Associate Director, Strategic Program Analytics

Description: The Associate Director, Strategic Program Analytics will be responsible for supporting the Director, Agile Sourcing Hyderabad lead data and performance efforts for the entire Global Procurement organization. This role supports the analytics, process improvement for data governance and quality and documentation of scoring performance against Global Procurements priorities and objectives. This includes reporting on data gathering requirements, goals, priorities, and documenting key performance indicators (KPIs) for the procurement portfolio across its strategic initiatives. This role will support Global Procurement by providing appropriate data and insights to generate value opportunities ensuring realization. This role will support and enable the development and implementation of all initiatives within the Procurement multi-year functional strategic roadmap that will focus on analytics capabilities. This role plays a part in managing procurement activities strategically and efficiently & identifying areas of continuous improvement / efficiencies where applicable. Major Responsibilities and Accountabilities: Team Management: Source, on-board, lead, manage and develop a team of professionals in support of Strategic Program Analytics operations across various Global Procurement initiatives Monitor team performance and identify opportunities for continuous improvement to ensure successful development and implementation of improved processes and technical capabilities Assist direct reports with professional development planning and enable flexibility across Agile Sourcing organization to foster cross-functional proficiencies of resources and procurement categories Assist in the creation of training materials leveraging best practices and BMS Standard Operating Procedures Establish clear performance expectations, provide proactive feedback and provide close leadership and support to their team Data and Analytics: Delivers analytics metrics & dashboard including, but not limited to, RFP, Supplier, Contracts, Cashflow, Spend, Savings, Market Intelligence, Cost Intelligence to successfully achieve business objectives Partners with BIA, Procurement and IT Teams to deliver necessary data management tools and system solutions, identify business challenges; use fact-based solutions and data analysis to help influence changes to operations, process or programs; and champions movement to an organizational Lead with Data mindset. Collaborate effectively across matrix environment, build strong partnerships, good interpersonal, presentation, communication & negotiation skills Ability to manage multiple projects and priorities effectively Very well versed with business, data and technical language to connect processes, tools & data Ability to communicate complex quantitative analysis in a clear, precise, and actionable manner. Maintains and ensures quality assurance of key data sets, reports and metrics that are relevant and insightful and highlight key trends in human capital dynamics. Good communication & presentation skills Performance Scorecard & Maintenance: Support the end-to-end performance reporting of functional strategic roadmap via development of the SS&P and functional team scorecards, including development of metrics aligned to functional vision and strategic roadmap Manage ongoing reporting and monitoring of key metrics including liaising with key stakeholders across all of SS&P for progress updates, etc. Analyze performance trends, proactively identify potential shortfalls and risks and make fact-based recommendations to close gaps against targets Report status to leadership and functional area teams as appropriate Key Stakeholder Management: Partner with a variety of global stakeholders to collect Procurement requirements and provide recommendations that align to overall SS&P strategy to deliver on projects Act as a trusted advisor to global procurement teams and their leadership to ensure procurement strategic initiatives can be delivered against the expectations of the business Develop collaborative relationships and coordinate with functions and stakeholders across BMS to ensure timely, compliant and effective delivery of analytics pertaining to all strategic initiatives Internal / External Stakeholders: Other functional strategy leads Management in BMSs SS&P organization SS&P Category Managers, Sourcing Managers and Business Partners Key stakeholders across the COE organization (i.e., process owners, digital leads,) Qualifications Minimum Requirements: BA / BS in a quantitative major or concentration required. 10 years of experience developing and using advanced analytics and reporting techniques 5 years of experience in performing Procurement analytics or relevant experience Strong management and team leadership skills, demonstrated by a record of accomplishment of success leading projects and other problem-solving initiatives with cross functional teams Ability to work in a fast-paced global environment with multiple competing priorities Experience leading, collaborating with and participating on cross-functional and global teams and demonstrated ability to work and influence within a matrix structure Excellent oral and written communication skills and diplomacy to convey information and influence others with a strong customer focus Experience in leading new capability development, pilots, and integration Experience in leveraging methods such as Design Thinking and Human Center Design to generate high value questions. Analytical mindset, intellectual curiosity, creativity, strong attention to detail and execution skills Experience working with tools across the analytic stack including data management tools; like MapReduce/Hadoop, SPSS/R, SAS, and Workday for data management, advanced analysis, and insights, along with ETL tools (Tableau, Power BI) for data integration. Leverage procurement systems such as SAP Ariba, Oracle Procurement Cloud etc. for process management, spend analysis, and decision support as needed. Proficiency in English Preferred Qualifications: M.S./M.B.A. Professional certifications (e.g. CPM, CPIM). 5 years Pharmaceutical Procurement Operations experience Membership in Professional Associations, e.g. ISM

Location: hyderabad, IN

Posted Date: 4/18/2025