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Company Description

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on XFacebookInstagramYouTubeLinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Join an evolving agile, diverse and global function poised to deliver value beyond financials through category management, innovative problem-solving, data and analytics, risk management and supplier management. Our Procurement team is integral to driving AbbVie’s business strategy, serving as trusted partners with leading capabilities and a customer of choice for our suppliers.  

This new Procurement leader will play a strategic role in building a next-generation approach to Procurement as it transforms to become a trusted business partner and an enabler of key business strategy, along with customer of choice for suppliers. Now is the time to join a best-in-class Procurement organization shaping the future of value generation.

Job Description

Join an evolving agile, diverse and global function poised to deliver value beyond financials through category management, innovative problem-solving, data and analytics, risk management and supplier management. Our Procurement team is integral to driving AbbVie’s business strategy, serving as trusted partners with leading capabilities and a customer of choice for our suppliers.  

This Procurement leader will play a strategic role in building a next-generation approach to Procurement as it transforms to become a trusted business partner and an enabler of key business strategy, along with customer of choice for suppliers. Now is the time to join a best-in-class Procurement organization shaping the future of value generation.  

This role is based in our Global Procurement Hub in North Chicago, IL; onsite 3 days per week. Remote work is not available for this position. 

Purpose:

As the Associate Director, Commercial Procurement Business Partner (Immunology), you’ll be a trusted partner to critical senior stakeholders within (or adjacent to) the Commercial Immunology organization, helping to align business and Procurement strategies. You will partner with senior stakeholders to develop strategies and plans, contributing to cross-functional collaboration between Procurement and business stakeholders. This role requires a deep knowledge of the business and Procurement strategies to provide strategic insights and develop solutions to address key issues and opportunities. In this position, you will be responsible for influencing cross-functionally and championing AbbVie's culture.

Responsibilities:

•Partner with senior business stakeholders within designated business area, serving as the primary point of accountability within the Procurement organization.

•Define and develop strategic value drivers with key business partners to secure collaborative partnerships that challenge the status quo to achieve cost savings, optimize processes, promote innovation, and enhance overall Procurement value.

•Inform and influence key internal and external business partners during Procurement strategy formulation, articulating business requirements, fit-for-purpose needs and opportunities; operate category agnostic on behalf of business area assigned.

•Contribute to Procurement savings initiatives and opportunities by partnering with assigned business partners and promoting the adoption of identified savings initiatives.

•Develop and activate mitigation strategies to proactively define and manage Procurement and business operations risk within assigned business area, ensuring compliance; challenge status quo of Procurement and business to drive optimization.

•Manage and support transformative Procurement projects, establishing cross-functional governance and securing support from senior business stakeholders; identify opportunities for process optimization and efficiency gains, leveraging data analytics to develop long-term continuous improvement programs that achieve strategic objectives.

•Ensure effective project management from initiation to completion, directing and guiding cross-functional teams to deliver strategic projects within assigned business area.

•Lead Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) strategies, partnering with Category Management peers to drive innovation and collaboration with key suppliers within assigned business area, to enact creative and cutting-edge solutions to deliver on long-term business needs.

•Drive the end-to-end stakeholder management process, leading and strengthening the connection of business and Procurement strategies and goals; contribute to a cross-functional team that informs strategic decision-making by leveraging category-agnostic insights and business-area intelligence, market intelligence, industry trends, emerging technologies, and market dynamics.

•Lead, develop, and coach senior level individual contributors, setting ambitious performance targets, providing tailored coaching, and evaluating team performance; assist in planning to address skillsets, workforce requirements, capability needs, and long-term organizational staffing goals.

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Qualifications

•Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Mgmt., or related field. Master’s degree is preferred.

•Minimum of 10 years of experience in Procurement, supply chain or related business or operations function.

•Previous experience driving cross-functional projects to completion and managing senior internal stakeholders.

•Executive presence and ability to collaborate across the organization.

•Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry is preferred.

•Comprehensive expertise in Procurement and relationship management, including working knowledge of assigned business area and cost and financial assessment, ensuring strategic and informed Procurement decisions.

•Strong capabilities in internal stakeholder management and influence, aligning Procurement strategies with business needs and fostering collaborative relationships.   Strategic thinking and accountability, anticipating future trends, and taking responsibility for impactful Procurement outcomes that challenge the status quo.

•Innovative problem-solving skills combined with a significant executive presence, enabling creative solutions and influential communication at all organizational levels.  High cross-functional leadership abilities, conflict resolution skills, effectively navigating & harmonizing diverse team dynamics.

•Exceptional interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence, facilitating empathetic interactions, effective communication, and robust relationship-building across a matrixed organization.

•High resilience under pressure and autonomous work ethic, maintaining performance in challenging situations and making independent decisions.  Fluency in business partnering activities, adept in implementing complex projects with a focus on effective change management.

Key Stakeholders:

Business Leads, Business Partners, Category Leads and Managers, Procurement Leads and Managers, Procurement Strategy & Capabilities Office, Cross Functional Peers

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

  • The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.​

  • We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

  • This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

  • This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. 

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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