Job Description
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 TikTok.
Job Description
Associate Director, Brand (Supply Chain Operations), Oncology
Location: Massachusetts or North Chicago (onsite 3 days per week required; 100% remote not available). Relocation support to North Chicago, IL will be provided for a well-qualified candidate.
Purpose:
The Associate Director, Brand is responsible for strategically coordinating complex Supply Chain and Operations teams with overarching business objectives, ensuring compliance and strategic contributions that significantly impact billion-dollar sales. Manage and engage with a diverse range of stakeholders within Brand, Operations, and Commercial to oversee strategies, risk management, and negotiations, ensuring the successful implementation of brand/product forecasts and key cross-functional initiatives. Provide global Brand and Product analysis, strategy perspective, and oversight to Long-Range Planning (LRP), annual planning, demand, and inventory management. Develop and execute effective product strategies and Brand plans for Product Launches, Site Transfers, Security of Supply, Cost Improvements, Risk, and Lifecycle Management. Provide guidance for the Global Brand team or similar cross-functional groups.
Responsibilities:
1. Drive multiple complex Supply Chain and Operations Brand Program(s) to ensure timely decisions impacting over $1 Billion in sales, leveraging stakeholder engagement and cross-functional collaboration to align strategies, optimize risk management, and enable successful brand/product forecasts and project implementations.
2. Primary interface with various internal functions within Operations and Commercial to develop and align on Brand and Product forecasts. Stay current on internal and external factors impacting their Brand/Product(s).
3. Manage and engage with a diverse range of stakeholders, including Commercial Directors, VPs, and SVPs, to oversee strategies, risk management, and negotiations, ensuring successful implementation of forecasts and initiatives.
4. Oversee and align the financial planning cycle, including Long Range Planning (LRP) and the annual plan, managing inventory levels to synchronize strategic goals with financial planning across all functions.
5. Lead lifecycle management with a strategic perspective to ensure alignment of changes with business goals, collaborating with cross-functional teams to facilitate smooth transitions through change plans and supply chain assessments for lifecycle programs.
6. Ensure strategic integration and alignment of developmental products into brand planning by collaborating with teams such as Industrialization, Clinical Drug Supply Management, PPDST, and Asset Strategy. Facilitate resource allocation, timeline alignment, and synchronization of supply chain with clinical demand planning to meet strategic trial needs and develop cohesive product roadmaps and brand positioning.
7. Lead initiatives for new solutions or governance improvements that drive standardization and synergies across cross-functional and Brand teams in a mutually beneficial manner.
8. Present to senior leaders effectively, articulating scenario stories and anticipating questions/concerns. Manage group dynamics during presentations.
9. Initiate and manage program activities to optimize operational performance and meet strategic business needs while ensuring supply assurance.
10. Provide leadership by mentoring and developing talent, fostering a culture of collaboration and accountability to enhance team performance and dynamics.
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Qualifications
1. Bachelor’s degree required, in fields such as Business Administration, Engineering, Mathematics, or Science, with business and product management experience in Life Sciences. An advanced degree is preferred.
2. Minimum of 10 years of experience in Life Sciences, Pharma, Manufacturing, Operations, Supply Chain, or Product Development overseeing complex and strategic brand functions with impactful management at multiple levels, ensuring alignment with Pipeline, Clinical, PPDST, and Asset Strategy operations.
3. Strong leadership experience in driving complex operations, strategic impact, and stakeholder influence.
4. Effective communication skills to influence decisions, shape discussions, and keep stakeholders informed.
5. Strong systemic thinking linked to achieving business objectives, understanding how strategies and tactics impact financials.
6. Proficiency in data analytics and storytelling through data.
7. Understanding of supply, demand, and market dynamics affecting brands in Operations.
8. General project management skills to ensure initiatives meet deadlines and involve appropriate stakeholders.
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants in locations with pay disclosure laws:
* The compensation range listed is an estimate based on the job grade and may vary depending on location and other factors. Compensation paid within this range depends on various factors and may be adjusted in the future.
* We offer a comprehensive benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k).
* This role is eligible for short-term and long-term incentive programs.
Note: Pay amounts are considered wages only when earned, vested, and determinable. Bonus, incentive, and benefits are at the company's discretion and may change.
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