Joe Gauthier, CSCP

Supply Chain Brand Director for AbbVie's Neuroscience portfolio.

Supply Chain Brand Manager for Humira and RINVOQ

- Communicate/Align with management and stakeholder groups impacted by Indirect/Commercial Purchasing category strategies. - Influences, inspires and directs others toward the achievement of objectives across functions and throughout the global purchasing organization. - Design and partner with purchasing category leads to build strategy to meet financial savings targets - Deliver Executive Purchasing Review to CPO and Finance Leaders on purchasing integration within business units

- People Manager of 8-10 employees/contractors focused on transactional and cross-functional support functions within the US Commercial/Lake County Procure-To-Pay Process - Managed a US Commercial Purchasing & Supplier Management Concierge Team who support the Purchase Order and Administrative Check Request Process - Re-designed organization to be able to respond faster to stakeholder needs by outsourcing transactional activities and re-purposing employees focused on customer service thus resulting in increased response times to stakeholders. Currently 80% of stakeholder inquiries are answered and/or actioned within 24 hours - Managed a Purchasing & Supplier Management (PSM) Service Center Team to provide an enhanced experience for PSM customers within AbbVie by providing a single point-of-contact for questions, ensuring all inquiries and requests are resolved in a timely manner and improve the quality and consistency of information being provided to stakeholders. - Optimized process for working with PSM’s Third Party provider and PSM Service Center Team by liaising with global PSM business units to better understand process constraints to improve stakeholder support. - Supported the operational readiness of the PSM Organization as procure-to-pay projects deploy

- Designed and implemented Direct Purchasing Processes to be used to support the procurement and movement of direct materials within AbbVie's Supply Chain - SAP Design - Direct Purchasing Processes, Third-Party Manufacturing & Toll-Manufacturing

Client: AbbVie Project: Foundation Role: Global Deployment Specialist Description: - Deployed SAP SRM (Supplier Relationship Management) systems to Abbvie Manufacturing & Affiliate locations globally within an 18-month aggressive time-frame - Strategically implemented AbbVie Global Indirect Procure-To-Pay policies that included an integrated Purchasing and Supplier Management Center of Excellence and a Business Process Outsourcer to cover many Accounts Payable functions - Demonstrated to AbbVie employees how to build collaborative supplier relationships and integrate suppliers into newly outlined indirect procurement processes - Identified automated operational processes to reduce purchasing errors, eliminate manual tasks and provide more procurement control Client: Client: Saudi Arabia National Guard (SANG) Project: Automated Logistics Support System (ALSS) - Supply Chain Transformation Role: Business Process Analyst - Material Management/Maintenance - Executed the “As-Is’ Supply Chain process analysis regarding material management operations for SANG’s Oracle ERP implementation - Developed the “To-Be” processes for material management that SANG will use upon implementing an Oracle ERP solution - Visited multiple SANG material and supply warehouses to observe current replenishment processes - Aligned and managed IBM’s internal SANG project plan to document all business activities and support deliverables to SANG Client: Client: Department of the Interior Project: FBMS (Financial and Business Management System) Role: Deployment 7 Testing Lead / Test Execution Coordinator / Cutover Coordinator - SAP Implementation - SAP Solutions Testing

- Organize a prioritization matrix for third-party services required to be contracted at Ste. Genevieve cement plant. - Developed CEP’s for third party services to be handed to procurement specialists. - Negotiated prices with potential service providers. - Finalized third party service contracts with suppliers for work through the remainder of 2009. - Developed an optimization plan for Mason City’s vendor managed areas of the warehouse. - Managed stock strategies with suppliers over consign/committed inventories. - Composed a 2007 Total Spend Report for Mason City’s procurement and non-procurement purchases. - Set stock strategies for vendor managed areas of the plant warehouse. - Preformed vendor reduction analysis for efforts to gain new contracts with preferred vendors. - Provided new warehouse staff with a “Best Warehouse Practices” guide to help as they started-up a new seven million dollar warehouse.