PSS Contract Specialist - North Chicago, IL

PSS Contract Specialist - North Chicago, IL

Job Description

The Contract Specialist 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.

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 standards, 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, deployment and execution of process efficiency related 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.

Minimum Education Required : High School / GED

Job Category : Contracts

Additional Qualifications / Responsibilities : 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.

Key Stakeholders : External Vendors, Category Management Teams, functional business partners (e.g. finance, business owners, other support functions), and leaders within the Procurement team.

Salary : $64,000 - $122,000

City : North Chicago

State : Illinois

Job Code : Contract Specialist

Company : AbbVie