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AbbVie Associate Director, Site BTS Lead in Westport, Ireland
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 Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.
Job Description
Position: Site BTS Lead/Associate Director
Location: Westport, Mayo, Ireland
Type: Permanent and site-based
The role: At AbbVie Westport, we are looking for our next Site Business Technology Solutions (BTS) Lead / Associate Director. The Site BTS Lead drives cross-functional business-IT strategy development, solution planning, site digitalisation, risk management and relationship management.
In the role you will provide end-to-end technical solution leadership and business process alignment through delivering and maintaining Business Technology Solutions and systems. In partnership with site, regional and global organisations, the Site BTS Lead creates and maintains the site digitalisation roadmap and enables a unified approach to shop-floor management, proposes, plans (capital plan and long-range plan) and executes projects that deliver innovation and digital enablement of IME’s business imperatives. As site lead you are the BTS face to the customer and own the relationship of BTS towards the business.
This is a key role within our BTS network, leading AbbVie Ireland's largest site. You will have a great platform to drive strategy and make a significant impact in the role. If you are interested in finding out more, read on and follow the links to apply.
The key activities of the role include:
Assess and benchmark digitalisation and Factory of the Future capabilities for the site, develop and communicate strategy and roadmap in close alignment with SLT, IME network leadership and BTS capabilities
Promote, expand and improve data access and utilisation for consumption and analysis both on the BTS site team as well as on the business side
Ensure delivery of robust, sustainable digitalisation solutions that meet site, region and network priorities, drive standardisation as well as continuous improvement of IT solutions for the site, providing high availability and managing technology lifecycles
Actively pursues and understands enabling technologies and is aware of IT industry trends, including Industry 4.0 and IoT
Ensure high availability of IT services for QC laboratories, manufacturing, supply chain and supporting functions & areas of the site
Ensure cyber resiliency, compliance and data integrity regulatory standards are maintained and adhered to across all site systems
Lead the site BTS organisation with performance transparency (e.g., IT performance metrics / KPIs).
Drive transformation of site BTS organisation into a global organisation and delivery model, drive up-skilling and transformation of job profiles to align with BTS OES mission
Drive and foster a culture of continuous improvement to grow knowledge on the team and identification of potentials and execution towards lean processes
Establish and advance a high-performing team of SMEs by recruiting, training, coaching and developing people, clearly communicating goals, performance expectations, role responsibilities and performance feedback in alignment with AbbVie’s Talent philosophy
Build trustful and sustainable relationships to enable cross-functional prioritisation across multiple business and technology functions, lobbying to support business demand: IME, Quality, Supply Chain, and BTS in alignment with Operations’ strategic priorities.
Liaise with Global BTS, OES, Infrastructure and Quality teams, ensuring high standards of service delivery and engaging to influence continuous improvement opportunities for site operations
Responsible for the budget of BTS site operations, systems operations, licenses and services and local BTS projects
The educational background and experience we look for:
Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Electronics, or similar
9+ years relevant industry experience. Exposure to FDA, GMP, ISA95, safety and environmental legislation. Experience in the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry is preferred
5+ years of project management experience – a proven record of cross-functional project delivery
5+ years of leadership experience; managing teams with demonstrated ability to motivate and de-develop staff in a matrix environment and driving performance
Experience in working in an international matrix environment with demonstrated ability to work across regions/countries
Systems background: ERP/SAP, MES (POMSNet), Data Historian (OSI PI), Chromatography (Empower) and laboratory management systems. SCADA/DCS is a plus
Strong knowledge of Quality Assurance, IT System Life Cycle, Compliance and Data Integrity
Ability to manage and support manufacturing operations in conjunction with site and global teams
Strong Business Consultancy capabilities to drive business process engineering and innovation. Manages change and encourages innovation. Leads and drives multi-stakeholder solutions delivery based on business value and efficiencies
Ability to understand various technologies and effectively master application architecture, design and integration complexities
Proven ability to make clear and courageous decisions to influence site leadership and key stakeholders at site, regional and global levels
Experience with process improvement methods (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma) will be of added value
Qualifications
The educational background and experience we look for:
Bachelor's degree in IT, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Electronics, or similar
9+ years relevant industry experience. Exposure to FDA, GMP, ISA95, safety and environmental legislation. Experience in the pharmaceutical or life sciences industry is preferred
5+ years of project management experience – a proven record of cross-functional project delivery
5+ years of leadership experience; managing teams with demonstrated ability to motivate and de-develop staff in a matrix environment and driving performance
Experience in working in an international matrix environment with demonstrated ability to work across regions/countries
Systems background: ERP/SAP, MES (POMSNet), Data Historian (OSI PI), Chromatography (Empower) and laboratory management systems. SCADA/DCS is a plus
Strong knowledge of Quality Assurance, IT System Life Cycle, Compliance and Data Integrity
Ability to manage and support manufacturing operations in conjunction with site and global teams
Strong Business Consultancy capabilities to drive business process engineering and innovation. Manages change and encourages innovation. Leads and drives multi-stakeholder solutions delivery based on business value and efficiencies
Ability to understand various technologies and effectively master application architecture, design and integration complexities
Proven ability to make clear and courageous decisions to influence site leadership and key stakeholders at site, regional and global levels
Experience with process improvement methods (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma) will be of added value
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.