This is a 18 month contract for a mat leave replacement, the ideal candidate must to located in the greater Montreal area. 

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AbbVie’s mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines 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, vision care, virology, women’s health , and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

We have a new opportunity for a Specialist, Operation Excellence to join our Medical Operations team. In this role, the Specialist is responsible for the management and oversight of procurement activities, contracts activities, systems, provide support to budget activities and oversight of standard operating procedures (SOPs) related to the medical affairs operations. This position is based in Montreal (Saint-Laurent) and reports to the Manager, Operation Excellence.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and oversee procurement activities for medical affairs such as PO, ACR, etc.
• Lead and coordinate contract activities, including contract preparation, review, negotiation, and renewal processes. Administer and monitor contracts, including systems when applicable, ensuring all contracts are accurately recorded, maintained, and up to date.
• Oversight of standard operating procedures (SOPs) related to medical affairs. Make sure that the respective teams follow their most updated SOPs related to their work, and that they update local SOPs when applicable.
• Ensure adherence to all relevant legal and company standards in procurement and contract processes and all other applicable activities.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including medical, legal, finance, and compliance, to support medical operations.
• Identify process improvement opportunities within procurement, contract activities and SOPs to enhance efficiency and effectiveness.
• Support budget related activities for medical affairs.
• Support medical affairs activities, such as MLORC and CRC.
• Provide training and guidance to team members on procurement processes and others as applicable.
• Prepare regular reports and analyses on procurement and contract activities, systems, and other projects to inform leadership decision-making.