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Senior Specialist, Procurement Management

AbbVie

Mettawa, ILJob$85K/yrSeen 3 days agoSeen in employer's feed 3 days ago

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Compensation
$85K/yr
Location
Mettawa, IL
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Requirements

Credentials this posting asks for.

Bachelor's degree

Job overview

The Senior Specialist, Procurement Management executes source-to-contract procurement processes aligned with business goals, industry practices, and category strategies. The role supports sourcing, contracting, supplier management, risk mitigation, and continuous improvement across commercial categories. It also maintains procurement policy compliance and contributes to supplier diversity and sustainability while overseeing Specialists’ procurement execution and developing category expertise.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Source-to-Contract ProcurementSourcingContractingSupplier ManagementNegotiationMicrosoft OfficePower PlatformProblem SolvingClear CommunicationExecutive FunctioningAutonomous WorkConsensus Building

Qualifications

Bachelor's in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management or Related Field5+ Years Procurement, Supply Chain or Related ExperiencePharmaceutical Industry KnowledgeCommercial Category Support Experience

Benefits

Paid Time Off
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

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, (https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbvie/) Facebook, Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/abbvie/) , X (https://twitter.com/abbvie) and YouTube. (https://www.youtube.com/user/AbbVie)

Job Description

Purpose:

The Senior Specialist, Procurement Management 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 an essential part in executing 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.

  • Support the Commercial Procurement organization by executing sourcing, contracting, and supplier management activities across commercial categories, including Creative, Media, Market Research, and Patient Support Services, in alignment with category strategies and brand/business priorities.

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

  • Execute supplier management activities in alignment to category SRM strategy, fostering a collaborative and innovative approach to supplier interactions, including 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 the PSC team, embracing and furthering a spirit of adaptability and innovation in procurement operations.

  • Oversee Specialists’ execution of procurement activities and provide feedback while developing own capabilities and accumulates category expertise in accordance with individual learning path.

  • Actively enable team goals, ensuring performance targets and objectives are delivered successfully.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Mgmt or related field.

  • Minimum of 5 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.

  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office suite (Power Platform).

  • Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry is preferred.

  • Experience supporting Commercial categories such as Creative, Media, Market Research, and Patient Support Services is preferred.

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

  • Impactful executive functioning abilities and autonomous work ethic, maintaining efficient performance in challenging situations and building consensus in decision-making.

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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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Salary: $84,500

How this job compares

Set against the 5,271 open Procurement jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 3, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$85K/yr
  • Illinois median$90–134K/yr118 salary ranges
  • US median$95–149K/yr2,943 salary ranges

This rate, $85K, is 26% below the Illinois median midpoint ($114K) — in the lowest quarter of Procurement salary ranges in Illinois.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 146 open Procurement jobs in Illinois and 5,271 across the US. 4% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Illinois
Experience
This posting asks for at least 5 years of experience; Procurement postings that state a minimum ask for 5 years at the median (4,163 postings).
Education
This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 2,329 of the 5,271 open Procurement jobs (44%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 3, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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