Associate Director, Supply Chain Brand

About AbbVie

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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook, Instagram, X and YouTube.

The Associate Director, Supply Chain Brand, will have responsibility for working with one of our brands initially, with scope increasing to cover other portfolios over time.

Reporting to the Senior Director, this is an exciting time to join AbbVie as we continue to produce medicines that positively impact patients lives all around the world.

Main duties:

• Coordinate complex Supply Chain and Operations Teams to align with business goals, ensuring strategic contributions and compliance.
• Lead complex operations impacting billion-dollar sales, interface with stakeholders, manage strategies, risk management, and lead negotiations.
• Primary interface with a wide variety of functions in both Ops and Commercial. Ensures alignment on brand/product forecasts, as well as key cross functional project initiatives. (Commercial Directors, VPs, and SVPs)
• Direct and present S&OP topics at the executive level across functions, driving synergy between demand and supply planning,  with comprehensive oversight of operational performance via KPIs and other targets. Develop and drive strategies to ensure long term continuity of supply.
• Oversee and align the financial planning cycle, including LRP and annual Plan, while managing inventory and ensuring synchronization of strategic goals with financial planning across functions.
• Lead lifecycle management with a strategic view, ensuring changes align with business goals and collaborating with cross-functional teams for smooth transitions. Create change plans and supply chain assessments in executing lifecycle programs.
• Interact with the Industrialization team to ensure strategic integration of developmental products into brand planning, aligning timelines and resource allocation with operational strategies.
• Direct alignment between brand and Clinical Drug Supply Management to meet strategic trial needs, ensuring synchronization of supply chain and clinical demand planning.
• Oversee interaction with PPDST and Asset Strategy Teams ensuring collaborative strategy development, aligning product roadmaps and brand positioning with asset strategies.
• Direct leadership which through mentoring and development of emerging talent, fosters a culture of collaboration and accountability within teams.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or similar area (Masters preferred including MBA)
• Extensive experience in Supply Chain and lifecycle management.
• High-level strategic thinking and excellent communication skills with the ability to shape discussions and influence at executive level.
• Large-scale change management experience and knowledge.
• Operations experience preferred; in pharma / regulated life sciences business.
• Excellent knowledge in data analytics and comfortable with telling a story through data
• Ability to filter and identify the business-critical aspects of a problem (separate the minor issues from the major issues)

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