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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 at www.abbvie.com. Follow @abbvie on X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok (https://www.tiktok.com/@abbvie) .

Job Description

Purpose

The Inventory Planner will be responsible for providing procurement planning and logistical support to the Bioscience Laboratories Irvine (BLI) Manufacturing department in accordance with all corporate standards, FDA & CDC regulations, and emerging trends within industry.

Responsibilities

• Perform procurement planning to ensure materials are readily available for manufacturing activities.

• Monitor inventory levels, analyze usage patterns, and adjust orders to prevent shortages or overstock.

• Create and firm up purchase requisitions and orders at a daily operations level (follow-up, shipment planning, document review, vendor coordination).

• Evaluate suppliers, lead times, and delivery performance to ensure supply continuity and quality standards.

• Utilize ERP and planning tools to accurately track orders, shipments, and inventory movements.

• Identify process bottlenecks and recommend improvements to enhance supply chain efficiency.

• Ensure SAP data is aligned with current procedures and material data.

• Facilitate the shipping and/or receiving of materials to and from the warehouse on behalf of the department. This would include coordinating either the shipping or receipt of materials or the preparation for delivery of materials to and from the facility with focus on accuracy, efficiency and time management.

• Address problems with order flow or shipping delays, such as damaged or improperly packed goods, as well as day-to-day concerns with warehouse capacity and production deadlines. May include face-to-face, phone or email interactions with vendors and contractors.

• Ensure proper documentation for all activities performed, following BLI SOPs and regulatory requirements.

• Review and revise procurement and logistics SOPs (as necessary).

• Issue out materials to the manufacturing department for use during batch production.

Incumbent has full authority to make decisions and/or take actions required to carry out job duties. Internal requirements include compliance with ethics, environmental health and safety, financial, human resources, cGMP procedures, general business policies, requirements, and objectives.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent and minimum of three (3) or more years of experience, preferably in pharmaceuticals or Biotech industry; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Minimum of three (3) or more years of experience, preferably in pharmaceuticals or Biotech industry; or an equivalent combination of education and experience

• Experience in a GMP regulated environment, with a preference for this experience coming within aseptic manufacturing.

• Experience in manufacturing supply chain planning or related discipline preferred.

• Highly organized and able to multi-task.

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills, with proficiency in planning software and ERP (SAP) systems.

• Ability to lift up to 30 pounds.

• Ability to follow and implement procurement, shipping and inventory maintenance procedures.

• Able to work in controlled environment and function effectively as a team member.

• Must be computer proficient

• Able to use initiative in problem-solving.

• Must be highly motivated and able to work under limited supervision.

Additional Information

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• 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. ?

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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.

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Salary: $58,656 - $100,500