* Area of Interest: Information Technology
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
We are now recruiting for Site IT Manager, Business Technology Solutions (BTS) to join our Ballytivnan site in Sligo. The IT Manager drives cross-functional business-IT strategy development, solution planning, site digitalization, risk management, and relationship management. They provide end-to-end technical solution leadership and business process alignment through the delivery and maintenance of Business Technology Solutions (BTS) and systems. In partnership with site, regional, and global organizations, the Site IT Manager creates and maintains the site digitalization roadmap, advocates for and enables a unified approach to shopfloor management, proposes, plans (capital plan and long-range plan), and executes projects that deliver innovation and digital enablement of IME’s business imperatives. They are the one BTS face to the customer and own the relationship of BTS towards the business.
So, if you are ambitious and driven to make a real impact on a global scale, read on to find out more and apply….
Primary duties and responsibilities of the position are as follows:
1. Develop and own technology for the site in close alignment with SLT.
2. Ensure delivery of robust sustainable digitalization solutions that meet site requirements, aligned with corporate strategy.
3. Drive continuous improvement of IT solutions for the site and manage technology lifecycles.
4. Actively pursue and understand enabling technologies and be aware of IT industry trends including Industry 4.0 and IoT.
5. Ensure high availability of IT services for QC laboratories, manufacturing, supply chain, and supporting functions & areas of the site.
6. Ensure cyber resiliency, compliance, and data integrity regulatory standards are maintained and adhered to across all site systems.
7. Lead the site BTS organization with performance transparency (e.g., IT performance metrics / KPI’s).
8. Drive transformation of site BTS organization into global organization and delivery model, drive up-skilling and transformation of job profiles to align with BTS OES mission.
9. Drive and foster a culture of continuous improvement to grow knowledge on the team and identify potentials and execute towards lean processes.
10. 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.
11. Build trustful and sustainable relationships to enable cross-functional prioritization across multiple business and technology functions, lobbying for support of business demand: IME, Quality, Supply Chain, BTS in alignment with Operations’ strategic priorities.
12. Liaise with Global BTS, OES, Infrastructure, and Quality teams ensuring high standards of service delivery and engage to influence continuous improvement opportunities for site operations.
13. Member of site leadership team (SLT); build strong, trustful, and sustainable relationships with Site Leadership Team to increase IT effectiveness & client satisfaction.
14. Responsible for budget of BTS site operations, systems operations, licenses, services, and local BTS projects.
Qualifications
Bachelors degree in IT, Computer Science, Mechatronics, Electronics, or similar.
8+ years relevant industry experience. Exposure to FDA, GMP, ISA95, safety and environmental legislation. Experience in pharmaceutical or life sciences industry preferred.
2+ years project management experience – proven record of cross-functional project delivery.
2+ years leadership experience; managing teams with demonstrated ability to motivate and develop staff in a matrix environment and drive performance.
Experience in working in an international matrix environment with demonstrated ability to work cross 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.
Business Consultancy capabilities to drive business process engineering and innovation. Manages change and encourages innovation. Lead and drive delivery of multi-stakeholder solutions based upon business value and efficiencies.
Ability to understand various technologies and effectively master complexities of application architecture, design, and integration.
Proven ability to make clear and courageous decisions, influence site leadership and key stakeholders at site.
Experience with process improvement methods (e.g., Lean, Six Sigma) will be of added value.
Must be fluent in English.
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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