Supply Chain Planner I

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.

Responsible for maintaining sufficient inventory to support area of responsibility. May also develop and maintain production schedules. Works with customers and corporate Purchasing to identify, develop, monitor and control resources to meet goals and objectives.

Responsibilities

• Manage Material Requirements Plan (MRP) inventory forecasts to support Master Production Schedule (MPS).
• Determine raw material or commodity/code needs and proper inventory levels. Create system requisitions and monitor delivery of materials, while communicating priorities to Receiving and Incoming Quality Assurance (IQA).
• Communicate with all functional areas to ensure that material needs are met (Receiving, Quality, Labs, Purchasing, Transportation, Manufacturing, Finishing, and MS&T).
• Communicate significant changes in forecast volumes that may require changes in purchasing strategy.
• Communicate with test labs and quality assurance, where applicable, to establish and track delivery dates for raw materials or manufactured products on test.
• Establish performance reports to monitor, measure, and address supplier performance to assure timely and quality performance of supplier.
• Prepare monthly inventory reports to summarize current obsolete and surplus items, DOH, working inventory and total inventory. Manage timely disposition of obsolete and rejected materials through Material Destruct Orders (MDO’s). Where applicable, facilitate financial coverage discussions with Brand Teams accordingly.
• Identify large Purchase Price Variances (PPV). Take a leadership role in compiling the monthly PPV reports. Research and implement improvement opportunities with Purchasing and Finance.
• Take a leadership role in the implementation of new systems and planning new projects. Provide guidance to Inventory Planners (level II and III) when necessary. Manage projects related to departmental activities.
• Subject matter expert on SAP and other data tools used by department.

• Bachelor’s Degree in related field or 3-5 years of experience in Materials Management or Operations; 3-5 years of experience in Purchasing/Maintenance or 5 minimum total combined years of experience
• Ability to be a team player with focus on improvement and strong drive for results.
• Must possess high-level analytical skills.
• Excellent written and oral communication skills are required.
• Excellent organizational skills are required.
• Persistent, resilient and resourceful when confronted with obstacles, and resolved issues in a timely manner.

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

• 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.  ​

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 and serving our community.  Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. 

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