Associate Director, Supply Chain Brand

Allergan; Chicago, Northern (IL, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

AbbVie in Chicago seeks an experienced Senior Supply Chain and Operations Leader to coordinate complex teams across the immunology portfolio, aligning demand, supply and strategic initiatives with KPI-driven oversight.

You will partner with executives to manage lifecycle programs, drive risk management, and guide cross-functional changes from development through brand planning, ensuring continuity of supply and seamless integration of development assets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in STEM or related field; MBA preferred.
• 8+ years in pharma or regulated life sciences.
• Strong strategic thinking and executive-level influencing skills.
• Proficiency in data analytics and storytelling with data.
• Experience with manufacturing or pharma operations.

Responsibilities

• Directs S&OP topics at the executive level, aligning demand and supply planning with KPIs.
• Oversees and aligns financial planning cycles (LRP and annual Plan) with inventory strategies.
• Leads lifecycle management, coordinating cross-functional teams for changes and supply chain programs.
• Collaborates with Industrialization to integrate developmental products into brand planning.
• Ensures alignment between brand and Clinical Drug Supply Management for trials.
• Guides asset strategies and roadmaps with PPDST and Asset Strategy Teams.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Executive communication

Change management

Data analytics

Pharma industry experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree (preferred STEM or similar)

Masters/MBA preferred

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, X and YouTube.

Job Description

Purpose

Coordinates complex Supply Chain and Operations Teams to align with business goals, ensuring strategic contributions and compliance. Lead complex operations impacting billion-dollar sales within the Immunology Portfolio, interface with stakeholders, manage strategies, risk management, and lead negotiations. Primary interface with a wide variety of functions in both Ops and Commercial. Ensures alignment on brand/product forecasts, as well as key cross functional project initiatives (Commercial Directors, VPs, and SVPs).

Responsibilities

• Directs and presents S&OP topics at the executive level across functions, driving synergy between demand and supply planning, with comprehensive oversight of operational performance via KPIs and other targets. Develops and drives strategies to ensure long term continuity of supply.
• Oversees and aligns the financial planning cycle, including LRP and annual Plan, while managing inventory and ensuring synchronization of strategic goals with financial planning across functions.
• Leads lifecycle management with a strategic view, ensuring changes align with business goals and collaborating with cross-functional teams for smooth transitions. Creates change plans and supply chain assessments in executing lifecycle programs.
• Interacts with the Industrialization team to ensure strategic integration of developmental products into brand planning, aligning timelines and resource allocation with operational strategies.
• Directs alignment between brand and Clinical Drug Supply Management to meet strategic trial needs, ensuring synchronization of supply chain and clinical demand planning.
• Oversees interaction with PPDST and Asset Strategy Teams ensuring collaborative strategy development, aligning product roadmaps and brand positioning with asset strategies.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree (preferred STEM or similar area, Masters preferred including MBA); 8+ years of experience.
• Requires high-level strategic thinking, excellent communication, shaping discussion and influencing at the executive level, and large-scale change management skills.
• Operations experience preferred; in pharma / regulated life sciences business.
• Strong knowledge in data analytics and telling a story through data.
• Filtering and identifying the business critical aspects of a problem (separate the minor issues from the major issues).
• Required manufacturing or other pharma experience.

Additional Information

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• 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.

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