Suite Coordinator - 1st shift (M-F)

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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn. 

Purpose

Performs functions associated with current Good Manufacturing Practices manufacturing operations within the biological production facility, including working with maintenance, engineers, and other support personnel (internal and external). Uses sophisticated programs (such as Maximo, Cognos, SAP, etc.). 

Responsibilities

• Managing project changeovers, including drafting changeover schedules and records, and coordinating activities for successful on-time next project releases.
• Initiating and scheduling work orders, both routine frequency maintenance and on-demand requests, to ensure on time completions, or rescheduling and/or justifying extensions as needed. 
• Providing purchasing support for plantwide materials (such as carts, pumps, benchtop meters, etc.)
• Supporting planned interruptions to routine production process schedules and activities, including providing expertise for controlling and justifying no potential product impact (such as hatch accesses and/or wall and floor repairs).
• Transfers methods into Production instructions to allow for successful performance of scheduled campaigns.
• Schedules work tasks, with general assistance, to support project and campaign timelines. Drafts moderate scope and complexity documents. Circulates documents to reviewers with general assistance, responds to comments and questions. Manages document review and approval to meet project timelines and provides status reports to management.
• Works with management and senior staff to determine appropriate course of action within defined procedures. Tracks ongoing problems and gathers information for analysis. Analyzes data to develop solutions to moderate-level problems.
• Applies knowledge, experience, and technical skills to understand ABC production objectives, to provide support to production initiatives, to execute procedures efficiently and compliantly, and use standard practices to ensure inter-group consistency.
• Works on problems of moderate complexity, where analysis of situations requires evaluation of several factors.
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and policies to determine appropriate action. Discusses action with senior staff.
• Coordinates activities of sub-group and actively works with other sub-groups. Frequently interacts with subordinates and supervisor.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent required.
• At least 2-5 years relevant experience with good writing skills.
• Working knowledge of media/buffer preparation, cell culture or purification of biological drugs is required.
• Computer proficiency. A working knowledge of safety, quality systems, and current Good Manufacturing Practices is required. Familiarity with tech transfer processes.
• Must be flexible to handle multiple tasks including ability to handle pressure in a professional manner. Effectively work in a team environment. Maintain a high level of energy and professionalism on the job. Build effective working relationships with customers, co-workers, cross-functioned groups, and management.
• Basic understanding of current Good Manufacturing Practices as applied to equipment and process steps in area of responsibility.

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law: ​

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• 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 the time 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. ​

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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 any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and 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, 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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