External Manufacturing Manager

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.

PRIMARY FUNCTION/OBJECTIVE:

The External Manufacturing Manager supports strategic, complex projects or workstreams across multiple contract manufacturing organizations, functions within Supply Chain Management. Accountable for application of industry-standard project management methodology, tools, and processes to ensure successful team execution, project delivery and ways of working. Interface with global/internal product brand team, R&D, CMC teams, subject-matter experts, key stakeholders, functional leads, CMO. Reports to Team Manager, External Manufacturing Strategy & PMO.

CORE JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manages local manufacturing and/or packaging operations strategic projects for NPI utilizing project management tools and processes, to meet agreed scopes, timelines, deliverables, budgets, resource estimates and success criteria.
• Interfaces with sites, functional representatives, other functions, and other key stakeholders to assure continuous alignment of priorities.
• Applies effective problem-solving individually and with the project team to address challenges encountered in successful project delivery.
• Escalates issues appropriately to the sponsor, key stakeholders and/or brand lead.
• Proactively identifies and shares relevant best practices to improve project delivery and SCM capabilities.
• Actively pursues continuous improvement with focus on simplification, standardization and lean.
• Takes appropriate risks and consults with Manager appropriately.
• Tracks and reports on the progress of assigned projects to the sponsor, appropriate governance, stakeholders, and senior management.
• Provides necessary information and insight to the project sponsor to support project stage-gate reviews, approvals and project updates to appropriate governance forums, steering committees, and/or stakeholders.
• Ensures all key stakeholders are kept appropriately informed of project status at all times.
• Understands the larger project portfolio(s), identifying and resolving potential resource conflicts, and prioritizes appropriately to ensure successful delivery of the franchise/domain strategy.
• Manages project budgets, expenses as assigned by the manager, to meet estimates and commitments.
• Perform additional duties as assigned.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum of 5 years combined experiences in commercial / business and manufacturing (operations, project management, quality, technology, supply chain, etc.) functions in pharmaceutical, chemical or related industry required (or equivalent combination of education /experience)).
• Experience working globally in a matrixed environment.
• Experience presenting to or communicating with senior management.
• Project management certification PMP would be good to have.
• Demonstrated track record of success in managing strategic, complex, cross-functional, and multi-site projects on-time, on-budget and to committed deliverables, to generate significant business value.
• Takes appropriate initiative and accountability, demonstrating both entrepreneurial spirit and a collaborative mindset.
• Must be decisive in ambiguous environment.
• Strong interpersonal, influencing, motivation and communications skills.
• Strong team management skills.
• Comfortable with ambiguity and fast pace
• Up to 10% travel required with role.

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