Director, Category Management R&D Discovery and Research
1 month ago
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 Follow @abbvie onTwitter,Facebook,Instagram,YouTubeandLinkedIn.
Job Description
Thank you for your interest in employment with AbbVie; this role is based out of our Procurement Hub in North Chicago IL via hybrid onsite 3 days per week. Remote is not available for this opening.
As a key member of the R&D Procurement function this role provides category leadership and management oversight for Discovery and Research categories supporting R&D. Demonstrated category expertise in R&D, specifically in Discovery, Research or any related categories is required for this role.
The Director Category Management will have aunique opportunity to build and shape the global procurement organization,TRANSFORMINGit into abest-in-class professional procurement organization in terms of performance, structure, processes, and team member development. Demonstratedcategory expertise in R&D this would span all phases of the process: discovery, pre-clinical and clinical, a plus.
Reports to:Vice President of R&D Procurement
Direct reports:Global Category Managers within group
Primary accountabilities:
Providesingle point of accountability to Vice President R&D and to CPO for early development R&D categories, providingoverall group strategy and alignment on goals with internal customers and procurement leadership.Lead Global Category Managers to ensure development of global category strategies that drive ongoing value, continuous improvement and comply with global procurement policies, processes, and tools.Serve as athought partner to Global Category Managers to ensure their category strategies are complete, rigorous and will satisfy customer needs.Solicit business unit input to ensure internal customer satisfactionwith the performance of category procurement teams and take action on areas for improvement. Metrics and performance indicators: Category Management Plan and Execution supporting the portfolioDelivery ofPeople, Process, Governance and Value delivery goals.Meet agreed-upon operational budgetfor procurement.Meet or exceed agreed-uponservice level expectations.Supplier performance at or above expectation across balanced scorecard.Organizational and employee development. #LI-AL1Qualifications
Global Leadership Strategic Sourcing & ProcurementProcurement experience: 8+ years; Pharma industry experience: 5 + years preferred.Overall portfolio of experience in R&D areaswill be considered.Demonstrated expertise in R&D Procurement in pharmaceutical or life sciences.Bachelor's degree required; concentration in sciences, business, finance, supply chain, materials mgmt., or engineering is desirable.MBA or relevant MS degree preferred.Professional certification in purchasing, supply chain or six-sigma is desirable,Proven leadership capabilities and strategic thinking, strong interpersonal skills including cross-functional teamwork, and written and oral communication skills, strong negotiation skills, exceptional analytical skills, strong multi-cultural skills, high energy level, and a bias towards action.Sensitivity to the cultural diversity of a global organizationProven ability to lead and motivate a team of professional procurement staff.Ability to draw strategic insights from analysis and effectively summarize and present insights.Ability to quantify financial benefits for identified opportunities and initiativesFamiliarity with specific category group goods and servicesFamiliarity with Procurement systems such as SAP, Ariba is preferred.Solid understanding of procurement best practices.Understanding ofinternational business and contract lawPrevious experience with transformation initiatives and change management process preferred.MS office skilled (e.g., excel and power point).
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law: The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees. This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentiveprograms. This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentiveprograms Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable 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 AbbVies 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. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit
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