Senior Coordinator, External and Manufacturing

Job 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. For more information about Abb Vie, please visit us at  Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, You Tube and Linked In.

The Senior Coordinator, External and Contract Manufacturing will coordinate purchase orders and provide organizational support for the ECM leadership team.

• Provides organizational support for the External Contract Manufacturing team leadership, including calendar management, scheduling travel, processing expense reports, meeting/event planning & hosting, preparing presentations from source materials, and maintaining org charts.
• Maintain team calendars with key meetings and events.
• Coordinate new employee set-ups and onboarding/offboarding within ECM.
• Maintain repository of key TPM (Third Party Manufacturers) information and related documents as needed.
• Create and drive approval of all ECM Purchase Orders; troubleshoot & resolve issues with purchase orders; complete vendor setup and own inquiries and follow-up.
• Develop and manage guidance as appropriate on Purchase Order process flow, highlighting required information and opportunities to improve efficiency.
• Monitor accounts payable for ECM Purchase orders to ensure payment and coordinate timely resolution where needed.
• Assist with SharePoint initiatives including responsibility for implementation, ongoing maintenance, facilitating standardization and communicating best practices to users, including providing access to both internal and external parties.
• Provide support to Alliance Managers as needed.

• Associate degree preferred and/or equivalent years of experience.
• Microsoft Office, SAP and SharePoint experience preferred.
• Demonstrated strong collaborative skills in working with people across functions and levels.
• Analytical problem solving required for troubleshooting and resolving issues quickly related to SAP, SharePoint, and similar systems.
• Must be able to interpret key commercial elements contained in information concerning cost savings and continuous improvement opportunities from outside parties.
• Ability to manage multiple projects requiring minimal supervision.
• Ability to provide support across the ECM team as required.

• 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, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is Abb Vie’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.

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