Senior Specialist, Business Enablement, Value Generation & Optimization

ABBVIE; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 85,000 - 162,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Senior Specialist, Business Enablement, Value Generation & Optimization, to advance procurement and operational excellence across its Operations network. You will partner with the Manager to identify and execute cross-site initiatives, driving efficiency and P&L impact while building strategic leadership capabilities.

You will own analytical workstreams, project tracking, and stakeholder engagement, helping develop business cases and ensuring timely delivery of value.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Mgmt or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in procurement, operations, supply chain, or business enablement.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project coordination activities and support cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to synthesize data.
• Experience with spend analysis, process improvement, or category management is preferred.
• Effective written and verbal communication across a matrixed organization.
• Experience with Power BI, Power Automate, Power Apps, Smartsheet, SharePoint.

Responsibilities

• Support cross-site value generation and harmonization initiatives.
• Gather data to analyze spend, process, and operational data for cost avoidance and efficiency gains.
• Assist in developing business cases, opportunity assessments, and leadership recommendations.
• Coordinate progress of initiatives, track milestones, benefits, risks, and dependencies.
• Support tail spend optimization through data gathering and solution coordination.
• Contribute to catalog strategies with adoption activities and gap identification.
• Support change management with communications, training logistics, and adoption tracking.
• Identify process improvements and standardization opportunities for scalable operations.
• Create dashboards, reporting tools, and program documentation for visibility.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and accountability across procurement and operations.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Problem solving

Project coordination

Stakeholder engagement

Communication (written)

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Supply Chain

Tools

Power BI

Power Automate

Power Apps

Smartsheet

SharePoint

Job description

Senior Specialist, Business Enablement, Value Generation & Optimization

• Full-time
• Salary Min: 84500
• Salary Max: 162000
• Workday Global Grade: 16
• Travel: No
• Compensation: USD 84500 - USD 162000 - yearly

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 atwww.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie onLinkedIn, Facebook ,Instagram ,X andYouTube.

Position Summary

The Senior Specialist, Business Enablement, Value Generation & Optimization, plays a meaningful role in advancing procurement and operational excellence across AbbVie's Operations network. Working in close partnership with the Manager, Business Enablement, Value Generation & Optimization, this role supports the identification, coordination, and execution of cross-site value generation and harmonization initiatives, with a direct contribution to efficiency, process improvement, and sustainable P&L impact.

This position is well suited for a motivated, analytically grounded professional who is eager to develop depth in business enablement, procurement strategy support, and cross-functional collaboration. The Senior Specialist will take ownership of analytical workstreams, project tracking, and stakeholder engagement activities, while progressively building the strategic and leadership capabilities necessary for broader accountability. This role is designed to serve as a structured developmental pathway toward the Manager, Business Enablement, Value Generation & Optimization role.

Key Responsibilities

• Support the execution of cross-site value generation and harmonization initiatives.
• Gather data to support analysis ofspend, process, and operational data analysis to surface opportunities for cost avoidance, efficiency improvement, and business performance enhancement across sites.
• Assist in the development and preparation of business cases, opportunity assessments, and recommendations to support decision-making by theleadership.
• Coordinate and track progress of key initiatives, monitoring milestones, benefits realization, risks, and dependencies, and communicating status updates toleadership andsite-levelstakeholders.
• Support tail spend optimization efforts through data gathering, opportunity sizing, solution coordination, and tracking of implementation outcomes.
• Contribute to the implementation and expansion of catalog strategies by facilitating adoption activities, identifying gaps, and supporting corrective action planning.
• Support change management activities by coordinating communications, training logistics, and adoption tracking to enable successful implementation of new processes, tools, and ways of working.
• Identify and document process improvement and standardization opportunities, contributing to the development of scalable and repeatable operational practices.
• Opportunity to learn and applysuppliernegotiationskills
• Create and maintain dashboards, reporting tools, and program documentation to ensure accurate, timely visibility into initiative progress and value delivery.
• Contribute to a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and results orientation across the procurement and operations network.

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Mgmt or related field.
• Minimum of 5 years of relevant experience in procurement, operations, supply chain, business enablement, or a related discipline.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project coordination activities and support cross-functional initiatives to deliver measurable outcomes.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to synthesize data and present actionable insights.
• Experience with spend analysis, process improvement,orcategory management supportpreferred.
• Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to engage and build credibility with stakeholders across a matrixed organization.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, meet deadlines, and operate with professionalism and a high degree of attention to detail.
• Experience supporting or participating in change management and implementation activities is a plus.
• Experience in Power BI, Power Automate,Power Apps, Smartsheet, SharePoint

Initiative and Drive

Collaboration and stakeholder engagement

Operational excellence

Accountability for results

Key Stakeholders:

Site Procurement, Category Leads/Managers, Procurement Leads, Procurement Strategy & Capabilities Team

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

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographiclocation,andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible toparticipatein our short-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company'ssoleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable 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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