Associate Director, Category Management (Analytical Testing & External Labs) - job 1 of 4

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 X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Purpose
The Associate Director, Category Management partners with VP-level business or functional stakeholder(s) to develop global procurement strategies, contributing to a cross-functional team that informs strategy through analysis, market expertise, and understanding of broader business objectives. This role builds an annual strategic plan and leads a team of managers to achieve ambitious performance targets aligned with organizational goals.

This new role will have a unique opportunity to build and shape category strategies from Discovery to Development. 

Primary accountabilities:

• Provide overall strategy and alignment on goals with internal customers and cross functional procurement priorities.
• Lead the development of global category strategies that meets long term business needs that drive ongoing value, continuous improvement and comply with global procurement policies, processes, and tools.
• Serve as a thought partner to Business leaders to ensure their category strategies are complete, rigorous and will satisfy 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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• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or related field. Master’s degree is preferred.
• 5-7 years of experience in procurement or related business or operations function.
• Global Leadership Strategic Sourcing & Procurement. 
• Demonstrated expertise in Procurement and pharmaceutical or life sciences.
• 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. 
• Strong proficiency in developing high-impact executive-level deliverables.
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry is strongly preferred.
• Comprehensive expertise in category management, including market analysis, cost and financial assessment, ensuring strategic and informed procurement decisions. Fluency in negotiation and bidding, adept in overseeing complex projects with a focus on effective change management.
• Strong capabilities in internal stakeholder management and influence, aligning procurement strategies with business needs and fostering collaborative supplier relationships.
• Strategic thinking and accountability, anticipating future trends, and taking responsibility for impactful procurement outcomes that challenge the status quo.
• Innovative problem-solving skills combined with a significant executive presence, enabling creative solutions and influential communication at all organizational levels. High cross-functional leadership abilities, conflict resolution skills, effectively navigating & harmonizing diverse team dynamics.
• Exceptional interpersonal skills and emotional intelligence, facilitating empathetic interactions, effective communication, and robust relationship-building across a matrixed organization. High resilience under pressure and autonomous work ethic, maintaining performance in challenging situations and making independent decisions.

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

• 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.​ Salary: $137,500 - $261,000

• 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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