Procurement Manager, Capital Projects

Biopharma Careers; United States; On-site; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in the United States seeks a Senior Procurement Leader to manage activities from strategic sourcing to contracting, ensuring execution aligns with the category strategy and delivers value across capital expenditure programs.

You will lead a team of specialists, advance supplier management, mitigate risks, and collaborate with Category Managers and other stakeholders to drive savings, supplier diversity, and continuous improvement in procurement operations.

Qualifications

• Experience with capital expenditure (capex) projects or processes, including developing, evaluating, or managing business cases for capital investments, is required
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain Management, or related field. Engineering background preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in procurement, supply chain, or related business or operations function.
• Previous experience managing teams and comprehensive understanding of procurement operations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Manage activities from strategic sourcing to contracting, ensuring effective and detailed execution, including alignment with defined category strategic vision.
• Partner with Category Manager and Associate Directors to execute Indirect Capital subcategory-specific procurement strategies.
• Maintain compliance with procurement policy and fulfill business requirements of supplier diversity and sustainability, executing tactical processes to create value.
• Drive supplier management and ensure alignment to SRM strategy as determined by Procurement Lead and Category Managers, fostering collaborative and innovative supplier interactions.
• Implement risk mitigation plans developed in collaboration with Category Managers, providing tactical input on supplier performance and relaying procurement risks.
• Maintain excellence in all contract execution activities including source to contract and requisition to pay, owning the implementation of strategies to identify inefficiencies.
• Enable savings and assurance of supply, manage savings leakage across downstream procurement processes
• Administer continuous improvement projects initiated by the PSC team, embracing adaptability and innovation in procurement operations.
• Lead and nurture a team of Specialists, setting ambitious performance targets, providing tailored coaching, and evaluating team performance.
• Partner with other Procurement leaders and business partners as needed to define skillsets, workforce requirements, capability needs, and long-term organizational staffing goals.

Skills

Analytical

Leadership

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business administration or Supply Chain Management

Engineering background preferred

Job description

Company Description

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.

Job Description

Purpose:

• Manage activities from strategic sourcing to contracting, ensuring effective and detailed execution, including alignment with defined category strategic vision.
• Partner with Category Manager and Associate Directors to execute Indirect Capital subcategory-specific procurement strategies.
• Maintain compliance with procurement policy and fulfills business requirements of supplier diversity and sustainability, executing tactical processes to create value.
• Drive supplier management and ensures alignment to SRM strategy as determined by Procurement Lead and Category Managers, fostering a collaborative and innovative approach to supplier interactions.
• Implement 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, owning the implementation of strategies to identify inefficiencies in process design and execution.
• Enable savings and assurance of supply, manage savings leakage across downstream procurement processes
• Administer continuous improvement projects initiated by the PSC team, embracing and furthering a spirit of adaptability and innovation in procurement operations.
• Lead and nurture a team of Specialists, setting ambitious performance targets, providing tailored coaching, and evaluating team performance.
• Partner with other Procurement leaders and business partners as needed to define skillsets, workforce requirements, capability needs, and long-term organizational staffing goals.

Qualifications

• Experience with capital expenditure (capex) projects or processes, including developing, evaluating, or managing business cases for capital investments, is required
• Bachelor’s degree in business administration, Supply Chain Management, or related field. Engineering background preferred.
• Minimum of 7 years of experience in procurement, supply chain, or related business or operations function.
• Previous experience managing teams and comprehensive understanding of procurement operations.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry is preferred.

Key Stakeholders:

Business Leads, Business Partners, Category Leads/Managers, Procurement Leads, Procurement Strategy & Capabilities Office

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 postingbased 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 orless 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 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 paidand 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 and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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