Sr Manager, Supplier Management

Job Description
This role is based at our North Chicago, IL headquarters 3 days weekly.
Purpose:
Primarily responsible for providing leadership and direction and ensuring compliance with worldwide regulatory and AbbVie outsourcing requirements;
providing relevant and constructive evaluation of external suppliers that provide materials and services to AbbVie for use in Research &
Development.
Provides leadership, direction, and execution in compliance and quality;
ensures that activitiesare performed and documented in accordance with applicable worldwide quality, regulatory and AbbVie requirements to assure quality, effectiveness and safety of our medical device, clinical materials, and drug suppliers.
Responsibilities:
With a focus on medical device suppliers, assess compliance to applicable regulations (e.G., IVDR, MDR) through supplier oversight activities. The strategic focus is for early detection and prevention, followed by correction of issues.
Provide an active role within R&
D supplier quality as anexpert in medical device requirements for external suppliers.
Interpret, explain, and apply governmental regulations, guidelines, policies, and procedures applicable to associated activities.
Collaborate with R&
D functional areas and assist in the resolution of external medical device supplier quality issues.
Prioritize activities to ensure objectives of studies/programs are met. Maintain project oversight to include awareness of project timeliness.
Lead or participate in technically complex and strategic cross functional projects.
Lead or participate in strategic initiatives to improve compliance to regulatory requirements and standards.
Achieve a difficult balance of involvement, independence, and objectivity.
Consistently demonstrate AbbVie’s Ways of Working and Leadership Attributes including a collaborative mindset and leadership. Create a learning environment, embrace the ideas of others, and manage innovation to reality.