Senior Manager, External Manufacturing

Senior Manager, External Manufacturing

AbbVie

Campoverde, Italy

Main responsibilities

• Act as key point of contact for TPM on all operational aspects - equipment, performance, cycle time, yield etc.;
• Interface with Operations Pipeline teams to ensure that all TPM’s are supplying key intermediates and drug linkers to Abbvie sites and other biologic TPM’s;
• Build solid relationships with first tier TPM’s and drug linker TPM’s to monitor manufacturing performance weekly through the application appropriate performance metrics and campaign (pre/post) reviews;
• Proactively work with TPM’s to ensure work processes and standards align to deliver product in accordance with AbbVie quality expectations;
• Informing various internal stakeholders of TPM performance, highlighting issues, actions, and ongoing improvements to increase performance at TPMs that impact downstream operations;
• Represent Manufacturing as required with internal Brand Teams related to all aspects of the manufacturing process with specific TPMs;
• Through internal and external partnership build a performance improvement culture at TPMs and lead these identified programs to deliver bottom-line savings to AbbVie;
• Visit on regular basis TPMs to increase engagement, with proactive in-plant assessments, identifying opportunities for safety, quality and process improvement.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree required in a science/engineering discipline with further technical and/or business qualification strongly preferred;
• 10+ years’ experience: operational and/or technical expertise in API, ADC or drug product manufacturing in a GMP Pharmaceutical environment. Previous account, program or technical transfer management expertise is a must. Proven relationship management and influencing skills a must;
• Previous experience of continuous improvement or operational excellence an advantage;
• Business acumen coupled with functional leadership experience is required to ensure effectiveness and high performance in a complex operation.