Sr Director, Global Supply Chain Capabilities Accelerator

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The Sr Director, Global Supply Chain Capabilities Accelerator is a visionary digital leader and strategic translator, bridging business and technology to architect and own the end-to-end digital transformation strategy for Global Supply Chain (GSC). This role drives the adoption of cutting-edge technologies, data-driven decision-making, and process automation to accelerate GSC’s digital maturity. The incumbent champions the GSC’s AI-infused digital roadmap fostering outcome driven innovation, and ensures seamless integration of emerging technologies across all GSC’s capabilities. Acting as a key interface with GPS and IT, this leader delivers scalable, user-friendly, future-ready solutions that drive adoption and business value.

Duties/Responsibilities:

• Digital Roadmap & Strategy
  • Lead cross-functional projects for digital process redesign and supply chain capability building
  • Serve as a strategic translator and thought leader between business operations and technology teams, facilitating effective communication and ecosystem design
  • Design, deliver, own, and continuously evolve the global GSC digital roadmap, aligning with enterprise-wide ambitions and infusing AI across all supply chain modalities in GSC’s ecosystem in alignment and close collaboration with the stakeholders and BI&T
  • Identify and drive transformational improvements, leveraging emerging technologies (AI/ML, IoT, advanced analytics, automation) in partnership with BI&T to accelerate capability maturity and unlock business value
  • Represent GSC digital strategy internally and externally, influencing stakeholders and serving as the primary contact for GPS and BI&T organizations.

• User-Focused Deployment & Adoption
  • Champion user-centric design and deployment of digital solutions, ensuring tools are intuitive, accessible, and tailored to end-user needs driving the expected outcomes
  • Lead change management efforts to drive adoption and sustainment of new digital capabilities, establishing and monitoring related KPIs
  • Simplify the processes to be digital ready and identify opportunities for digital innovation
• Data & Analytics Leadership
  • Drive the requirements and adoption of foundational and advanced data capabilities (master and transactional data), enabling predictive analytics, real-time insights, and intelligent automation
  • Ensure robust data governance, security, and compliance across all digital initiatives.
• Continuous Improvement, Digital Culture & Collaboration
  • Drive a culture of digital innovation and continuous improvement by championing the adoption of advanced technologies and agile methodologies across the Global Supply Chain
  • Mentor and develop a high-performing, digitally savvy team, building future-ready skills and fostering a mindset of experimentation and rapid prototyping
  • Engage and cooperate with key stakeholders to ensure cohesive execution of digital initiatives, facilitating effective cross-functional collaboration.
  • Partner with B&IT and GPS to evaluate, select, and implement scalable digital solutions, ensuring interoperability and future-proofing the technical stack
  • Monitor industry trends and best practices to proactively identify opportunities that elevate GSC’s digital maturity and competitive advantage

Reporting Relationship: Reports to the Vice President, GSC Business Performance & Transformation.

Qualifications:

• Experience in the pharmaceutical industry or a related field preferred.

  Relevant experience within the pharmaceutical or a comparable industry

• Master/MBA/Engineering degree or bachelor with equivalent experience
• Full Value Chain Understanding: Deep E2E supply chain process understanding across all major capabilities. Can lead strategic initiatives to optimize cross-functional processes in pursuit of higher-order business objectives. Is able to connect the dots between events and across the value chain, incl translating impact from operations to technology and back.
• Digital Acumen: Drives the departments overarching digital strategy. Identifies and champions emerging technologies (e.g., AI, automation) that can create a competitive advantage and transform business models at an enterprise level
• Transformation Leadership: Ability to lead transformation efforts across GSC
• Decision-Making: Drives initiatives across multiple functional areas and departments to simplify and accelerate decision making processes.
• Communication & influencing:  Executive communication, influencing and effective decision making at all levels internal/external, including senior leaders across organizations. Can appropriately display assertiveness and build trust-relationships with customers and partners.
• Leadership: Champion the implementation of diverse/inclusive high-performance teamwork and BMS Behaviors as the norm for all teams and acts as a role-model
• Problem-Solving: Strong analytical skills for root cause analysis and solution proposals. Opex certification is a plus.
• Change Management and Innovation: Ability to lead change initiatives and ensure stakeholder alignment and is able to pro-actively address potential challenges.

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