Associate Director, Operational Excellence

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 at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.

Responsibilities

• You will provide OpEx strategy to manufacturing across the AbbVie network, managing the implementation of overall OpEx strategic programs.
• Drive the AbbVie Operational Excellence process across the network and identify synergies and common ground between AbbVie sites.
• Deploy KPI’s and data analytics to identify improvements.
• Drive large, cross-functional process excellence initiatives with demonstrable impacts on business results, driving cross functional alignment on OpEx Program outcomes and ensuring consistency of tools and alignment overall OpEx strategy
• Lead team discussions to resolve issues and ensure team alignment throughout program execution.
• Define OpEx Programs budget requirements and report monthly actuals, LBE
• Benchmark with other industries who are implementing Business or Operational Excellence.
• Enable the Operational Excellence strategy, lead stakeholder engagement and communication to senior leadership.
• Travel up to 15%

• Bachelor in Science or Engineering with demonstrated management skills working on OpEx projects in a multi-disciplined environment.
• 10 years of industry experience preferred, 5 or more years OpEx experience in a leadership capacity.
• Black Belt certification is preferred with minimum Green Belt certification.
• Strong data analytics and management skills, including the ability to interpret business needs, translate them into operational requirements and drive standardization and improvement towards those requirements
• Strong Operational Excellence and manufacturing background and knowledge of complex Lean & Six Sigma methodologies and tools.
• Demonstrable experience in leading operational excellence projects of significant size and scope using OpEx methodologies, resulting in quantifiable business benefit in a global and multi-cultural environment.
• Hands-on experience applying lean manufacturing, 6-Sigma and advanced planning and control methods/tools is needed for this role and you will have strong knowledge of Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Operational Excellence (Pharma/Bio or Device).
• Strategic thinking, innovative leader with strong communication, organization, analytical, presentation, and people skills.

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 in good faith it will pay for this role at thetime 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. ​

• 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 pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of anybonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's soleand absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s 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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