Associate Director, Supply Chain Brand

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North Chicago, IL, USA
Hybrid
142K-269K Annually
Senior level
Healthtech • Pharmaceutical
The Role
Leads strategic supply chain and operations planning for AbbVie’s Immunology portfolio. Oversees S&OP, demand and supply alignment, financial planning, inventory, lifecycle management, product industrialization, clinical supply coordination, risk management, and executive-level stakeholder engagement. Drives continuity of supply, cross-functional strategies, change plans, product roadmaps, and operational performance across commercial, manufacturing, clinical, and operations teams.
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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.

Job Description

Purpose

Coordinates complex Supply Chain and Operations Teams to align with business goals, ensuring strategic contributions and compliance. Lead complex operations impacting billion-dollar sales within the Immunology Portfolio, 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).

Responsibilities

  • Directs and presents 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. Develops and drives strategies to ensure long term continuity of supply.
  • Oversees and aligns the financial planning cycle, including LRP and annual Plan, while managing inventory and ensuring synchronization of strategic goals with financial planning across functions.
  • Leads lifecycle management with a strategic view, ensuring changes align with business goals and collaborating with cross-functional teams for smooth transitions.  Creates change plans and supply chain assessments in executing lifecycle programs.
  • Interacts with the Industrialization team to ensure strategic integration of developmental products into brand planning, aligning timelines and resource allocation with operational strategies.
  • Directs alignment between brand and Clinical Drug Supply Management to meet strategic trial needs, ensuring synchronization of supply chain and clinical demand planning.
  • Oversees interaction with PPDST and Asset Strategy Teams ensuring collaborative strategy development, aligning product roadmaps and brand positioning with asset strategies.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree (preferred STEM or similar area, Masters preferred including MBA); 8+ years of experience.
  • Requires high-level strategic thinking, excellent communication, shaping discussion and influencing at the executive level, and large-scale change management skills.
  • Operations experience preferred; in pharma / regulated life sciences business.
  • Strong knowledge in data analytics and telling a story through data.
  • Filtering and identifying the business critical aspects of a problem (separate the minor issues from the major issues).
  • Required manufacturing or other pharma experience.

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 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 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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Skills Required

  • Bachelor’s degree, preferably in STEM or a related field
  • Master’s degree, preferably including an MBA
  • 8+ years of professional experience
  • High-level strategic thinking and executive-level communication skills
  • Ability to shape discussions and influence executive stakeholders
  • Large-scale change management experience
  • Operations experience, preferably in pharmaceutical or regulated life sciences businesses
  • Strong knowledge of data analytics and ability to communicate insights through data
  • Ability to identify business-critical issues and prioritize major problems
  • Manufacturing or pharmaceutical industry experience

AbbVie Compensation & Benefits Highlights

The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about AbbVie and has not been reviewed or approved by AbbVie.

  • Retirement Support — Retirement programs are portrayed as a standout, with a dollar‑for‑dollar 401(k) match up to 6% and an additional annual company contribution based on age and service. Feedback suggests this materially boosts perceived total compensation for many U.S. employees.
  • Parental & Family Support — Paid parental and caregiver leave are emphasized, including up to 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents and 4 weeks of paid caregiver leave in the U.S. Feedback suggests these policies are a meaningful differentiator for employees balancing family needs.
  • Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time off is described as extensive, with tiered vacation that scales with tenure, 17 company holidays, and two paid volunteer days in the U.S. Feedback suggests the breadth of leave contributes notably to overall benefits satisfaction.

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The Company
HQ: North Chicago, IL
56,000 Employees
Year Founded: 2013

What We Do

AbbVie is a global biopharmaceutical company focused on creating medicines and solutions that put impact first — for patients, communities, and our world. We aim to address complex health issues and enhance people's lives through our core therapeutic areas: immunology, oncology, neuroscience, eye care, aesthetics and other areas of unmet need.

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