Senior Manager EMEA In-Market Distribution

Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

The Role

Bristol Myers Squibb is looking to recruit a permanent Senior Manager, EMEA In-Market Distribution.

Senior Manager, EMEA In-Market Distribution, is responsible for the management of functional execution activities including the management of the relationship and performance of the distribution centers per the responsibilities section.

Based on your function, department or individual position, you will have the opportunity to discuss with your Manager the option to work remotely up to 50% of the time, over a two-week period, with the flexibility to choose the days that align with your collaboration needs. 

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

• Own end-to-end in-market distribution operations for assigned EMEA markets, ensuring continuity of supply, business continuity readiness, and timely resolution of service issues.
• Manage 3PL performance, governance, contracts, operating manuals, SOPs, SLAs, KPIs, service exceptions, and cost control, including preparation of QBR and business review materials.
• Accountable for inventory accuracy and control, including cycle counts, physical inventories, destructions, launches, FDD requests, delivery reports, SAP inventory posting integrity, variances, redeployments, and redress activities.
• Partner with in-market logistics, QA, CPSO, Compliance, OTC, Finance, Planning, Regulatory, and regional logistics teams to support planning, escalations, issue resolution, and market-specific requirements.
• Ensure compliance with GDP, cGMP, EHS, SOX/finance controls, local procedures, partner oversight requirements, external reporting obligations, and audit/inspection readiness.
• Support logistics incident reports, mock recalls, quality forums, corrective actions, evidence provision, and follow-up actions through to closure.
• Manage destruction governance, purchase order activities, month-end reporting, finance documentation, and related financial controls in line with internal policies.
• Support operational changes, warehouse transitions, partner onboarding, lane changes, launches, lifecycle activities, discontinuations, and inventory disposition while maintaining supply continuity.
• Drive risk, expiry, and short shelf-life management through market reviews, supply forums, and clear action ownership.
• Identify and implement process simplification, digitization, documentation improvement, automation, and other sustainable continuous improvement opportunities.
• Represent Distribution in market, regional, BMS, supply chain, and local forums, and support ad-hoc projects and cross-functional initiatives as required.
• Lead, coach, and develop team members by setting clear objectives, providing feedback, building capability, fostering collaboration, and ensuring coverage planning for business continuity

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.

Supporting People with Disabilities

BMS is dedicated to ensuring that people with disabilities can excel through a transparent recruitment process, reasonable workplace accommodations/adjustments and ongoing support in their roles. Applicants can request a reasonable workplace accommodation/adjustment prior to accepting a job offer. If you require reasonable accommodations/adjustments in completing this application, or in any part of the recruitment process, direct your inquiries to adastaffingsupport@bms.com. Visit careers.bms.com/eeo-accessibility to access our complete Equal Employment Opportunity statement.

Candidate Rights

BMS will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records, pursuant to applicable laws in your area.

If you live in or expect to work from Los Angeles County if hired for this position, please visit this page for important additional information: https://careers.bms.com/california-residents/

Data Protection

We will never request payments, financial information, or social security numbers during our application or recruitment process. Learn more about protecting yourself at https://careers.bms.com/fraud-protection.

Any data processed in connection with role applications will be treated in accordance with applicable data privacy policies and regulations.

If you believe that the job posting is missing information required by local law or incorrect in any way, please contact BMS at TAEnablement@bms.com. Please provide the Job Title and Requisition number so we can review. Communications related to your application should not be sent to this email and you will not receive a response. Inquiries related to the status of your application should be directed to Chat with Ripley.

R1605050 : Senior Manager EMEA In-Market Distribution