Associate Director, OpEx, Training and Digital Operations

AbbVie; Branchburg Township (NJ); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking an Associate Director of OpEx, Training and Digital Ops to lead site strategy, standardize ways of working, and drive continuous improvement across value streams. The role requires coordinating across functions, resolving conflicts, and promoting a culture of excellence aligned with the site’s strategic goals.

The position emphasizes leadership alignment, process standardization (5S, Leader Standard Work), and delivering a digital roadmap to advance Factory of the Future.

Qualifications

• Bachelor in Science or Engineering with OpEx project leadership.
• Lean Six Sigma knowledge and certification favored.
• Experience leading cross-functional OpEx initiatives.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate leadership in building site strategy, prioritization and execution.
• Drive alignment and communication of shared goals across the site.
• Drive transformational change across end-to-end value streams including operational efficiencies and new technology.
• Build a continuous improvement culture by defining standards for Operational Excellence (Tier Boards, Gemba Walks, Leader Standard Work, 5S).
• Oversee the Site Digital Roadmap supporting the Factory of the Future and Digital Operations strategy.
• Manage and direct the Site Learning & Training team to ensure engaging training of site personnel.

Skills

Data analytics

Operational Excellence

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor of Science or Engineering

Tools

Lean Six Sigma

5S

Value stream mapping

Job 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.

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

The Associate Director, OpEx, Training and Digital Ops is responsible for developing and aligning leadership on site strategy and building a culture of continuous improvement across the entire value chain. This is a highly visible and interactive position that is expected to lead to change in challenging environments and overcome status quo resistance. This person will be responsible for facilitating leadership alignment of site priorities to drive transformation of the site. This position will set standards for ‘how we work’ - OPEX, while engaging champions across different functions of the site to drive standardization and improvement. This position will take appropriate action to resolve conflicts and will promote continuous improvement mindset in alignment with organizational strategy.

Responsibilities

• Facilitate leadership in building site strategy, prioritization and execution.
• Drive alignment and communication of shared goals and objectives across the site.
• Drive transformational change across the end-to-end value streams including operational efficiencies, new technology, and organizational improvements
• Build a continuous improvement culture across the entire site by defining standards for ‘how we work’ – Operational Excellence (Tier Boards, Gemba Walks, Leader Standard Work, 5S, etc.)
• Oversee the development and implementation of Site Digital Roadmap supporting Factory of the Future and the Digital Operations strategy.
• Manage and direct the site Learning & Training team to ensure engaging and effecting training of site personnel.

Qualifications

• Strong data analytics and management skills, including the ability to interpret business needs, translate them into operational requirements and drive standardization and improvement towards those requirements
• Strong Operational Excellence and manufacturing background and knowledge of complex Lean & Six Sigma methodologies and tools.
• Bachelor in Science or Engineering with demonstrated management skills working on OpEx projects in a multi-disciplined environment
• Black Belt certification is a plus but at a minimumm you should have the Green Belt certification
• Demonstrable experience in leading operational excellence projects of significant size and scope using OpEx methodologies, resulting in quantifiable business benefit in a global and multi-cultural environment.
• Hands-on experience applying lean manufacturing, 6-Sigma and advanced planning and control methods/tools is needed for this role and you will have strong knowledge of Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Operational Excellence (Pharma/Bio or Device).
• 12-15 years of industry experience, 5 or more years OpEx experience in a leadership capacity.
• Strategic thinking, innovative leader with strong communication, organization, analytical, presentation, and people skills.

Preferred

• 8 years’ experience Operational Excellence: Lead site-wide continuous improvement efforts by establishing standard work and driving Operational Excellence practices to improve performance across value streams.
• 8 years’ experience Site Strategy: Partner with site leadership to define priorities, execute long-range planning, and manage capital improvement initiatives.
• 8 years’ experience Training & Development: Oversee the Learning & Training function to ensure effective training programs that build site capability.
• 8 years’ experience Digitization: Develop and execute the Site Digital Roadmap in support of the Factory of the Future and Digital Operations strategy.

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 Company believes in good faith it will pay for this roleat the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on manyfactors 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.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount isearned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that areallocable 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 absolutediscretion, consistent with applicable law.

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