope contracts in the pharma/biotech industry. Excellent oral and written communication skills and diplomacy to convey information and influence others with a strong customer focus.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 and proven ability to engage teams and inspire them to sustain high levels of performance in a constantly changing environment.Experience with Contract Lifecycle Management technology (e.g., Icertis) to automate and streamline processes.

If you come across a role that intrigues you but doesn’t perfectly line up with your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway. You could be one step away from work that will transform your life and career.

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 a supportive culture, promoting global participation 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 an 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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