Senior Specialist, Supplier Diversity & Sustainability

AbbVie is seeking a Senior Specialist in Supplier Diversity & Sustainability to enhance sustainable practices in procurement. The role involves developing strategies for supplier diversity, conducting assessments, implementing policies, and tracking initiatives. Candidates should have a Bachelor’s degree and at least 5 years of relevant experience. Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry is preferred. This position is based in Illinois and is not remote.
Company Description

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 – immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care – and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.
Job Description

The Senior Specialist, Supplier Diversity & Sustainability focuses on embedding sustainable practices within the company's procurement function. This role involves developing, implementing, and refining strategies and practices to integrate sustainability into procurement processes, improving efficiency, reducing environmental impact, and supporting ethical sourcing. The role works closely with Supplier Diversity & Sustainability leadership to ensure successful project management of sustainability initiatives.

Responsibilities
• Inform the development of Supplier Diversity & Sustainability strategy and roadmap alongside Lead, leveraging insights from collaboration with category management stakeholders.
• Assist in conducting assessments and analyzes to identify current gaps in supplier diversity, providing inputs to Supplier Sustainability and Environmental, Social, Governance (ESG) leads and shaping development Equity, Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EEDI)-focused initiatives.
• Develop Supplier Diversity & Sustainability policy and drive initiatives to align supplier portfolio and category management practices with procurement supplier diversity strategy.
• Drive Supplier Diversity & Sustainability policy through procurement training programs and close collaboration with category management teams, facilitating communication with suppliers to implement SDEI metrics and reporting.
• Implement and maintain processes for tracking and evaluating the effectiveness of supplier diversity policy and initiatives, identifying areas for improvement and encouraging collaboration with suppliers to further initiatives.
• Contribute to category, function, and enterprise status report on SDEI targets, informing internal discussions and external-facing updates of supplier diversity.
• Develop leadership skills through cross-functional collaboration with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Contribute to a team environment that values strategic thinking, proactive supplier management, and value creation.
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.
• Experience executing cross-functional initiatives and managing senior internal and external stakeholders.
• Proven expertise in supplier diversity or sustainability, supporting strategy development for ESG or EEDI.
• Experience executing supplier sustainability or EEDI initiatives and to achieve organizational targets.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and leadership skills.
• Knowledge of the pharmaceutical industry is preferred.
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. ​
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs​

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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.

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