Sourcing Specialist

AbbVie; Riverside (CA); On-site; USD 96,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Wellness perks

Career development

Job summary

AbbVie in Riverside, CA is seeking a Sourcing Specialist to own Written Communication from week one. The role emphasizes mentoring, cross-functional collaboration, and fast decision-making in a dynamic, design-led environment.

You will navigate a remote-friendly Riverside-based operation with flexible hours, competitive salary, and career development support as you grow into AbbVie's next initiatives.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of relevant experience in a sourcing/communication role.
• Proven ability to coordinate cross-functional teams.
• Strong written communication skills essential for stakeholder alignment.
• Experience mentoring or guiding peers and teams.
• Comfort presenting to large audiences and executives.
• Demonstrated ownership and accountability for outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on support to AbbVie colleagues and clients.
• Streamline mentoring processes and optimize existing practices.
• Advance decisions when consensus stalls to keep projects moving.
• Own mistakes openly and celebrate wins quietly.
• Map handoffs between CA teams to prevent gaps.
• Leverage persuasive communication to streamline tasks and increase capacity.
• Anticipate compliance considerations before they arise.

Skills

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Written Communication

Mentoring

Ownership mindset

Public speaking

Job description

When a Sourcing Specialist seat opens at AbbVie, it's because we trust someone new to own Written Communication from week one in Riverside. The shape of it is simple — bring 7 years and Cross-Functional Collaboration, take home $96,000 - $145,000, and grow into whatever AbbVie builds next.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide hands-on support to colleagues and AbbVie clients as needed
• Trim Mentoring processes that have quietly outlived their purpose
• Move general decisions forward when consensus stalls
• Own your mistakes loudly and your wins quietly
• Map the handoffs between CA teams so nothing falls in the cracks
• Use Persuasion to streamline routine tasks and free up capacity
• Anticipate the CA compliance wrinkle before it becomes a fire

What You'll Bring

• Comfort with the remote cadence of a Riverside-based operation
• Comfort presenting to a CA-wide audience without a script
• Eagerness to take ownership and run with new responsibilities
• Calm under the thoughtfully-bold chaos a senior role tends to generate

The story of AbbVie is really the story of Riverside, CA betting on a design-led idea about general and being proven right. We look out for one another, and burnout is treated as a problem to solve, not a badge to wear.

We reward mission-soaked contributors with $96,000 - $145,000, flexible hours, wellness perks, and meaningful career development support.

We bumped the date today, signaling this Sourcing Specialist search is ongoing.

Bring your Mentoring, your questions, and your ambition; we'll bring the rest at AbbVie.