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
Open to candidates located in Illinois or New Jersey.
The Supply Chain Planner is responsible for the short to long range end-to-end supply chain planning activities as well as controlling the flow of product between manufacturing sites and the central distribution centers. The objective is to create a feasible end-to-end manufacturing and replenishment plan for the manufacturing sites and Distribution centers which aligns with Brand strategy, meets market demand and optimizes inventory levels. To achieve this, the Supply Chain Planner builds strong relationships with supplying sites, brand operations managers, TPM managers, Quality Assurance, Finance and Distribution and other stakeholders. The Supply Chain Planner knows the business and anticipates future opportunities and risks, and continuously raises the bar to ensure success for AbbVie and the patients.
Responsibilities:
+ Create, monitor and maintain a feasible 24 month end-to-end volume (replenishment/production) and inventory plan for all assigned product families that conform to business strategies, financial and throughput plans, capacity constraints and the target inventory profiles to support monthly sales and operations planning process and PLAN/LBE process.
+ Act as partner for the Brand Leader and other brand team members to determine the impact of projects and strategic decisions on volumes and inventory
+ Leverage the global planning system, and monitor and maintain planning parameters and data to ensure AbbVie manufacturing sites and affiliates have reliable data to look at and output from the system can be used for third party manufacturers and customers.
+ Participate in or initiate the periodic S&OP process.
+ Daily contact with one or multiple (internal/external) supplying plants to coordinate the supply of pharmaceutical finished product, bulk, active pharmaceutical ingredient or supporting materials
+ Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, within the organization, AbbVie manufacturing plants, Third party suppliers and cross-functional personnel.
+ Participate in cross functional projects as Subject Matter Expert or lead for supply chain planning.
+ Provide training and drive continuous improvement for areas where identified as a Process Owner.
+ Offer innovative ideas and solutions to maximize business opportunities to address challenges in the brand planning function.
+ Influence others and act as a credible and respected role model (coach/mentor) and resource among peers for onboarding/training new employees.
Qualifications
+ Minimum Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain Management, Engineering or Science
+ 3 to 5 years of work experience in a similar environment, is preferred
+ Must be experienced with advanced planning systems and ERP systems, preferably JDA and SAP
+ Ability to be a team player with focus on improvement and strong drive for results
+ Must possess excellent overall view and analytical skills
+ Excellent written and oral communication skills are required
+ Excellent organizational skills are required
+ Proven ability to possess strong problem solving, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
+ Ability to step up and takes leadership to own challenges
+ Must be persistent and resilient when confronted with obstacles, and resolves issues in a timely manner
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ?
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+ 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 a 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 an equal opportunity employer and 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. US & Puerto Rico only – to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html