Director, Global Engineering Strategy and Planning
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 atwww.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie onX,Facebook,Instagram,YouTube,LinkedInandTik Tok.
Job Description
Purpose: Provide leadership for the capital planning and strategy development aspects of the Global Engineering function. This includes leading the development of ongoing capital investment strategy for the global manufacturing network (IME) and oversight of the capital planning processes for all of AbbVie Operations. Lead engineering Front End Planning (FEP) activities in support of network strategy development including asset utilization modeling, capital cost estimation, business development deal input, pipeline technology assessment and network scenario development. Provides leadership for and ownership of all capital planning processes within Operations supporting the major financial cycles (Long Range Planning, Annual Plan, Update) to ensure optimal use of Operations capital. Provide recommendations to IME senior leadership on investments to optimize the manufacturing network footprint while maintaining Assurance of Supply and geographic balance. Remain abreast of emerging technologies and the state of the industry to inform network LRP strategy. Establish and maintain appropriate relationships with external engineering, architectural and peer organizations to facilitate benchmarking and incorporation of best practices into Global Engineering business processes. Provide project management, direction and oversight to the Global Engineering Programs department. Coordinate facility and utility projects to ensure adherence to AbbVie Standards and Specifications. Develop resource plans for approved projects and make recommendations regarding use of internal and/or external resources for projects/facility planning, design and execution. Establish and maintain appropriate relationships with external engineering and construction organizations, including Architect/Engineering, Construction Management, Consulting and Contractor firms, in order to meet project design, schedule, cost and quality requirements. Manage and leverage common engineering systems. Responsibilities: - Lead experienced team of project engineers in scenario development and capital cost estimation for projects ranging from $1MM - $200MM.
- Accountable for all processes, policies and procedures related to Capital Planning.
- Responsible for Operations-wide capital planning processes for all financial cycles (LRP, Plan, Update) with a total annual investment spend of >$400MM.
- Responsible for asset utilization modeling and development of multi-year investment strategies for a global network of 27 manufacturing Sites.
- Conduct and record benchmarking of capital cost estimation best practices within AbbVie, professional associations, A&E firms and other peer companies.
- Team to lead and coordinate objective criticality scoring of Site level projects delivering network-wide investment prioritization.
- Establish and maintain relationships with Sr. Operations functional leaders (QA, Central Services, S&T, BTS, etc.) to support development of functional capital plans and provide engineering support.
- Interface with Sites (leadership and engineering) to assemble and maintain library of capability and capacity information to inform investment decisions and strategy.
- Build partnership with S&T/R&D to ensure network technology preparedness to support the Pipeline and influence key decisions impactful to process design early in the product development lifecycle.
Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree: Engineering. Masters Degree: Master of Management or Master in Business Administration, preferred.
- 10-15 years experience in Engineering and/or Manufacturing Management required.
Key Stakeholders: - SVP, Internal Manufacturing and Engineering; Regional VPs Manufacturing; VP, Global Engineering
Additional Information
Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state orlocal law: - The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Companybelieves ingood faith it will pay for this role at the timeof this posting based on the job grade for this position.Individualcompensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, andwemayultimatelypaymore or less than the posted range. This range may bemodifiedin thefuture.
- We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick),medical/dental/visioninsurance and 401(k) to eligibleemployees.
- This job is eligible toparticipatein our short-term incentiveprograms.
Note: No amount of payis considered to bewages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, anddeterminable.The amount and availability of anybonus,commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form ofcompensation and benefitsthat are allocable to a particular employeeremainsin the Company's soleandabsolutediscretion unless and until paid andmay bemodifiedat the Companys sole and absolute discretion, consistent withapplicable 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. US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visithttps://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more: https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
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