AbbVie Posted August 10, 2026

Specialist I, Procurement Management

North Chicago, IL Full-time
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About this opportunity

Company Description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at  www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on  LinkedIn,   Facebook ,  Instagram ,  X  and  YouTube.

Job Description

The Procurement Specialist is responsible for executing source-to-contract procurement processes in alignment with business goals and industry best practices, ensuring compliance with procurement policies, and contributing to supplier diversity and sustainability. This role plays a key part in assisting with supplier management activities, implementing continuous improvement projects, and driving day-to-day supplier excellence.

Responsibilities:

Assist with source to contract procurement processes in line with business goals and industry best practices, ensuring alignment with defined category strategic vision.

Maintain compliance with procurement policy and team activities to business requirements of supplier diversity and sustainability, executing tactical processes to create value

Drive supplier management activities in alignment to category SRM strategy and for site-owned supplier relationships, fostering a collaborative and innovative approach to supplier interactions, including lower risk negotiations and workshops.

Adhere to risk mitigation plans developed in collaboration with Category Managers, providing tactical input on supplier performance and relaying the identification of procurement risks to safeguard the organization’s interest and maintain operational resilience.

Maintain excellence in all contract execution activities including source to contract and requisition to pay, implementing strategies to identify inefficiencies in process design and execution.

Execute continuous improvement projects initiated by PSC team, embracing and furthering a spirit of adaptability and innovation in procurement operations

Develop own capabilities and accumulates procurement expertise in accordance with individual learning path.

Actively assist in enabling team goals, ensuring performance targets and objectives are delivered successfully.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or related field or a minimum of 3 years of experience in procurement, supply chain or related business or operations function.

Previous experience in procurement activities including source to contract, requisition to pay, and negotiation.

Specific and tactical expertise in enabling implementation of procurement processes, including source-to contract planning and cost assessment, ensuring strategic and informed procurement decisions.

Previous experience in the respective procurement area.

Ability to enable the bidding and negotiation processes.

Capacity and experience assisting with collaborative supplier relationships, aligning procurement activities with business needs.

Innovative problem-solving skills combined with a solution-oriented mindset, enabling creative approaches and clear communication at all organizational levels.

Cross-functional collaboration abilities and teamwork skills, effectively navigating diverse team dynamics.

Strong soft skills and emotional intelligence, facilitating empathetic interactions, effective communication, and relationship-building.

Impactful abilities and strong work ethic, maintaining efficient performance in challenging situations and building consensus in decision-making.

Key Stakeholders: Business Leads, Business Partners, Category Leads/Managers, Procurement Leads, Procurement Strategy & Capabilities Office

Additional Information

​Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. ​

We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.​

This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. ​

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of  any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law. ​

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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Job details

Seniority
Not listed
Function
Procurement
Therapeutic area
Not listed
Location
North Chicago, IL
Employment type
Full-time

How this role compares

Computed from every other active Procurement role in our database, not just this employer's listings.

We currently track 241 comparable Procurement roles across 45 biopharma companies.

241Comparable roles tracked
221Currently active
45Companies hiring similar roles
32Countries represented

Salary context

45 of 241 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)

Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.

This roleSubject $58,656/yr – $103,500/yr
Lowest disclosed · Purchasing Specialist 2 · Merck KGaA $67,600/yr – $101,400/yr
Peer group range $84,500 – $299,750 (median $167,375)

Where these roles are based

Top locations among the 241 comparable roles

United States72
Poland17
India15
United Kingdom14
Philippines13
Spain13

+ 26 more countries

Seniority mix

180 of 241 peers have a known seniority level

Manager101
Associate Director22
Director20
Senior19
Intern/Fellow/Postdoc9
Associate5
Senior Director3
Principal1

Therapeutic area mix

0 of 241 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden

No peers with a known therapeutic area yet.

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How we calculate "similar"

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Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.

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