Global Supply Chain Planner

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.

Job Description

Responsible for the mid to long range end-to-end supply chain planning activities. The objective is to create a feasible end-to-end manufacturing and replenishment plan for the manufacturing sites and Distribution centers which aligns with Brand strategy, meets market demand and optimizes inventory levels. Develop and maintain effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders, within the organization, AbbVie manufacturing plants, Third party suppliers and cross-functional personnel to enable higher performance. Know the business and anticipates future opportunities and risks, and continuously raises the bar to ensure success for Abbvie and the patients. Leverage the global planning system, and monitor and maintain planning parameters and data to ensure AbbVie manufacturing sites and affiliates have reliable data to look at and output from the system can be used for third party manufacturers and customers.

Responsibilities

• Create, monitor and maintain a feasible 24 month end-to-end volume (replenishment/production) and inventory plan for all assigned product families that conform to business strategies, financial and throughput plans, capacity constraints and the target inventory profiles to support monthly sales and operations planning process and PLAN/LBE process; participate in or initiate the periodic S&OP process.
• Participate in the discussions and execution around Life Cycle Management.
• Act as partner for the Brand Leader and other brand team members to determine the impact of projects and strategic decisions on volumes and inventory.
• Participate in cross functional projects as Subject Matter Expert for long term planning.
• Provide training and drive continuous improvement for areas where identified as a Process Owner.
• Offer innovative ideas and solutions to maximize business opportunities to address challenges in the brand planning function.
• Create impact with ideas for the larger organization and anticipate and respond to changes.
• Influence others and act as a credible and respected role model (coach/mentor) and resource among peers for onboarding/training new employees.
• Act as a process owner for some of the key processes for the function.
• Act as project lead for projects.

Qualifications

• Bachelor level required (Master level preferred) preferably in Operations, Supply Chain or Business Management
• At least 5 years work experience in a similar environment, is preferred
• Must be experienced with Advanced Planning Systems (SAP-APO, JDA)
• Be a team player with focus on improvement and a strong drive for results
• Must possess excellent helicopter view and analytical skills
• Excellent written and oral English communication skills are required
• Excellent organizational skills are required
• Proven strong problem solving, negotiation and conflict resolution skills
• Proven ability to step up and take leadership to own challenges
• Persistent and resilient when confronted with obstacles and resolves issues in a timely manner

Key Stakeholders

Functional leadership, Brand team, Supplying sites, Affiliates, Project teams

Additional Information

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.