Quality Control Planner

Allergan; Waco, Northern (TX, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO and holidays

Medical/dental/vision insurance

401(k)

Job summary

AbbVie in the United States seeks a Quality Control Planner to oversee QC Laboratory Planning and Scheduling within the Plant QC Group, including short-term forecasting, and KPI evaluation to optimize laboratory throughput.

You will collaborate with Laboratory Management to implement process improvements, coordinate batch releases and QC checks, and ensure timely testing, documentation and compliance with cGMP across sites.

Qualifications

• Advanced use of MS Office applications.
• Experience with planning and scheduling software.
• Experience in a regulated environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintains/manages laboratory planning/scheduling applications to ensure accurate configuration and timely prioritization of laboratory samples.
• Monitors, maintains, evaluates and reports laboratory KPI's.
• Collaborates with Laboratory Management to identify and implement process changes that enable continuous improvement.
• Coordinates batch release activities and QC checks ensuring testing, documentation, review and approvals meet timelines and cGMP requirements.
• Participates in cross-site harmonization of laboratory planning and scheduling processes.
• Maintains short-term forecasts to optimize laboratory scheduling and reduce testing cycle times.

Skills

MS Office

Planning software

Regulated environment experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree

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

The Quality Control Planner is responsible for the oversight of QC Laboratory Planning and Scheduling within the Plant QC Group. Additional responsibilities may include short-term forecasting for enablement of efficient and effective laboratory scheduling, maintenance of laboratory planning and scheduling applications, evaluation and presentation of laboratory KPI's, and cross site harmonization of planning/scheduling processes.

Responsibilities

• Maintains/manages laboratory planning/scheduling application, ensuring accurate configuration for laboratory workflows and timely prioritization of laboratory samples.
• Monitors, maintains, evaluates, and reports out laboratory KPI's.
• Collaborates with Laboratory Management to identify and implement process changes that enable continuous improvement.
• Coordinates batch release activities and Quality Control checks, ensuring testing, documentation, review, and approvals are completed accurately and within established timelines and cGMP requirements.
• Participates in cross-site harmonization of laboratory planning and scheduling process.
• Maintains short-term forecasts to ensure effective and efficient laboratory scheduling to reduce overall testing cycle times.
• Performs other duties as assigned
• Incumbent has full authority to make decisions and/or take action that is required to carry out job duties. Internal requirements include compliance with ethics, environmental health and safety, financial, human resources, cGMP procedures, general business policies, requirements and objectives. The incumbent must be willing to take temporary assignments as required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required. Life sciences, engineering, or related field preferred.
• Three (3) to five (5) years of experience in a laboratory or quality role with preferred experience in program/ project/ product management.
• Advanced use of MS Office applications required, experience with planning and scheduling software preferred.
• Experience in a regulated environment preferred.

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,andwemay ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may bemodified in 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 toparticipate in 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 employeeremains in the Company'ssoleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodified at the Company’s sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable law.

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