Director, Global Engineering Strategy and Planning

Company Description

Abb Vie’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.

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 Abb Vie 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 Abb Vie standards and specifications. Develop resource plans for approved projects and make recommendations regarding use of internal or external resources for project/facility planning, design and execution.

Manage and leverage common engineering systems.

• 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 an 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 Abb Vie and professional associations, A&E firms and other peer companies.
• Lead and coordinate objective criticality scoring of site‑level projects to deliver network‑wide investment prioritization.
• Establish and maintain relationships with senior 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 a 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 early in the product development lifecycle.

• Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering. Master’s Degree in Management or an MBA preferred.
• 10‑15 years of experience in Engineering and/or Manufacturing Management.

• SVP, Internal Manufacturing and Engineering;
  Regional VPs Manufacturing; VP, Global Engineering

• 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.

Abb Vie 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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