Manager, Category Management - Media

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

Purpose
The Category Manager – Media will support AbbVie’s Commercial business and serve as a procurement partner to the Media Strategy and Investment team. The individual will contribute to, lead, and implement category procurement strategies developed by the Global Category Lead and executive stakeholders. This role will oversee the execution of the end-to-end procurement process for category spend across media agencies and paid media channels for consumer and professional audiences. The Category Manager will also partner with the Global Category Lead and functional stakeholders to drive improved financial, operational, and marketing performance in support of organizational goals. Given the category impact to company performance, Media and Procurement expertise is essential for success in this role.
 

Responsibilities

• Lead category strategy implementation with Global Category Lead support across paid media channels and media agencies for the AbbVie Commercial business.
• Establish positive stakeholder relationships with Media Managers to Media Directors across Consumer and Professional Media.
• Demonstrate category and procurement expertise through strategic, fact-based negotiation strategies and execution, and effective supplier relationship management (SRM).
• Deliver annual savings targets and participate in short and long-term value planning initiatives.
• Share supplier capabilities and performance, industry trends, and market dynamics with the Global Category Lead to influence strategic decision making.
• Lead sourcing events (RFP / RFI / RFQ / Pricing Auctions), working with a team of sourcing experts, to identify potential suppliers