Procurement Specialist, Human Resources, Training

2 weeks ago


Chicago, Illinois, United States AbbVie Full time
Job DescriptionJob DescriptionCompany 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

Job Description

The Procurement Specialist works within the Procurement & Supplier Management (PSM), which provides sourcing direction to multiple functional areas within the company. The role supports the Procurement Manager and is responsible for implementing, optimizing and ensuring the delivery of approved category strategies at the site in concert with the Corporation's overall strategies. The position's objective is to coordinate AbbVie's site spend and local suppliers to obtain the maximum value for the money spent measured through the delivery of cost savings.

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.

·Specific and tactical expertise in enabling implementation of procurement processes, including source-to-contract planning and cost assessment, ensuring strategic and informed procurement decisions.

·Previous experience in the respective category area, with familiarity tailoring processes to meet category needs.

·Ability to enable the bidding and negotiation processes, with adept ability to implement complex long-term projects with a focus on creating effective supplier relationships.

·Capacity and experience assisting with collaborative supplier relationships, aligning procurement activities with business needs.

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

·Cross-functional collaboration abilities and teamwork skills, effectively navigating diverse team dynamics.

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·Strong soft skills and emotional intelligence, facilitating empathetic interactions, effective communication, and robust relationship-building.

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

Qualifications

·Bachelor's degree required; focus in Business Administration or Supply Chain Mgmt preferred

·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

-Contracting expertise

·Proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Pow er Platform).

·Know ledge of the pharmaceutical industry is preferred.

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. ​

Note: No amount of pay is a 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 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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