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Administrative Assistant (onsite role)

AbbVie
North Chicago, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 6 Aug 2025

About the role

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 XFacebookInstagramYouTubeLinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

Purpose

Responsible for all administrative functions of the department: answering phones, calendar management, scheduling travel, managing correspondence and scheduling couriers, processing expense reports, meeting/event planning, creating or modifying business documents, preparing presentations from source materials, handling teleconference setups, and acting as a liaison for remote access issues.

Responsibilities

  • Provides general administrative support. May provide back up support to higher-level management as needed.
  • Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures. Follows purchasing and requisition procedures, Corporate Security and Privacy Rules, Corporate Branding Guidelines, and Copy Center procedures (if applicable).
  • Interacts with high-level executives and handles confidential or business-sensitive information.
  • May include some support for tracking budget expenditures.
  • Coordinates and maintains departmental files, as assigned, in compliance with corporate and government regulations.
  • Orders business cards and stationery.
  • Uses and understands Microsoft Office Suite, and other business-specific software, including the Corporate Travel Web site, and employee performance management systems (as applicable).
  • Coordinates new employee office set-ups and onboarding. 
  • Experience supporting an industrial plant (safety supplies, chemical orders, uniforms, fleet vehicle management preferred. 
  •  Experience with procure to pay process, onboarding vendors, etc) preferred.
  • May train/coordinate work for new administrative assistants.
  • Operates with general instruction and some supervision.

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AbbVie

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