Contract Specialist II, PSS Contract Management
AbbVie, North Chicago, IL, United States
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 through products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience – and through products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
Job Description The Specialist II, Low Touch Procurement works within Procurement Shared Services, which provides contracting and/or sourcing direction to multiple functional areas within the company. The role supports the Lead and is responsible for supporting, enforcing and managing the strategy at the transactional level set by the Category Management Team at the site in concert with the Corporation’s overall strategies. The position’s objective is to lead through execution of assigned transactions while deploying process efficiencies.
Responsibilities
Understand the Organization’s approved buying channels and contracting policy for goods and services and help guide requestors to the appropriate buying channel.
Support and collect due diligence information required for evaluating and approving new suppliers, in line with the Preferred Supplier Networks.
Administrative support for Procurement projects and supplier management (contract reviews, bid summary justifications, vendor record updates, approving Purchase Orders, data analysis).
Work with high ethical standards, in compliance with the law and AbbVie policies and procedures.
Support the Category Management Team strategy by enforcing the supplier preferred network, having an understanding of Category Management Team initiatives/priorities, having subject‑matter expertise and educating stakeholders of the same.
Effectively develop and negotiate confidentiality agreements, stand‑alone contracts and Statements of Work and any other agreement in alignment with agreed category strategies, at a financially approved and authorized level for the position.
Manage standard Procure‑to‑Pay intake contract requests within established Service Level metrics.
Lead in the development, deployment and execution of process‑efficiency projects that serve to improve customer experience within the Procure‑to‑Pay process.
Be a subject‑matter expert over Procurement processes & across multiple categories within the Procurement Team.
Develop & lead stakeholder educational forum around Procurement initiatives and processes.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of equivalent work experience.
The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 3 years of procurement
egotiations experience in purchasing, preferably, but not limited to Pharmaceuticals.
Strong knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook; possesses the ability to learn and utilize other software tools as necessary.
Solid experience conducting vendor negotiations.
Strong experience in customer‑service type roles.
Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to prioritize and organize workload across multiple projects.
Strong organizational skills required to coordinate and manage multiple cross‑divisional work processes and projects.
Additional Information
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 may ultimately be 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.
Note 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 remain in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
Equal Opportunity Employer 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.
US & Puerto Rico only – to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
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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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience – and through products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.
Job Description The Specialist II, Low Touch Procurement works within Procurement Shared Services, which provides contracting and/or sourcing direction to multiple functional areas within the company. The role supports the Lead and is responsible for supporting, enforcing and managing the strategy at the transactional level set by the Category Management Team at the site in concert with the Corporation’s overall strategies. The position’s objective is to lead through execution of assigned transactions while deploying process efficiencies.
Responsibilities
Understand the Organization’s approved buying channels and contracting policy for goods and services and help guide requestors to the appropriate buying channel.
Support and collect due diligence information required for evaluating and approving new suppliers, in line with the Preferred Supplier Networks.
Administrative support for Procurement projects and supplier management (contract reviews, bid summary justifications, vendor record updates, approving Purchase Orders, data analysis).
Work with high ethical standards, in compliance with the law and AbbVie policies and procedures.
Support the Category Management Team strategy by enforcing the supplier preferred network, having an understanding of Category Management Team initiatives/priorities, having subject‑matter expertise and educating stakeholders of the same.
Effectively develop and negotiate confidentiality agreements, stand‑alone contracts and Statements of Work and any other agreement in alignment with agreed category strategies, at a financially approved and authorized level for the position.
Manage standard Procure‑to‑Pay intake contract requests within established Service Level metrics.
Lead in the development, deployment and execution of process‑efficiency projects that serve to improve customer experience within the Procure‑to‑Pay process.
Be a subject‑matter expert over Procurement processes & across multiple categories within the Procurement Team.
Develop & lead stakeholder educational forum around Procurement initiatives and processes.
Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree or 4 years of equivalent work experience.
The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 3 years of procurement
egotiations experience in purchasing, preferably, but not limited to Pharmaceuticals.
Strong knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook; possesses the ability to learn and utilize other software tools as necessary.
Solid experience conducting vendor negotiations.
Strong experience in customer‑service type roles.
Strong communication, presentation, and interpersonal skills.
Ability to prioritize and organize workload across multiple projects.
Strong organizational skills required to coordinate and manage multiple cross‑divisional work processes and projects.
Additional Information
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 may ultimately be 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.
Note 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 remain in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.
Equal Opportunity Employer 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.
US & Puerto Rico only – to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
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