Strategic Category Manager, Professional Services

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Senior Category Manager to lead enterprise category strategies for Professional Services and Consulting across functions and geographies. You will manage sourcing initiatives, supplier portfolios, demand visibility, contracting approaches, and supplier performance for diverse external services.

Success requires proactive stakeholder collaboration, rigorous analytics, and value-driven negotiations to balance cost, quality, speed, and risk across AbbVie's global operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Economics, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field.
• Experience structuring and negotiating master service agreements, statements of work, service-level agreements, change orders, and related terms with Legal and stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of risks associated with external services including confidentiality, IP, data privacy, information security and regulatory compliance.
• Advanced analytical and financial skills to normalize proposals, benchmark rates, model total cost, and present recommendations.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional and geographically dispersed teams through structured sourcing processes.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain multi-year category strategies for Professional Services and Consulting representing at least $250M in annual expenditures.
• Define category scope across advisory and management consulting, technology and digital services, legal and financial services, HR and learning services.
• Lead end-to-end sourcing initiatives from requirements to negotiation, contracting, and benefits tracking with measurable value.
• Establish buying channels and engagement models for stakeholders and preferred-supplier approaches.
• Negotiate complex terms and translate outcomes into clear, enforceable agreements with Legal.
• Develop governance models and scorecards to monitor cost, quality, and supplier performance.
• Build relationships with senior stakeholders to secure sponsorship and adoption across functions.
• Use analytics to establish spend baselines, benchmark rates, and model savings.

Skills

Category management

Negotiation

Sourcing

Vendor management

Data analysis

Project management

Executive communication

Legal collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business/Finance/Supply Chain

Advanced degree or procurement certification preferred

Job description

AbbVie is seeking a Senior Category Manager to lead enterprise category strategies for Professional Services and Consulting across functions and geographies. You will manage sourcing initiatives, supplier portfolios, demand visibility, contracting approaches, and supplier performance for diverse external services.

Success requires proactive stakeholder collaboration, rigorous analytics, and value-driven negotiations to balance cost, quality, speed, and risk across AbbVie's global operations.