Senior Procurement Transformation Partner

AbbVie; Mettawa (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k) and long-term incentives

Job summary

AbbVie in the United States seeks an Associate Director, Procurement Business Partner Transformation to partner with senior stakeholders, shaping procurement strategy and cross‑functional programs across the business.

You will lead value‑driven initiatives, manage risk, and drive end‑to‑end projects with data analytics, delivering cost savings and enhanced procurement value within a complex, regulated biopharma environment.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years of experience in procurement, supply chain or related business or operations function.
• 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 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.
• Innovative problem-solving skills with executive presence, enabling creative solutions and influential communication at all organisational levels.
• High cross-functional leadership abilities, conflict resolution skills, navigating diverse team dynamics.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence, facilitating empathetic interactions and robust relationship-building across a matrixed organisation.

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, optimise processes, 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 Profit & Loss savings and Cost Avoidance initiatives and opportunities to assigned business partners, 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 optimisation.
• Manage and support transformative Procurement projects, establishing cross‑functional governance and securing support from senior business stakeholders. Identify opportunities for process optimisation and efficiency gains, leveraging data analytics to develop long‑term continuous improvement programmes 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.
• 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.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Executive presence

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Change management

Problem solving

Emotional intelligence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Mgmt., or related field

Master’s degree (preferred)

Job description

AbbVie in the United States seeks an Associate Director, Procurement Business Partner Transformation to partner with senior stakeholders, shaping procurement strategy and cross‑functional programs across the business.

You will lead value‑driven initiatives, manage risk, and drive end‑to‑end projects with data analytics, delivering cost savings and enhanced procurement value within a complex, regulated biopharma environment.