Regional Transportation Manager

Allergan; Zwolle; Hybrid; EUR 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a Regional Transportation Manager to ensure efficient delivery of products to affiliates, regional customers and patients within the region, while meeting service, quality and regulatory standards.

You will lead complex logistics optimization, coordinate with regional affiliates and external vendors, and drive KPI improvements across transportation operations to support AbbVie’s supply chain strategy.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Supply Chain preferred; MBA a plus.
• Must be fluent in English and a primary language of the region.
• 8–10 years in logistics planning, distribution/transportation operations, and project management; experience with 4PLs is a plus.
• Proven experience across geographies with international reporting structures and leadership.
• Experience with MS Project, PowerPoint, Excel; knowledge of financial systems/tools.

Responsibilities

• Lead regional logistics optimization initiatives to meet customer and AbbVie requirements.
• Serve as D&L Center of Excellence Transportation SME for regional initiatives and contracts.
• Direct data gathering, modeling, and vendor sourcing for transportation.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams across R&D, Manufacturing, Finance, QA, and Purchasing.
• Manage external vendors (air freight, ocean, trucking) and KPI tracking.
• Drive continuous improvement in regional transportation performance.

Skills

Logistics planning

Supply chain knowledge

Cross-functional leadership

Strategic thinking

Regulatory knowledge

Project management

English fluency

Education

Bachelor's degree in Business or Supply Chain

MBA is a plus

Tools

MS Project

PowerPoint

Excel

MS Word

Job description

Company Description

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, XandYouTube.

Job Description

AbbVie is a global, research-based biopharmaceutical company formed in 2013 following separation from Abbott. AbbVie combines the focus and passion of a leading-edge biotech with the expertise and capabilities of a long-established pharmaceutical leader to develop and market advanced therapies that address for the patient some of the most complex and serious diseases.

The Regional Transportation Manager (RTM)is responsible for ensuring the efficiency of delivering AbbVie products to affiliates, regional customers and AbbVie patients within the region while meeting or exceeding all service requirements, quality and regulatory standards, and operational objectives.

Responsibilities

• The primary function of the Regional Transportation Manager (RTM) is to take responsibility and manage broad based complex logistics optimization initiates designed to respond to the requirements of AbbVie’s customers, as gathered and defined by the local “in-market” Commercial Affiliates within the Region, and to do so in the most cost effective way possible.
• You will be recognized as the primary Distribution and Logistics (D&L) Center of Excellence (COE) Transportation Subject Matter Expert (SME) coordinating strategic logistics initiatives for existing/new products (and their precursors) shipped into, out of and within the region, as well as the day to day contact for regional transportation operations.
• As RTM you will direct the team's information gathering, data manipulation, and strategic modeling efforts as they collaborate on regional vendor sourcing strategies and negotiate transportation contracts with indirect purchasing and supplier management operations.
• Internal global supply chain teams are made up of representatives from Regional and Commercial Affiliate organizational structures which include specialties such as R&D, Manufacturing, Transportation Operations, Distribution, Commercial, Engineering, Planning, Finance, Security, Purchasing, Global Trade Compliance and Quality Assurance.
• External team members will include third party vendors such as air freight providers, ocean carriers and trucking companies.
• As RTM you will maintain KPI’s for regional transportation providers and initiate improvement projects where needed to address KPI shortcoming, or to foster a continuous improvement mentality with the providers.

Qualifications

• You will bring a broad business perspective, knowledge and understanding of supply chain and logistics processes. Bachelor’s degree in Business or Supply Chain is preferred. MBA is a plus.
• Must be fluent in English and a primary language of the region being managed
• A minimum of 8-10 years of experience in areas such as: logistics planning, distribution operations, transportation operations, and project management experience. You need a broad business perspective, knowledge and understanding of supply chain and logistics processes and proven history of delivering transportation solution through and managing the performance of Third Party Logistics Providers. Experience with 4PL’s is a plus.
• Proven experience working across geographies, including an international reporting structure andinternational team membership/leadership is required. Strong strategic planning skills coupled with the necessary knowledge of logistics network design, strategic modeling, and supply chain operations must be demonstrated.
• Demonstrated proficiency with common software tools (e.g. MS Project, PowerPoint, MS Word, Excel) and techniques (i.e. plans, schedules, presentations, etc.) with a strong knowledge of business financial systems and tools.
• Experience with International or local pharmaceutical regulatory/QA knowledge is desirable.

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Additional Information

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.

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