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 X, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, LinkedIn and Tik Tok.
Job Description
The job that helps you get ahead in life. Moving mountains together.
Welcome to AbbVie! As part of an international company with 50,000 employees worldwide and around 3,000 employees in Germany, you will have the opportunity of addressing some of tomorrows unmet medical needs in close collaboration with your colleagues. Are you passionate about improving global health care? Do you want to contribute to improving patients' quality of life through your expertise? In a challenging work environment that offers opportunities of developing and increasing your own skills? You’ve come to the right place!
In our Pharmaceutical development department within Research and Development at the Ludwigshafen site, you will be working in a team of talented people and experienced experts toward developing tomorrow's products. In cutting-edge laboratories, you will be setting highest standards in the competitive field.
Moving mountains together – as Senior Manager QA Operations (all genders), you own and maintain the Quality systems for Ludwigshafen Operations in a sustainable way. You also ensure site compliance with applicable cGMP and Medical Device regulations for all markets where products manufactured are commercialized, as well as with AbbVie and third-party Quality requirements.
Your responsibilities:
Assure Quality oversight for Quality systems and performance metricsLead Quality Assurance to ensure employee development and effective succession planningActively support Performance Excellence programsManage costs efficiently, achieve agreed budget targets, work to improve bottom-line growthEnsure compliance with safety and environmental requirements for Quality AssuranceAct as substitute for the Site Quality Director
Qualifications
How you move mountains:
Degree in Chemistry / Pharmacy / Biology or equivalentMinimum 10-year experience in the Pharma industry, preferably both drug products and APIStrong leadership skills and significant experience as line manager, leading large teamsDemonstrated experience in Operations Quality Assurance (at least 5 years)Excellent knowledge of cGMP regulations (e.g., EU/US) and agencies’ expectationsExperience in direct management of inspectionsProfound understanding of Operations businessBoth, German and English business fluentPassionate for performance, drive for innovationHigh degree of self-motivation/proactivity and efficient results-oriented way of working
Here's how we can move mountains together:
with a diverse work environment where you can have a real impactwith an open corporate culturewith an attractive salarywith an intensive onboarding process with a mentor at your sidewith flexible work models for a healthy work-life balancewith a corporate health management that offers comprehensive health and exercise programswith company social benefitswith a wide range of career opportunities in an international organizationwith top-tier, attractive development opportunitieswith a strong international network
Multiple times, we have been globally recognized as a "Great Place to Work" and we are proud to provide our employees with the flexibility to maintain a healthy work-life balance. We take our impact on the environment and our communities seriously and therefore focus on giving something back on a regular basis. We are committed to equality, equity, diversity and inclusion (EED&I) – a commitment that is fundamental to us. This includes appreciating different perspectives, creating an inclusive culture and treating all employees with dignity and respect.
At AbbVie, your individual contributions count – help us move mountains together. Be a part of our success, grow with us and accomplish more than you could have imagined. Sounds like the perfect career opportunity for you? We look forward to receiving your application! All you need is a complete CV – we will discuss everything else with you in person.
Any questions? Feel free to email as at TalentAcquisition.de@abbvie.com – we look forward to hearing from you!
Additional Information
AbbVie 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 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.
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