We are searching for a Third Party Manufacturing Senior Manager, External Manufacturing.
The TPM Management Group is a small team with a decentralized and adaptable structure that aligns with all stakeholder within Operations to deliver rigorous oversight of Third Party Manufacturing Operations for key late pipeline and newly commercialized small molecule products.
Main responsibilities:
- Act as key point of contact for TPM on all operational aspects - equipment, performance, cycle time, yield etc.
- Interface with Operations Pipeline teams to ensure that all TPM's are supplying key intermediates and drug linkers to Abbvie sites and other biologic TPM's
- Build solid relationships with first tier TPM's and drug linker TPM's to monitor manufacturing performance weekly through the application appropriate performance metrics and campaign (pre/post) reviews.
- Proactively work with TPM's to ensure work processes and standards align to deliver product in accordance with AbbVie quality expectations.
- Informing various internal stakeholders of TPM performance, highlighting issues, actions, and ongoing improvements to increase performance at TPMs that impact downstream operations.
- Represent Manufacturing as required with internal Brand Teams related to all aspects of the manufacturing process with specific TPMs.
- Through internal and external partnership build a performance improvement culture at TPMs and lead these identified programs to deliver bottom-line savings to AbbVie.
- visit on regular basis TPMs to increase engagement, with proactive in-plant assessments, identifying opportunities for safety, quality and process improvement.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's Degree required in a science/engineering discipline with further technical and/or business qualification strongly preferred.
- 10+ years experience: operational and/or technical expertise in API, ADC or drug product manufacturing in a GMP Pharmaceutical environment. Previous account, program or technical transfer management expertise is a must. Proven relationship management and influencing skills a must.
- Previous experience of continuous improvement or operational excellence an advantage.
- Business acumen coupled with functional leadership experience is required to ensure effectiveness and high performance in a complex operation.
