Future Opportunities - Join Our Talent Pipeline for Supervisor, Audit

BioSpace; North Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 35,000 - 173,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Health benefits

Dental/Vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie is seeking a seasoned Audit and Compliance Senior Auditor/Lead to perform comprehensive audits for regulatory compliance across US and international sites. You will evaluate quality systems, ensure adherence to GMP standards, and drive corrective actions with cross-functional teams.

This role requires extensive QA/auditing experience, strong communication, and the ability to balance involvement with objectivity to support AbbVie’s quality and safety commitments.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in technical or scientific area with sufficient exposure to pharmaceutical, medical device, biologics and related industries.
• 6+ years total experience including 4+ years in Quality Assurance and 2+ years in compliance/auditing.
• Technical background with understanding of QA audit process and GMP regulatory requirements.
• Knowledge of quality/operational systems supporting facility, product design, development, production, distribution, installation, service and related quality management.

Responsibilities

• Assesses compliance of systems, facilities and procedures per regulations and AbbVie specifications.
• Provides feedback through audit observations and reviews corrective actions for effectiveness and sustainability.
• Participates in strategic initiatives to improve regulatory compliance.
• Collaborates with R&D QA to coordinate and conduct joint audits.
• Communicates and coordinates supplier audit activities with internal and external stakeholders.
• Ensures audits follow the annual schedule and are conducted properly.
• Ensures no product launch delays or business interruptions due to supplier audits.

Skills

Communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Judgment

Organizational skills

Influence others

Self-reliance

Education

Bachelor's degree in technical/scientific field

ASQ certification desired

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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onX,Facebook,Instagram,YouTube,LinkedInandTik Tok.

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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onX,Facebook,Instagram,YouTube,LinkedInandTik Tok.

Job Description

Thank you for considering a future opportunity with our company! We are not currently hiring for this specific role, but we would love to connect with talented individuals who are interested in potential future positions. By joining our talent pipeline, you will be the first to be notified when suitable opportunities arise.

In this talent pipeline requisition, we are not actively recruiting for this position at the moment. However, we are building a network of exceptional individuals who possess the skills and experience required for future openings. By submitting your application to this requisition, you will be added to our talent pipeline and considered for future opportunities.

Qualifications

Purpose The function of Audit and Compliance Senior Auditor/Lead is to performs comprehensive audits for compliance with US and foreign regulation requirements, providing constructive evaluation of quality related systems for AbbVie plants, affiliates, quality service areas and/or suppliers that provide materials, services, and products to AbbVie. Their execution in the area of GMP compliance and quality assures that activities are performed and documented in accordance with AbbVie policies/procedures and applicable quality and regulatory requirements intended to assure the quality, effectiveness, and safety of our products. This position serves a tactical purpose for AbbVie and must achieve a difficult balance of involvement and objectivity.

Responsibilities

• Assesses compliance of systems, facilities, and procedures per applicable regulations, assuring compliance to regulatory requirements and AbbVie specifications.
• Provides feedback in the form of audit observations and reviews corrective actions to determine if commitments have been properly implemented, are proven to be effective, and are being maintained at the supplier or internal AbbVie site. For internal sites, formulates recommendations for corrective actions.
• Participates in strategic initiatives to improve compliance to regulatory requirements and standards.
• Collaborates with R&D QA to coordinate and conduct joint audits.
• Communicates and coordinates supplier audit activities with internal stakeholders such as procurement, SQA, EQA, manufacturing sites and commercial affiliates as well as external stakeholders
• Ensures audits are conducted according to the annual audit schedule.
• Ensures no product launch delays or business interruptions due to supplier audit delays thereby assuring supply to AbbVie patients.

Additional Information

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree, preferably in technical or scientific area (Chemistry, Pharmacy, Biology, Microbiology, or Engineering) or equivalent industry experience (at least 4 years) with sufficient exposure to pharmaceutical, medical device, biologics and combination products, cosmetics, eye care or aesthetics related industries. ASQ certification desired.
• 6+ years of total relevant experience, including 4+ years in Quality Assurance with some project management experience in the pharmaceutical, medical device, biotechnology or related industry and 2+ years in compliance/auditing is required.
• Must have a technical background, including an understanding of Quality Assurance audit process and knowledge of worldwide requirements related to GMP regulations for quality systems and compliance.
• Must understand a variety of quality/operational systems that support facility, product design, development, production, distribution, installation, support, and service and understand the principles of quality management
• Excellent oral/written communications skills. Must exhibit strong interpersonal skills, tact, open mindedness, maturity, tenacity, self-reliance, organizational/administrative skills, and sound judgment.
• Must be able to effectively communicate and influence others outside of the company as well as internal stakeholders across functional and technical areas

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 ingood faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future. Salary: $35,000 - $172,500
• 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 payis 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 benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company’s sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid andmay be modified at the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable 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.

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