at AbbVie in North Chicago, Illinois, United States
Job Description
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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Job Description
Purpose
The Finance Lead, Inventory Analytics leads inventory forecast cycles, provides financial leadership and expertise around processes and policies governing inventory, promotes cross-functional collaboration, supports the Operations Brand Teams for certain products, and drives automation and improvements in inventory consolidation and reporting. This position rolls up under Operations (Supply Chain) Finance and partners closely with Supply Chain, Brand Management, and Manufacturing.
Responsibilities
+ Lead global inventory reporting cycles and manage templates (Actuals and LBE) as required and incorporate review changes of both financial and operating management.
+ Assist with preparation of robust slide decks for monthly management reporting covering topics such as unapproved inventory, inventory reserves, and distressed inventory.
+ Be a role model by demonstrating team vision, enabling change, and promoting teamwork.
+ Drive inventory governance through adherence to policy and standardization of inventory processes.
+ Drive improvements to data integrity, building robust and agile reporting, and process simplification.
+ Help drive inventory automation by advancing technologies and functionality enhancements.
+ Support business partners globally by providing actionable insight on inventory holdings.
+ Participate in Brand Team meetings to learn more about some of our key products and business dynamics which can impact our inventory balances.
+ May have supervisory responsibility for one or more direct reports.
+ Ability to influence cross-functionally and drive tasks to consensus / closure and to work independently, adjusting priorities as needed.
+ Strong communication skills, able to synthesize complex concepts into simple terms with ability to innovate and maintain a continuous improvement attitude.
+ Individual must be self-motivated and demonstrate a high level of accountability with demonstrated problem solving skills.
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8-hour day)
Qualifications
+ Bachelor’s degree in Finance or Accounting. CPA or MBA a plus.
+ Minimum 6+ years of progressive and related experience.
+ Strong financial, analytical and problem solving skills.
+ Strong communication skills (verbal and written).
+ Proficiency in Excel required.
+ Knowledge of SAP and Power Bi a plus.
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. ?
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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.
AbbVie is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.