Senior Global Supply Planner

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.

We are currently hiring a Senior Global Supply Chain Planner to join our team in Dublin. The Senior Global Supply Chain Planner (GSP) is responsible for the short-term, long-term, or E2E range supply chain planning activities and controlling the flow of product globally between manufacturing sites and the distribution centers. The objective is to meet market demand and optimize inventory levels in our supply network. To achieve this, the GSP must build strong relationships with supply sites, brand operation managers, ECM managers, Quality Assurance, Finance, Distribution, the Affiliates, and other stakeholders. The GSP knows the business and can anticipate future opportunities and risks and continuously looks to raise the bar to ensure success for AbbVie and assurance of supply for our patients.

Responsibilities

• Daily contact with one or more supply plants (internal and external) to coordinate the supply of finished products, bulk, active pharmaceutical ingredients or supporting materials
• Support financial plan/LRP cycles by providing required data and input to long-term supply strategy
• Coordinate and process inbound and outbound shipments
• Ensure SAP and JDA are kept up to date with the latest information and that customers are informed timely of supply updates and risks
• Participate in plant meetings to review and improve performance
• Manage stakeholder relationships and expectations
• Drive continuous improvements and participate in initiatives led by other colleagues
• Offer innovative ideas and solutions to maximize business opportunities and to address challenges in the Global Supply Planner function
• Execute financial processes including hedging, inventory reserve review, and product scrapping
• Support artwork changes by coordinating related supply activity
• Create impact with ideas for the larger organization and anticipate and respond to changes
• Influence others when needed through use of SME knowledge and enterprise view
• Support S&OE process through root-cause analysis, problem solving, and creative thinking to drive resolution
• Onboard/train new employees
• Act as a project lead when required

• Bachelor or Master level, preferably in operations, supply chain or business management
• 3-5 years’ work experience in a similar environment
• Must be experienced with ERP systems, preferably SAP
• Be a team player with a focus on improvement and a strong drive for results
• Must possess high-level analytical skills
• Excellent written and oral communication is required
• Excellent organizational skills are required
• Proven strong problem solving, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills
• Ability to step into leadership role when required
• Persistent, resilient and resourceful when confronted with obstacles, and resolved issues in a timely manner

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