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AbbVie Manufacturing Manager in Worcester, Massachusetts

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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

The Manufacturing Manager provides leadership and direction for a manufacturing group within a site. This position directs Supervisors to lead staff (approx. 25 or fewer) in the manufacturing of a single product or across small teams in a multi-shift operation to meet production, quality, safety and financial demands of the operation. The Manufacturing Manager is responsible for supporting plant manufacturing activities and achieving key performance metrics. This position is accountable for implementation of policies and procedures impacting operations across quality, materials management, engineering, and EH&S. The Manufacturing Manager manages costs within the area of responsibility and leads department personnel scheduling and development, building and supporting a culture of high performance. This position is responsible for assuring the effectiveness and compliance of the manufacturing area, delivering high levels of customer service, and complying with all regulatory requirements.

Responsibilities:

  • Provide input to and implement operational and financial goals and objectives for the manufacturing area assigned. Track and trend performance levels and maximize the operations.

  • Manage the manufacturing area to meet the site business strategies in line with budget targets.

  • Recommend and implement ideas to reduce costs, adapt and transform the organization to meet changing business needs.

  • Assist teams in troubleshooting manufacturing issues. Ensure staff are provided with technical knowledge and training to efficiently produce the highest quality products.

  • Collaborate with peers and cross-functional partners to synthesize action plans, timelines and budgets to meet project and product goals.

  • Develop and manage staff through hiring, managing performance, developing talent and providing clear expectations.

  • Ensure all labor and equipment performance measures are met. Responsible for completing established goals, prioritizing project work and controlling and coordinating all activities and improvement efforts across manufacturing areas.

  • Manage the employee relations climate to ensure that our AbbVie Way is realized, and an environment exists where all employees have the opportunity to develop to their maximum potential.

  • Coach supervisors and coordinators in the area and establish clear expectations with them and all employees regarding responsibilities, goals and behaviors and champion and model exceptional AbbVie performance and talent management practices.

Qualifications

Qualifications:

Required:

  • Bachelor’s Degree with 7+ years of manufacturing experience including work as an individual contributor building technical expertise and proven project management skills. Progressively increased responsibility and performance as supervisor/leader of diverse teams in Operations (Manufacturing, Quality, Supply Chain, Engineering, etc.)

  • Business acumen coupled with functional leadership experience is required to ensure effective direction in a complex organization.

Beneficial:

  • Background in biologics or biotech manufacturing, helpful areas include chromatography, column packing, bioreactors, purification, cell culture, etc.

  • Advanced degree in a technical field.

Additional Information

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. ​

  • This job is eligible to participate in our long-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 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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