Director, Category Management Pharmaceutical R&D Discovery and Research - 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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. 

Thank you for your interest in employment with AbbVie; this role is based out of our Global 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 a unique opportunity to build and shape the global procurement organization, TRANSFORMING it into a best-in-class professional procurement organization in terms of performance, structure, processes, and team member development.  Demonstrated category expertise in R&D – this would span all phases of the process:  discovery, pre-clinical and clinical, etc. is a plus.

Reports to: Vice President of R&D Procurement

Direct reports: Global Category Managers within group 

Primary accountabilities:

• Provide single point of accountability to Vice President R&D and to CPO for early development R&D categories, providing overall 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 a thought 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 satisfaction with the performance of category procurement teams and take action on areas for improvement.

Metrics and performance indicators:

• Category Management Plan and Execution supporting the portfolio
• Delivery of People, Process, Governance and Value delivery goals.
• Meet agreed-upon operational budget for procurement.
• Meet or exceed agreed-upon service level expectations.
• Supplier performance – at or above expectation across balanced scorecard.
• Organizational and employee development.

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• Global Leadership Strategic Sourcing & Procurement
• Procurement experience: 8+ years; Pharma industry experience: 5 + years preferred. 
• Overall portfolio of experience in R&D areas will 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 organization
• Proven 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 initiatives
• Familiarity with specific category group goods and services 
• Familiarity with Procurement systems such as SAP, Ariba is preferred. 
• Solid understanding of procurement best practices.
• Understanding of international business and contract law
• Previous experience with transformation initiatives and change management process preferred.
• MS office skilled (e.g., excel and power point).

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

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• 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. ​

• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

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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 paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

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