Purpose:

The Senior Director, Manufacturing Strategy plays a pivotal role in shaping the long-term direction of the organization's global manufacturing operations across the entire ME&C network. This leader is responsible for envisioning and executing strategies that maximize operational effectiveness, foster innovation, and ensure alignment with ME&C, Operations and AbbVie goals.

The Senior Director, Manufacturing Strategy will lead a group of professionals responsible for developing and implementing strategic initiatives to optimize manufacturing operations, drive efficiency, and support business growth.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute global manufacturing strategies across all ME&C sites to support business objectives and growth initiatives.
• Collaborate with senior leadership, operations, quality, supply chain, and engineering teams to ensure integrated global manufacturing plans.
• Manage the ME&C site selection and make buy processes
• Establish goals, metrics, and KPIs to monitor progress and ensure successful implementation of strategic projects.
• Stay updated on industry trends and regulatory requirements to maintain competitive advantage and compliance.
• Manage the ME&C LRP processes for the SVP of Manufacturing, ensuring robust plans, assumptions and financials are established for success of ME&C
• Partner with the 5 regional Strategy Directors, establishing standards and alignment with overall ME&C strategy
• Evaluate contingency plans and risk management strategies.
• In collaboration with the finance teams, develop appropriate tools, performance indicators and decks that enable monitoring and control of financial performances at senior leadership level.
• Partnering with Regional ME&C Vice presidents and Site Heads to develop and implement regional initiatives to achieve network objectives

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