Contract Specialist II, PSS Contract Management

Job Title

Specialist II, Low Touch Procurement

Job 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 products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. 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 requestor's to the appropriate buying channel Supplier Management Team
• 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)
• Works with high ethical standard, in compliance with the law and the AbbVie policies and procedures
• Support the Category Management Team strategy by enforcing the supplier preferred network, having 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 financial approved and authorized for the position
• Manage standard Procure-to-Pay intake contract requests within established Service Level metrics
• Lead in the development, deployement and execution of process efficiency related projects that serve to improve customer experiene 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 equivalent work experience
• The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 3 years of procurement/negotiations experience in purchasing, preferably, but not limited to Pharmaceutical.
• Strong knowledge of MS Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook. Possesses ability to learn and utilize other software tools as necessary
• Solid experience conducting vendor negotiations
• Strong experience of customer services 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 process 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 we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.

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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Pay Range: $65500 - 125500 USD

Role is primarily site- or office-based but can occasionally be performed remotely. Employees who are site/office-based and can occasionally perform their role virtually work both in the office and remotely*, following the policies and regulations in place at their location. US Employees must be in the office on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday with flexibility to work remotely on Mondays and Fridays. Three days in the office is the minimum; some individuals or teams may require more in-office days due to meetings, business/project needs or their role.