Manager, Supply Chain Planning

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.

The Global Supply Planning (GSP) manager’s role is to manage people, processes and systems for their team’s brands, as well as the planning, frameworks, sales and operations planning (S&OP), and sales and operations execution (S&OE). Responsible for the successful execution of planning processes that balance demand and supply resources and align plans to business objectives. Enables business leaders to make decisions that help realign execution with strategy in an ever-changing environment. Supports the organization to make better decisions and balance service, cost, inventory, sustainability, and risk. The GSP manager develops and maintains professional relationships with other functions, such as manufacturing, logistics, procurement, external contract manufacturing, commercial and finance to reconcile top-down financial plans with the bottom-up operational plans. This role involves developing team members by empowering them to excel and fostering a positive, inclusive workplace.

Responsibilities

• Directly manage a small team comprised of short-term, and/or end-to-end planners responsible for GSP for AbbVie brands. Builds positive culture and develops team members while overseeing the department. Monitors team workload, guides and coaches team through complex work issues, and answers questions. Interviews, hires, and recommends salary adjustments for team members, as needed. Collaborates with team members to establish performance goals, conducts performance reviews and provides feedback.
• Provides strategic and tactical leadership for the supply planning activities of
  designated products / brands within the pharmaceutical supply chain based on
  interpretation of demand requirements. Supervision of supply planning activities to maintain full product availability and to meet strategic and financial goals through a 24-month horizon.
• Own Supply Chain Planning activities to maintain required product availability and to meet
  strategic and financial needs of each product or brand whether manufactured within AbbVie or at Third Party manufacturers (TPMs).
• Achievement of key performance indicators for customer service/on time delivery, back order, on-time supply of product from manufacturing sources, backorder, excess and obsolescence, inventory health, hedging, and plan stability at sources.
• Collaborating with other departments and stakeholders to identify and maintain resources needed to establish and provide an effective supply chain.
• Serve as the point-person for escalation of portfolio and risk-related issues. Work with business unit leadership to align on consensus supply plans and final S&OP plans.
• Leading/contributing to special projects and other supply chain and business strategy initiatives.
• Supporting the annual and strategic planning and direction setting for the planning teams and supply chain function.
• Influence and collaborate with key partners in operations, finance and commercial to address input gaps as identified by forecast error, bias and volatility, supplier performance, supply constraints, and other means. • Influence and collaborate with key partners in operations, finance and commercial to address input gaps as identified by forecast error, bias and volatility, supplier performance, supply constraints, and other means.

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• Bachelors required, Master level preferred in Operations, Supply Chain or Business Management.
• MBA or APICS certification - desired
• 8 years’ experience in Operations, Supply Chain Management and/ or Financial Management with people management experience
• Hands-on experience applying lean manufacturing, 6-Sigma, and advanced planning and control
  methods
• Excellent leadership and people management/development skills are required
• Proven capability to manage and implement change management programs
• Ability to interact successfully in a divers global environment and with senior level
  management to effectively influence and manage change
• Must have excellent communication skills

Key Stakeholders 

Management, Operations, Finance, Affiliates, Manufacturing

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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. ​

• 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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