Material and Capacity Planner

AbbVie Inc.; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 66,000 - 126,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid time off

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401(k) plan

Job summary

AbbVie Inc. in Tempe, AZ is seeking a Material & Capacity Planner to ensure material availability and production capacity readiness to support the site's Master Production Schedule.

You will partner with Procurement, Manufacturing, Warehouse Operations, Finance, Quality, and Planning to identify risks and drive mitigation. This role focuses on material planning, capacity modeling, safety stock governance, and inventory strategy, with cross‑functional collaboration to protect customer commitments

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in related field and 3–7 years in supply chain, planning, materials management, or manufacturing planning.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP preferred).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Responsibilities

• Own material availability across all production plans and manufacturing schedules.
• Review material requirements versus inventory, open purchase orders, and supplier commitments.
• Identify current and future shortages impacting production schedules.
• Partner with Procurement to drive material readiness and escalation activities.
• Monitor inventory health and recommend actions to prevent shortages and excess inventory.
• Develop and maintain capacity models for production resources and constraints.
• Evaluate labor, equipment, warehouse, sterilization, and supplier capacity requirements.
• Analyze short-term and long-term capacity gaps.
• Support scenario planning and capacity trade-off decisions.
• Communicate capacity risks and mitigation plans to leadership.
• Own safety stock settings, methodology, and governance.
• Monitor inventory performance and service-level attainment.
• Recommend adjustments based on demand variability and lead-times.
• Support inventory optimization initiatives while maintaining supply continuity.
• Review inventory trends and identify opportunities to improve inventory turns and health.
• Identify material, capacity, and supply risks affecting customer commitments.
• Maintain planning dashboards and readiness metrics.
• Lead root cause analysis for recurring shortages and planning disruptions.
• Provide proactive reporting of production red flags and risk indicators.
• Support monthly and quarterly business reviews with planning and inventory analysis.

Skills

Strong analytical and problem-solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, or related field

APICS/ASCM CPIM certification

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

• Compensation: USD 65,500 - USD 125,500 - 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

Position Summary

The Material & Capacity Planner is responsible for ensuring material availability and production capacity readiness to support the site's Master Production Schedule (MPS). This role evaluates material supply, capacity constraints, inventory health, and planning risks to ensure production commitments can be achieved. The position partners closely with Procurement, Manufacturing, Warehouse Operations, Finance, Quality, and Supply Chain Planning to identify risks early, drive mitigation activities, and support operational decision-making.

Key Responsibilities

Material Planning & Readiness

• Own material availability across all production plans and manufacturing schedules.
• Review material requirements versus inventory, open purchase orders, and supplier commitments.
• Identify current and future shortages impacting production schedules.
• Partner with Procurement to drive material readiness and escalation activities.
• Monitor inventory health and recommend actions to prevent both shortages and excess inventory.

Capacity Planning

• Develop and maintain capacity models for production resources and critical constraints.
• Evaluate labor, equipment, warehouse, sterilization, and supplier capacity requirements.
• Analyze short-term and long-term capacity gaps.
• Support scenario planning and capacity trade-off decisions.
• Communicate capacity risks and recommended mitigation plans to leadership.

Safety Stock & Inventory Strategy

• Own safety stock settings, methodology, and governance.
• Monitor inventory performance and service-level attainment.
• Recommend inventory parameter adjustments based on demand variability and lead-time changes.
• Support inventory optimization initiatives while maintaining supply continuity.
• Review inventory trends and identify opportunities to improve inventory turns and inventory health.
• Identify material, capacity, and supply risks that could impact customer commitments.
• Maintain planning dashboards and readiness metrics.
• Lead root cause analysis for recurring shortages and planning disruptions.
• Provide proactive reporting of production red flags and risk indicators.
• Support monthly and quarterly business reviews with planning and inventory analysis.

Cross-Functional Partnership

• Partner with the Master Planner to ensure executable production schedules.
• Collaborate with Warehouse Operations regarding inventory availability and material flow.
• Work closely with Procurement on supplier performance and supply continuity.
• Partner with Finance on inventory value, budget planning, and working capital initiatives.
• Participate in tier meetings and planning reviews to support site decision-making.

Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• 3-7 years of supply chain, planning, materials management, or manufacturing planning experience.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP preferred).
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

Preferred

• APICS/ASCM CPIM certification.
• Medical device, pharmaceutical, life sciences, or regulated manufacturing experience.
• Experience with MRP, capacity planning, inventory optimization, and production planning.
• Experience developing dashboards and planning metrics.

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 thetimeofthis posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographiclocation,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 short-term incentiveprograms.

Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.Theamountandavailabilityof anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company'ssole and absolute discretion 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.