Associate Director, Front End Planning

ABBVIE; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 142,000 - 269,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO

Medical coverage

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie in North Chicago, IL is seeking an experienced engineer to execute feasibility and conceptual designs for operations long-range planning and capital planning cycles. The role focuses on Front End Planning (FEP) to support existing or new products and to identify core technologies and manufacturing requirements.

Responsibilities include developing FEP deliverables, cost estimates, schedules, and aligning capex with global capacity initiatives within a manufacturing network.

Qualifications

• B.S. Engineering or equivalent; M.S. Engineering preferred; MBA desirable.
• 10–15 years of chemical/pharmaceutical manufacturing, engineering, project management, including estimate generation.
• Broad business perspective and understanding of manufacturing processes across modalities including API, OSD, Biologics, Sterile Fill and Packaging.
• Strong project experience and ability to influence others is essential.
• Multi divisional and operational line management experience desirable.

Responsibilities

• Develop comprehensive FEP deliverables including manufacturing design scenarios, cost estimates and schedules.
• Develop capex for multiple scenarios to align with global capacity initiatives.
• Execute FEP studies to evaluate new commercial opportunities between BD, ECM, R&D and manufacturing.
• Provide leadership to manufacturing and consulting teams to maintain momentum on early-stage studies.
• Provide technical input and decision analysis to challenge assumptions and develop contingency plans.

Skills

Engineering expertise

Project management

Manufacturing knowledge

Education

B.S. Engineering

M.S. Engineering

MBA desirable

Job description

• Compensation: USD 141,500 - USD 268,500 - yearly

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 , X and YouTube.

Job Description

Responsible for executing feasibility and conceptual level designs that directly support the strategic initiatives outlined in the Operations long range planning and capital planning cycles.

Ensure that Engineering Front End Planning (FEP) objectives are met for engineering designs required to support the existing or new products manufactured by AbbVie. Identify core technologies, designs, and manufacturing requirements needed to develop AbbVie’s manufacturing sites.

Assist in Developing strategies for the manufacturing network to optimize capabilities as measured by cost, capacity, manufacturing, expertise, environment and regulatory compliance. Support development of capital and expense cost estimates and schedules for capital projects at AbbVie’s manufacturing plants or within Global Engineering. Ensure strategic design proposals are controlled by the engineers and project managers and are linked together into a global manufacturing plan through Engineering FEP deliverables and the capital planning financial cycle.

Responsibilities:

• Will develop comprehensive FEP deliverables including manufacturing design scenarios, cost estimates, schedules, and key strategic issues needed to facilitate investment decisions necessary to execute capital projects and facilitate manufacturing, capacity expansions, and network optimization. These early-stage studies should be executed against FEP check lists to ensure that all identifiable issues have been examined and addressed in LRP and Capital Planning scenarios.
• Develop capex for multiple scenarios to align with strategies for key products per global capacity initiatives with regard to cost, tax impact and center of excellence analysis.
• Execute FEP studies to evaluate new commercial opportunities between business development, ECM, R&D, and manufacturing to provide rapid cost-effective manufacturing decisions.
• Provide leadership and a common vision to the manufacturing teams or consulting teams to ensure that roles and issues are clearly understood. Motivate these teams to ensure that momentum is maintained to rapidly develop these early-stage project studies.
• Provide technical input and decision analysis based on the incumbents broad based manufacturing experience to ensure that project assumptions are challenged, options are fully explored, and contingency plans are developed.

Qualifications

• B.S.Engineering or equivalent. M.S.Engineering preferred. MBA desirable.
• Minimum of 10-15 years of chemical/ pharmaceutical manufacturing, engineering, project management, including estimate generation.
• Broad business perspective, knowledge and understanding of manufacturing processes across modalities including API, OSD, Biologics, Sterile Fill and Packaging.
• Strong project experience and an ability to influence others is essential.
• Multi divisional and operational line management experience desirable.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal 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, andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
• This job is eligible toparticipatein our long-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of any bonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company's sole andabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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.