Supply & Planning Operations Manager- Onsite

AbbVie; Irvine; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A global healthcare company in Scotland is looking for a Planning and Material Management Manager to oversee production planning, warehousing, and supplier management. The ideal candidate will have 8-10 years of experience in Operations or Supply Chain and expertise in ERP systems like SAP. Join a team dedicated to innovation and improving health outcomes.

Benefits

Comprehensive benefits package

Paid time off

Short-term incentive programs

Long-term incentive programs

Qualifications

• Minimum 8 - 10 years of extensive experience in Operations or Supply Chain.
• Knowledge of end-to-end drug substance manufacturing process.
• Demonstrated organizational and planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production planning, purchasing, warehousing, and shipping.
• Coordinate to maintain manufacturing production schedules.
• Manage inventory levels to meet production needs.

Skills

Operational management

Supply Chain Management

Planning systems knowledge

Excellent communication skills

Problem-solving

Education

BS, MS or PHD in Science, Engineering or Business

Tools

ERP systems (preferably SAP)

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 X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Job Description

The Planning and Material Management Manager oversees production planning, purchasing, warehousing, shipping, and coordinating incoming sampling operations. The position is also responsible for the development of the long and short range planning of production materials, with regards to forecasting product volumes and demands, costs, manufacturing capacity, and inventory investment goals. Execute inventory plans and supplier management to ensure assurance of supply, receive and ship on time. Oversees all Quality, Regulatory and Financial expectations for the area and must ensure full compliance with FDA, CDC and other regulatory agencies.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates cross functionally to update and maintain the accuracy of the Manufacturing Production Schedule to ensure manufacturing activities are planned for according to priority and availability of equipment, personnel, and materials.
• Manages direct material inventory levels. Helps ensure availability of materials for production needs that meet storage capacity. Also includes monitoring of the Select Agent Inventory System.
• Manages the execution and coordination of warehousing activities to ensure the receiving, inspection, and sampling of all materials are handled and managed in compliance.
• Manages the manufacturing services team where responsibilities include oversight of team’s execution of pre and post batch preparation activities.
• Coordinates the sales and operations planning (S&OP) process with the team including supply/demand forecasting and on time delivery.
• Oversight of SAP recipe data ensuring master data setup accuracy and integrity.
• Evaluates technology solutions to improve scheduling and inventory planning.
• Ensure an effective inventory replenishment process for Direct materials in conjunction with Procurement team. Provides oversight for all the materials in our approved supplier list (ASL).
• Lead complex improvement projects in coordination with global procurement team on ordering, deliveries, vendor selection and negotiations.
• Build and maintain effective relationships with key Operations stakeholders.

Qualifications

• BS, MS or PHD in Science, Engineering or Business
• Minimum 8 - 10 years of extensive experience in Operations, Supply Chain Management, or related experiences
• Knowledge of end to end drug substance manufacturing process
• Strong knowledge of Planning and Quality systems
• Must be experienced with ERP systems, preferably SAP.
• Persistent, resilient and resourceful when confronted with obstacles, and resolved issues in a timely manner.
• Demonstrated organizational and planning skills, employee mentoring/coaching, excellent verbal and written communication skills

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 Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemay ultimatelypay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/visioninsurance 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

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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