Associate Director, S&OP Process Owner – Operations (Multiple Locations)

Preferred locations include U.S. Netherlands or Ireland

This role will drive the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) process design and discipline including Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE) and champion continuous improvement initiatives with the Operations  organization.  As a fundamental cross-functional integrated planning process S&OP aligns demand and supply playing a crucial role in achieving peak business performance while S&OE focuses on short-term execution support. This position requires fostering collaboration and partnership across Global Operations Commercial and Operations & Commercial Finance teams thereby strengthening strategic decision-making capabilities. This role will also be tasked with governing and ensuring S&OP and S&OE process adherence while spearheading transformational changes through detailed documentation and effective implementation to enhance procedural maturity. By instilling a culture of continuous improvement this role is essential in driving sustainable change to meet and exceed business objectives.

Responsibilities

• Develop implement and drive process adherence of S&OP/S&OE within Operations including senior-leadership. 
• Drive governance of S&OP/S&OE processes and manage cross-functional interdependencies to address governance compliance deviations and issues.   Create and implement an audit schedule for Operations/Supply Chain to ensure guidance and processes throughout the S&OP cycle including Demand Review Supply Review Reconciliation and Executive S&OP as well as S&OE. Establish best practices and standard templates based on the segmented portfolio.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives to enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of the S&OP/ S&OE processes by identifying challenges implementing best practices and leveraging leading class methodologies technologies and data analytics to optimize planning and decision making.
• Partner negotiate and influence without authority to senior-level stakeholders to drive alignment and support S&OP/S&OE implementation across Commercial Finance and Operations.
• Partner with cross-functional stakeholders to strategize business objectives and develop a continuous improvement roadmap that aligns processes with these goals while coordinating with the Change Management team to ensure smooth implementation and execution.
• Build and maintain strong cross-functional stakeholder relationships by effectively influencing without direct authority while collaborating with the technology team on system improvements that drive simplification and efficiency through automation.
• Collaborate with the Training and Change Management team to develop training and support materials and conduct training sessions as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) when needed.
• Facilitate performance metric development and monitor Operations identifying areas of improvement
• Drive consistent application of S&OP/S&OE analytics in Operations. 

Qualifications :

Qualifications

• Bachelors degree required in preferred fields such as business operations management finance science or engineering or related degree.
• 10 years of experience with 4 years of pharmaceutical industry experience in Operations Commercial or Finance functions.
• Proven experience fostering collaboration across cross-functional organizations while influencing without authority.
• Experience in formal S&OP and or S&OE processes.
• Strong analytics skills identifying trends and making informed decisions.  Ability to solve complex programs develop action plans and drive continuous improvement.
• Effective leadership with executive presence and proven presentation and communication (oral & written) skills. Proven ability to communicate and deliver results actions decisions and concerns with little direction or supervision in a timely manner.  Demonstrated success as a collaborative team player.  Excellent organizational written and oral communication skills are required.
• System experience across JDA (or other Demand Planning software) SAP (or other ERP systems) and QlikSense (or other reporting tools) preferred.

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 Companys sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Companys 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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Employment Type :

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