Specialist, Purchasing

2 weeks ago


SaintLaurent, Canada ABBVIE Full time

Joining AbbVie means, you will be part of a team of outstanding professionals dedicated to making a remarkable impact on patients' lives. At AbbVie, we conduct ground-breaking science on a global scale every day. AbbVie Canada is one of the Best Workplaces in Canada whereby 92% of our employees are proud to say they work for AbbVie.

When choosing your career path, choose to be remarkable.

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, eye care, virology, women’s health, and gastroenterology, in addition to products and services across its Allergan Aesthetics portfolio.

The Purchasing & Accounts Payable Specialist role’s primarily for providing the local expertise and support for accounts payable and some purchasing activities. The Purchasing and Accounts payable specialist is expected to work closely with the BPO, FSS, Local Indirect spend Requestors (SRM users) and Supervisor-Accounting services to work through the financial close process to produce financial statements in accordance with AbbVie’s policies and procedures, US and CDN GAAP.

Key responsibilities
- Purchasing and Accounts payable.
- Support for a Large Business Unit with high volumes.
- Maintain and administer vendor master file.
- Request new local vendor set up.
- Maintain catalog spend (local requirements).
- Complete 3rd party process.
- Processing approx. 10,000 non PO invoices (ACR), including Image invoices and sales tax coding.
- Process Image invoices for PO invoices (when received at the Affiliate, forward and track to Iron Mountain).
- Requisition and approve indirect spend for department where no admin or coordinator is in place (approx. 500 requisitions/year).
- Process receipts for department where no admin or coordinator is in place.
- Request New Shopping Cart items.
- Local Key User (LKU) 20% of responsibilities, including training SRM users and Go To Subject Matter Expert within the Affiliate.
- Recommend Process improvements and works with Foundation PTP Team.

Liaison with BPO Purchasing Agent, BPO AP and Purchasing PSM COE.

Education / Experience required
- Bachelor’s degree in accounting (a plus).
- 2-3 years of experience in Accounts payable.
- Experiences in a purchasing function (a plus).
- Experience with SAP.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced team environment.
- Very good interpersonal and communication skills.
- Great Initiative and self-motivating.
- Bilingual, English/French.

Essential skills and abilities
- Experience with SAP and other accounting systems preferred.
- Microsoft Office - intermediate level in excel
- Intermediate Accounting

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and encourages women, Aboriginal people, persons with disabilities and members of visible minorities to apply.

Covid vaccination new hires amendments:
Full vaccination against COVID-19 is a condition of employment for this position, with possible accommodation for validated exemptions, within the limits of applicable legislation. AbbVie employees are also required to comply with any COVID-19 related external requirements, including any testing requirements, applicable to their work activities outside AbbVie premises (for example, travelling and visiting stakeholders and customers).


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