Senior Manager, R&D Vendor Management ( Hybrid, Il Based)

Job Description
Purpose
Individual contributor with responsibility for pro-actively evaluating, negotiating with, measuring and managing vendors providing services and deliverables to all AbbVie R&
D, with sole responsibility for up to enterprise scale (multiple countries, value generally exceeds $10 MM annually, multiple TA/FAs utilizing) vendor relationships and transactions with high complexity.
Leads negotiations and drives transactions to completion on time and on budget. Active manager and primary owner of supplier categories and supplier relationships, including sourcing responsibility.
Responsible for maintaining compliance with Corporate Purchasing, Finance, Quality Assurance and Office of Ethics and Compliance policies
Responsibilities
Primary focus on negotiation and execution of related R&
D Master Agreements within category responsibilities. Maintains and manages existing MSA’s, including amending agreements in relation to new business needs or changes in circumstances.
Responsibile for negotiation and execution of one-off agreements (and statements of work) in assigned categories as requested by management. For Vendor Managers that support clinical trial related services, partners with Outsourcing Project Managers in a support and consulting capacity in relation to PM managed one-off agreements. Independently drives managed transactions to successful completion, and accountable for successful managing vendors through relationship lifecycle.
Responsible for providing initial document drafting and originating redlines to Legal following return of documents from counterparties, and driving decision making on issues that have crossover between Legal and business expertise.
Reviews and analyzes KPI's/metrics, holding vendors accountable to established performance criteria for vendor activities. Drives the investigation of vendor performance issues and develops solutions to ensure overall performance, compliance and Quality. Communicates findings and recommendations to larger organization. Participates in Vendor Governance, managing relationships to unlock additional enterprise value.
Assists in establishing and is responsible for maintaining consistent practices and policies related to vendor activities to insure compliance with Corporate Purchasing, Finance, QA, Clinical and OEC policies.
Across supported R&
D service categories, responsible for pro-actively collaborating with TAs/FAs and related TLC POCs and Outsourcing Project Managers. Leverages these efforts to strategically build a preferred supplier network in such categories.
Provide effective communication and recommendations to both internal and external partners. Address business issues for key services providers in conjunction with TLC POCs and Outsourcing Project Managers, QA, Dev Ops and other related depts. Escalates issues as defined by KPIs/metrics.
Implements the comprehensive plan for R&
D SG&
A savings goals across all contracting functions.
Liaise with Corporate Purchasing, TAs/FAs and fellow R&
D delegated purchasing functions to ensure R&
D needs are met.