Associate Director, Vendor Strategy and Relationships

Job Title

Relationship Lead for Strategic and Enterprise-Wide Vendor Relationships

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.

Responsibilities

• Accountable for strategic vendor management oversight driving global, complex, cross-functional operational and relationship aspects of vendor relationships for Development.
• Drives agendas and leads operational and executive governance meetings with internal and external stakeholders.
• Recognized as subject matter expert and is the single point of contact between vendor and the business function to promote vendor accountability, mitigate risks, deliver operational efficiencies aligned with strategic direction of the relationship.
• Effectively communicates progress / concerns and actively identifies issues / risks that potentially impact projects, systems or processes and implements solutions.
• Proficient understanding of the internal and external business environments, establishes vendor performance measures, drives vendor performance aligned with strategic objectives of the vendor relationship, deliverables and accountabilities.
• Actively trends performance and resource gaps relative to outsourced services and leads cross functional teams to implement corrective actions aligned with best practices.
• Establishes vendor strategy and leads cross-functional teams to develop and maintain successful and healthy vendor relationships supporting Development's strategic objectives.
• Leads collaborations with business stakeholders and vendors to identify and implement efficient, high-quality, compliant business processes with a focus on continuous improvement and innovation.
• Resolves escalated issues and escalates significant issues to Sr. Leadership and vendor.
• Leads cross functional complex projects and initiatives.

Qualifications

Key Stakeholders

Clinical Program Development, Data and Statistical Sciences, DDC, Purchasing Supplier Management, Regulatory, Legal, Finance, Quality Assurance

Compensation and Benefits

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