Associate Director, Global Category Lead (Marketing and Print)

Company Description

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. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Join an evolving agile, diverse and global function poised to deliver value beyond financials through category management, innovative problem-solving, data and analytics, risk management and supplier management. Our Procurement team is integral to driving AbbVie’s business strategy, serving as trusted partners with leading capabilities and a customer of choice for our suppliers.  

This Procurement leader will play a strategic role in building a next-generation 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 best-in-class Procurement organization shaping the future of value generation.  

This role is based in our Global Procurement Hub in North Chicago, IL; onsite 3 days per week. Remote work is not available for this position. 

Job Description

The Associate Director, Global Category Lead – Creative/Print will serve as a primary strategic leader and stakeholder manager within AbbVie’s Commercial/Aesthetics Procurement team.  This person will actively drive the development and implementation of strategies associated with our creative/digital agencies and print partner at the enterprise/global level.   The role will work closely with other leaders across procurement, commercial, and finance functions to serve as consultative business partner and lead strategic supplier initiatives to drive improved financial, operational, and marketing performance.

Core responsibilities:

• Lead a small team of procurement professionals with a vision of becoming best-in-class “investment managers” and strategic advisors for partners in comme