Specialist, Purchasing Category

About AbbVie

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

The Specialist, Procurement Management is responsible for executing source-to-contract procurement processes in alignment with business goals and industry best practices, ensuring compliance with procurement policies, and contributing to supplier diversity and sustainability. This role plays a key part in assisting with supplier management activities, implementing continuous improvement projects, and driving day-to-day supplier excellence.  

Responsibilities:

•Assist with source to contract procurement processes in line with business goals and industry best practices, ensuring alignment with defined category strategic vision.

•Maintain compliance with procurement policy and team activities to business requirements of supplier diversity and sustainability, executing tactical processes to create value.

•Execute supplier management activities in alignment to category SRM strategy, fostering a collaborative and innovative approach to supplier interactions, including negotiations and workshops.

•Adhere to risk mitigation plans developed in collaboration with Category Managers, providing tactical input on supplier performance and relaying the identification of procurement risks to safeguard the organization’s interest and maintain operational resilience.

•Maintain excellence in all contract execution activities including source to contract and requisition to pay, implementing strategies to identify inefficiencies in process design and execution.

•Execute continuous improvement projects initiated by PSC team, embracing and furthering a spirit of adaptability and innovation in procurement operations.

•Develop own capabilities and accumulates category expertise in accordance with individual learning path.

•Actively enable team goals, ensuring performance targets and objectives are delivered successfully.

•Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or related field. In lieu of degree, equivalent, relevant experience may suffice.

•Minimum of 3 years of experience in procurement, supply chain or related business or operations function.

•Previous experience in procurement activities including source to contract, requisition to pay, and negotiation

•Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Power Platform).

•Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry is preferred.

•Impactful executive functioning abilities and autonomous work ethic, maintaining efficient performance in challenging situations and building consensus in decision-making.

•Innovative problem-solving skills combined with a solution-oriented mindset, enabling creative approaches and clear communication at all organizational levels.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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