Manufacturing Specialist

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.

AbbVie helps people around the world live better days and better lives each year. And that takes all of us.

We are now recruiting for a Manufacturing Specialist to join our newly formed Central Cervices Team  in AbbVie Westport, Co Mayo.

Established in 1977, AbbVie Westport is a Centre of Excellence for Aseptic for Commercial manufacturing of Biologics & Eyecare (pharmaceutical) products. In this role you will assure the long-term effectiveness of the team: deliver high levels of customer service, ensure quality of product and services, comply with all regulatory requirements, achieve desired financial performance including cost reductions, and build an inclusive culture of high performance as part of the team. Your main focus will be working on process improvement projects with cross-functional teams.

This is a great opportunity to make a large impact of the future success of manufacturing eyecare products to our patients, working with a multitude of pharmaceutical manufacturing technologies, such as mold blowing, single dose, multidose and steroid manufacturing.

If you are looking for a career with impact, then come and join us in our mission to provide the highest quality products and outstanding service to our patients!

Is this a team you want to be part of? Then read on…

Key responsibilities:

• Support the production schedule according to customer demands from a technical perspective where and when required.
• Participate in performance management across the department and ensure consistency in approach  from a technical perspective and aid in communication between different stakeholders. Track and measure departmental KPIs and translate them into Perfect Index relevant KPIs.
• Lead and promote a culture of Safety, Quality, Excellence, Continuous Improvement and drive lean initiatives by regular production GEMBAs
• Technical knowledge in the manufactured products and production equipment used.
• Support lean manufacturing on site by writing/ updating and approving SOPs
• Lead production related product quality investigations in conjunction with Quality Assurance and other cross-functional stakeholders including the assignment and management of corrective and preventive actions. Apply investigational tools like fishbone, 5W, contradiction matrix for root cause analysis.
• Ensure compliance with applicable regulatory agencies by supporting where required, also use knowledge to drive continuity and improvement on an ongoing basis
• Support change management and lead production aspect of CPs as part of a cross-functional team including identification and implementation of relevant tasks in a timely manner.
• Conduct business in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, company policies and with highest ethical standards.
• Support operations in maintaining a high 5S standard
• Ensure you are fully informed of Shift and Dept performance metrics and have a clear understanding on how they impact overall Site Perfect Index

So, what do you need to do this role?

Technical Skills and Experience:

• BSc in Engineering, Science, a relevant discipline, or equivalent experience required, MSc in Engineering, Science, or a relevant discipline preferred
• 2+ years in a GMP manufacturing environment (equivalent experience considered), aseptic manufacturing experience preferred
• Excellent documentation and communication skills
• Excellent analytical and presentation skills with the ability to work independently
• Ability to work towards strict deadlines
• Ability to build relationships with peers, influence without authority

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion.  It is AbbVie’s policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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