Manager, Supply Chain - VPT

At Bristol Myers Squibb, our employees often ask, “Who are you working for?”—a question that fuels collaboration, accountability, and urgency in our work. Our purpose-driven culture inspires us to discover, develop, and deliver innovative medicines to prevail over serious diseases. We offer uniquely interesting and meaningful work, opportunities for growth, and a supportive environment that values inclusion, wellbeing, flexibility, and comprehensive benefits. This is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it.

Position Summary

The Manager, Supply Chain - VPT runs day-to-day supply chain execution with the CMO in Japan, leads supply chain meetings with the CMO, and owns CMO supply chain metrics. The role works with the Supply Chain Lead, VPT, who sets supply priorities and owns escalations.

The role partners with the VPT, planning, quality, and regulatory teams to keep CMO supply on plan, and requires working knowledge of cGMP and Japan regulatory requirements for supply.

Duties/Responsibilities

• CMO Relationship & Meetings: Build and maintain strong working relationships with CMO supply chain counterparts and internal stakeholders. Serve as the daily supply chain contact for the CMO on orders, schedules, and open issues. Participate in VPT and CMO face-to-face meetings and lead supply chain meetings with the CMO as required. Escalate to the Supply Chain Lead, VPT where a decision or priority call is needed.

• Metrics & Reporting: Own CMO supply chain metrics. Report performance to the CMO, the VPT, and within Supply Chain, and generate action items for the VPT, CMO, and Supply Chain to resolve any performance below target.

• Forecast & Inventory Monitoring: Monitor CMO forecast, inventory, and open order status. Flag significant changes and inventory risks to the Supply Chain Lead, VPT and planning teams, and communicate agreed forecasts to the CMO.

• Capacity & Back Order Tracking: Track CMO capacity constraints, back orders, and anticipated back orders. Maintain the supply risk log and recommend mitigations.

• Change Control & Disruption Assessment: Review CMO change controls and events (delays, quality events, line shutdowns) for supply impact. Complete first-pass impact analysis and coordinate inputs from planning, quality, and regulatory.

• Business Reviews & Planning: Prepare supply chain topics for CMO business reviews and represent BMS Supply Chain at the relevant reviews. Support IBP, budget and projection reviews, and scenario planning, and track actions to closure.

• Process Improvement: Execute improvement initiatives set with the Supply Chain Lead, VPT, standardizing CMO supply chain processes and tools.

• Import and logistics support: Support import and logistics coordination for BMS-supplied materials to the partner in Japan, including customs documentation, invoice accuracy, and coordination with couriers, customs brokers and the US shipping sites.

Reporting Relationship

Reports to the Executive Director, Internal Sites and External Manufacturing, Cell Therapy Supply Chain. Works in close partnership with the Associate Director, Global Supply Chain External Supplier Management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Engineering, Life Sciences, or a related field.

• 5+ years of supply chain experience in a global manufacturing or pharmaceutical environment, preferably in an external manufacturing or CMO-facing role.

• Working knowledge of contract manufacturing supply chain operations and cGMP environments; understanding of Japan regulatory requirements for supply (GCTP experience a plus for cell therapy).

• Proficiency with ERP systems (SAP preferred) and supply chain data analysis and reporting tools.

• Strong communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence across organizations and escalate effectively.

• Working knowledge of Japan import customs and international logistics (e.g.,customs valuation, import documentation) preferred

• Ability to prioritize and manage multiple tasks to tight deadlines.

• Fluent Japanese (required) and business-level English.

• APICS (CPIM/CSCP) or project management certification preferred.

We hire for skills and capabilities, not just credentials – if this role excites you, but doesn’t perfectly match your resume, we encourage you to apply anyway.

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Where you work matters – because collaboration, innovation and patient impact happen in many settings. Our roles are structured across four work models: site-essential, site-by-design, field-based and remote-by-design. The model assigned to this role is based on its core responsibilities. Learn more at https://careers.bms.com/ways-of-working.

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