Manager, Global Procurement Systems

AbbVie • North Chicago, IL

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About The Position

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 products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube. Job Description: The Manager, Global Procurement Systems supports the Global Procurement Systems Sr. Manager within R&D Procurement (RDP). This role will be responsible for driving operational excellence, supporting process governance, and collaborating across global teams to ensure the successful delivery of high-quality system solutions. This role also involves proactively supporting and optimizing production environment, addressing ongoing system issues and needs, and fostering continuous improvement and innovation for the business and user community.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree required with 7 years’ experience; advanced degree preferred; experience in Business Information Services or Computer Sciences preferred.
• 7+ years of Business/System Analysis and Software testing experience.
• Working knowledge and understanding of Salesforce, SAP S4 HANA, SharePoint, Power BI, Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services (AWS), Robotic Process Automation (RPA), and SDLC methodologies.
• Demonstrated success leading or supporting cross-functional project teams for process governance and improvement.
• Experience with incident management, product backlog, RPA process implementations, data/contract migrations, UAT testing, change management
• Experience and understanding of end-to-end contract management processes within Procurement or related functions (life sciences experience preferred).
• Strong analytical skills and problem-solving ability, creativity, and insight.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills and strong political awareness.
• Strong Documentation and Project Management Skills with proven ability to motivate employees and create a positive working environment.
• Requires the ability to review and understand life sciences contracts and amendments, determine proper document alignment, and support accurate database corrections during migrations.
• Experience supporting or managing global Procurement projects, preferably in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments.

Nice To Haves

• PMI or PMP certification a plus.
• Experience in driving continuous improvement; Lean Six Sigma or similar operational excellence certification is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Function as a global point of contact within R&D Procurement (RDP) for Procurement program initiatives, collaborating closely with the Sr. Manager, Global Procurement Systems.
• Lead and support process transformation and continuous improvement initiatives including standardization, simplification, and technology innovation related to yearly system releases.
• Provide support for end-to-end business processes.
• Maintain accountability for defect tracking and issue resolution.
• Collaborate with BTS on LMIC monthly maintenances releases.
• Lead and execute UAT activities and ensure release notes are effectively communicated to end users.
• Drive the formulation and implementation of group goals and objectives to ensure the Systems Team excels in managing training materials and system documentation.
• Proactively lead initiatives that optimize the team's effectiveness and accountability in all related responsibilities.
• Facilitate requirements gathering by partnering collaboratively with stakeholders to understand their needs and provide strategies to effectively achieve process improvement goals that can be enabled via technology.
• Contribute to identifying future optimization opportunities to meet business needs and provide insights for operational improvements and alternate strategies, methodologies and best practices.
• Collaborate with and support BTS teams, to ensure successful implementation and deployment of maintenance and full releases.
• Provide operational process expertise during migrations, business expansions (M&A/divestitures), and other change initiatives.
• Requires the ability to review and understand life sciences contracts and amendments, determine proper document alignment, and support accurate database corrections during migrations.
• Identify and bridge knowledge gaps with BTS during requirements gathering sessions to ensure all business needs are accurately captured and met.
• Assess and define integration requirements to enable seamless interoperability with other systems.
• Create and implement dashboards to provide analytics and KPI reporting .
• Track and report on key global metrics to evaluate the effectiveness of improvement initiatives and support the adoption and sustainability of new processes.
• Assist in developing solid business cases for new initiatives, helping prepare executive presentations in alignment with overall AbbVie strategy.

Benefits

• paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
• medical/dental/vision insurance
• 401(k)
• long-term incentive programs

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level