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Customer Service Supervisor

AbbVie · North Chicago, IL · Full time · Supply Chain

Posted Aug 18, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Sep 22, 2026

Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

Tell me about training a direct report who was struggling with a task you had done for years.

What they are checking: The training accountability this posting places on the supervisor.

How do you write a performance review that is useful rather than a formality?

What they are checking: The formal review duty this posting names.

This supervises warehouse operations in Lake County with direct reports and project work. What do you want to know about the size of the team, the shift pattern and which facilities are in scope?

What they are checking: Checking span, shift and footprint before accepting.

What would you do

This supervises warehouses supporting distribution, manufacturing and site services. Walk me through how you would start a shift.

What they are checking: Practical command of a warehouse operation's daily rhythm.

How do you keep an area ready for an audit without it becoming a scramble every time one is announced?

What they are checking: The continuous audit readiness this posting requires.

A key performance indicator is missing target and your team says the target is wrong. How do you work that out?

What they are checking: Handling a disputed metric with the people it measures.

How do you balance employee safety against a schedule that is already behind?

What they are checking: The safety and productivity tension this posting names together.

The posting mentions ensuring systems and technology can support the area's capacity. How would you tell that capacity is running out?

What they are checking: Forward-looking capacity judgment rather than reacting to a bottleneck.

About the work

The posting names several regulators — the food and drug administration, drug enforcement administration, occupational safety and health administration, global trade and transportation security. Which of those most shapes how you run the area, and why?

What they are checking: Regulatory awareness across an unusually long list.

What does product integrity mean in a warehouse, and what would threaten it?

What they are checking: Understanding why storage conditions matter for pharmaceutical product.

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The full job description

As published by AbbVie.

Responsible for supervising warehouses supporting distribution, manufacturing or site services such as MRO or delivery services in Lake County. Ensure the Manager’s expectations for routine activities are met and may manage medium projects within the area. Responsible for ensuring facilities meet AbbVie external or internal customer expectations and support. Expected to maintain all Quality, Regulatory, Financial and Global Trade compliance expectations for the area and must ensure full compliance with FDA, DEA, OSHA, GTC, TSA and other regulatory expectations. Maintain efficient and compliant operations to ensure readiness to meet any internal, customer or regulatory audit. Required to maintain a safe and secure facility ensuring employee safety and product integrity. The Supervisor is expected to meet assigned goals and KPI’s and assure capacity, systems and technology is capable of supporting the assigned area. Responsibilities • Ensure area compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures • Be able to troubleshoot and execute problem solving with minimal supervision • Ensure daily, weekly and monthly assignments are completed per schedule • Ensure direct reports are appropriately trained to complete assigned tasks and complete formal written and verbal performance reviews as scheduled • Monitor daily work operations and provides direction to supervisors, group leaders, or other staff to achieve unit or departmental goals • Interact with internal and external customers, by meeting regularly, responding to requests and explaining procedures • Develop work schedules for department by assessing priorities, workload and available resources. • Maintain personnel records (e.g., work schedules, vacation schedules, leaves) and makes or directs modifications in the database to reflect actual change • Develops and/or identifies new work processes and the improved utilization of human and material resources within the assigned area or related departments, facilitates others participation in the continuous improvement program, and investigates and solves basic problems that impact work processes and personnel within a unit or department • Bachelor’s degree preferred with 5 years of related work experience or equivalent combination of education and work experience • 5 or more years supervisory or relevant experience • Required to attain Controlled Drug Agent status gained by passing the security screening process and training processes depending on department • Must be able to read and understand Procedures written in English ​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. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html