Master Scheduler, Drug Product Job at AbbVie in North Chicago

Company Description

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.

Job Description

Purpose

Describe the primary goals, objectives or functions or outputs of this position.

This role is responsible for the planning, scheduling, coordinating, and monitoring of the finite scheduling for all production lines in regards to product demand, plant capacity, and finished goods inventory goals, while maintaining customer service at or above target

Responsibilities include leading all scheduling activities for the department, minimizing distressed inventory, R&D work, engineering activities, New Product Introductions, and Third Party Requirements. Also responsible for the data integrity in all of the planning and scheduling systems.

Responsibilities

List up to 10 main responsibilities for the job. Include information about the accountability and scope.

• Owns and maintains the accuracy of the Master Production Schedule plans
• Develops and executes strategies to prevent and mitigate risks that may compromise the production plan; presents recommendations to management/leadership
• Collaborates with leaders across the operation to identify optimal order sequence to meet inventory and productivity targets
• Leads regular Master Production Scheduling (MPS) meetings and provides oversight to lock the defined frozen planning period through detailed analysis of capacity and load
• Collaborates cross-functionally with the Global Supply Chain organization to solve complex problems related to the needs, priorities, and urgency of the schedule
• Provides oversight of SAP/INFOR master data and recipe data, ensuring integrity; assesses demonstrated standards to ensure planning systems are aligned
• Prepares delivery control reporting and oversees work order releases
• Tracks orders and ensures supply plan is on track -- elevating deviations to key stakeholders as needed
• Updates all System Master Data elements for an effective use of the MRP

Qualifications

Qualifications

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• Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, Business, or related field Required
  Advanced degree preferred
• Minimum of 5 years of Discrete Manufacturing Planning experience
• Pharmaceutical and/or medical device production knowledge and experience preferred
• Strong knowledge of Planning and Quality systems required
• Demonstrated proficiency in SAP Required
• Demonstrated proficiency in MS Excel Required
• INFOR knowledge preferred
• APICS certification preferred

Additional Information

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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