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Senior Specialist, Procurement - North Chicago, United States - AbbVie
Description
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 Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Job Description
The Procurement Manager (Senior Specialist) 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 an essential part in executing supplier management activities, implementing continuous improvement projects, and driving day-to-day supplier excellence.Develop and write all sourcing event documents. Ensure compliance with relevant policies, procedures and regulationsWorks with high ethical standard, in compliance with the law and the AbbVie policies and procedures.
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 organizations 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 the PSC team, embracing and furthering a spirit of adaptability and innovation in procurement operations.
Oversee Specialists execution of procurement activities and provide feedback while developing own capabilities and accumulates category expertise in accordance with individual learning path.
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Qualifications
Qualifications
The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 5 years of procurement/negotiations experience in purchasing preferably but not limited to Pharmaceutical.
Strong knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook.
Strong experience with writing request for proposal/information (RFP/RFI)s.
Solid experience conducting vendor negotiations.
Bachelors degree or 4 years equivalent work experience
Preferred qualifications and Skills
Ability to effectively communicate to all team members, stakeholders, management, and suppliers
Ability to prioritize and organize workload across multiple projects
Ability to develop and grow relationships with stakeholders
Ability to comprehend procurement processes as well as basic knowledge of indirect products and services used globally
Self-motivated and able to work with minimal direction.
Additional Information
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