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Specialist I, Procurement Management

AbbVie · North Chicago, IL · Full time · Finance

Posted Aug 10, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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About your past

Tell me about a sourcing event you ran. What did you learn about writing the requirement?

What they are checking: Practical sourcing experience and self-correction.

This is a Specialist I seat in North Chicago sitting under category managers and procurement managers who have also been posted. What would you want to know about how the team divides work?

What they are checking: That they see the structure above them and ask where they fit.

What would you do

You would adhere to risk mitigation plans developed by category managers and give tactical input on supplier performance. What supplier performance signal would you escalate?

What they are checking: Judgment about what a category manager needs to hear from the tactical layer.

You would maintain compliance with procurement policy including supplier diversity and sustainability requirements. How do you meet a diversity target without compromising on capability?

What they are checking: A practical answer rather than a policy restatement.

A business team has already agreed terms with a supplier before coming to you. What do you do?

What they are checking: Handling the most common failure in procurement without losing the internal relationship.

How do you keep a supplier honest on delivery when your leverage is limited?

What they are checking: Influence without contractual power, which is most of a specialist's day.

About the work

This role executes source-to-contract procurement. Walk me through that process from a business need arriving to a signed contract.

What they are checking: Whether they know the steps rather than the phrase.

You would drive supplier management for site-owned supplier relationships. How is managing a site relationship different from managing a category-level one?

What they are checking: Understanding of where their authority sits versus a category manager's.

What do you check in a contract before it goes for signature?

What they are checking: Contract execution attention, named as a duty.

How do you decide whether an existing contract should be renewed, renegotiated or competed?

What they are checking: Renewal judgment rather than automatic extension.

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The full job description

As published by AbbVie.

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. • 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 ​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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