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.

For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

Further develop your expertise and join our team as Program Manager/Director (all genders), Clinical Supply Chain Management (permanent, fulltime).

The Program Manager, Clinical Supply Chain Management’s primary responsibility is to manage the clinical supply chain for early phase (uncomplicated) compounds. The completion of clinical trials is the rate-limiting step for filing of new drug applications and, ultimately, to product commercialization. The on-time initiation, uninterrupted conduct, and completion of clinical studies is dependent on the timely delivery of clinical supplies of top quality to the clinical sites.

This means:

• Define and implement a global clinical supply strategy, in conjunction with mentor or experienced Drug Supply Manager

• Ensure all clinical supplies (early phase, affiliate studies, and IIS) are delivered on time, on budget and of top quality with no studies interrupted or delayed due to clinical supplies

• Define and manage external budget for compounds (comparators, co-meds, over-encapsulation, depots, and importation costs)

• Represent the clinical supply chain on Integrated Evidence Strategy Teams (IESTs)

• Participate and contribute to Product Presentation and Device Strategy Team (PPDST) meetings

• Define API and drug product requirements and delivery dates to support the clinical supply chain

• Matrix management of Clinical Supply Project Managers (CSPMs) supporting the global clinical supply chain

• Allocate bulk drug product to CSPMs, minimizing wastage

• Lead the recovery of clinical supplies during a product recall, support the evaluation and approval of non-medical complaints (NMCs), exception reports and recalls

Qualifications

This is how you can make a difference:

• Bachelor’s Degree or higher in Pharmacy or Science

• 5-7+ years’ experience in the pharmaceutical industry

• Demonstrated understanding of the overall drug development process

• Experience in project management, planning, forecasting, budgeting

• Excellent interpersonal, team, and leadership skills

• Sound knowledge of GxP

What we offer you:

• a diverse area of work where you can make a real difference

• an open company culture

• attractive remuneration

• intensive onboarding by a mentor

• flexible work models for a healthy work-life balance

• corporate health management with comprehensive health and exercise programs

• corporate social benefits

• diverse career options in an international organization

• high-level, attractive career development opportunities

• a strong international network

  At AbbVie, your individual contributions count – help us achieve more together. Be a part of it and grow with us – go above and beyond! Sounds like the perfect career opportunity for you? We look forward to receiving your application. All you need is a complete CV – anything else will be discussed in person, where possible, if general suitability is determined.

  Have questions? Email Ilderina Balicevac – I look forward to hearing from you!

  Recommendation:

  An internal application always requires a certain degree of transparency. So please remember when you want to inform the current manager about it.

  If there is any uncertainty on this subject, your BHR Partner, Talent Acquisition and colleagues on the Works Council will also be available for information.

Salary: The position is remunerated with AT (depending on qualification and experience)

Additional Information

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.