Associate Director Procurement User Experience
Associate Director Procurement User Experience
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Job Description
Join an evolving agile diverse and global function poised to deliver value beyond financials through category management innovative problemsolving data and analytics risk management and supplier management. Our Procurement team is integral to driving AbbVies business strategy serving as trusted partners with leading capabilities and a customer of choice for our suppliers.
This new Procurement leader will play a strategic role in building a nextgeneration approach to Procurement as it transforms to become a trusted business partner and an enabler of key business strategy along with customer of choice for suppliers. Now is the time to join a bestinclass Procurement organization shaping the future of value generation.
The Procurement User Experience Lead plays a pivotal role in ensuring that the Procurement Technology systems and services are intuitive enjoyable and effective for its users. The User Experience Lead will be responsible for spearheading the design and development of technology solutions that support the tools dashboards and modeling ensuring meaningful insights throughout the procurement organization and increasing high adoption of Procurement tools across the organization. This role involves driving the insight delivery processes collaborating with stakeholders to tailor tools to specific use cases and establishing partnerships with Procurement Analytics and BTS (IT) teams.
Responsibilities
Strategize and Develop
- Lead the design and oversee the development of infrastructure and technology solutions that support tools dashboards and modeling to generate meaningful insights across the procurement organization.
- Drive the automation of insight delivery processes ensuring efficiency and accuracy in data extraction processing and visualization working in close collaboration with the Innovation and Automation team.
- Oversee collaboration with stakeholders across the organization to gather requirements and understand diverse user needs for meaningful insights ensuring tools are tailored to specific use cases and there is high adoption of the Procurement tools across the organization.
Deploy
- Facilitate close partnership with Procurement Analytics and BTS teams to align technology solutions with overall procurement goals and organizational objectives.
- Design user training and support programs monitoring new version releases and updates to ensure users can effectively leverage technical tools and insights for informed decisionmaking.
Sustain and Improve
- Lead processes to proactively enhance user experiences by understanding and addressing technology tool needs across the organization ensuring accessibility and usability.
- Establish mechanisms for monitoring the performance and effectiveness of tools gathering feedback and implementing continuous improvements to enhance overall functionality and user satisfaction.
- Oversee continuous evolution of tools dashboards and modeling capabilities to stay ahead of technological advancements and meet the changing needs of procurement stakeholders.
Lead and Build
- Lead and guide analyst teams under the procurement technology and systems umbrella fostering a culture of innovative problem solving and continuous improvement.
- Build and maintain the teams capabilities to effectively execute technology team strategy ensuring team members possess the necessary skills and tools to excel in their roles.
Skills Competencies
- Comprehensive procurement and domain expertise driving strategic and informed procurement decisions across functional areas.
- Strong capabilities in internal stakeholder management and influence enabling oversight of complex projects.
- Innovative problemsolving skills combined with a solutionoriented mindset enabling creative approaches that challenge the status quo and clear communication at all organizational levels.
- Strategic thinking and accountability assessing future business needs and owning analytical support.
- Exceptional crossfunctional collaboration abilities effectively navigating diverse team dynamics.
- Strong soft skills and emotional intelligence facilitating empathetic interactions and effective dialogue.
- Impactful executive functioning abilities and autonomous work ethic maintaining efficient performance in challenging situations and building consensus in decisionmaking.
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Qualifications :
- Bachelors degree in Computer Science Information Systems or other tech field. Masters degree is preferred.
- Minimum of 12 years of experience in procurement technology or related business or operations function.
- Experience leading crossfunctional initiatives and managing senior internal business and functional leaders.
- Proven expertise in technology systems and product development in a procurement function.
- Experience developing capability roadmaps and driving towards organizational objectives.
- Strong analytical problemsolving and leadership skills.
- Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry is preferred.
Additional Information :
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.
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 shortterm incentive programs.
This job is eligible to participate in our longterm incentive programs
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 Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion consistent with applicable law.
AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity driving innovation transforming lives serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVies policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race color religion national origin age sex (including pregnancy) physical or mental disability medical condition genetic information gender identity or expression sexual orientation marital status status as a protected veteran or any other legally protected group status.
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Employment Type
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