Senior Coordinator, Transportation

Abbvie Job Posting

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.

Purpose: Responsible for day to day inbound, outbound and third party domestic shipment requests. Accountable for the settings within SAP which control the selection of the carrier for shipments from the AbbVie DCs located in Lake County, IL. The Coordinator will work with the carriers to ensure established turn by turn directions are established for outbound truckload shipments are out of the AbbVie Lake County DC. This individual will use systems to plan and communicate bookings each week, and will keep the stakeholders informed of last minute changes. As the main interface on day to day bookings, this individual will be responsible for identifying and reporting logistical issues to all applicable parties in a timely manner. The individuals will be expected to resolve day to day operational issues with minimal direction from the Transportation Manager.

Responsibilities:

• Manage and facilitate the booking process for domestic outbound, inbound and third party shipment requests.
• Work with carriers, suppliers and internal stakeholders to trouble shoot carrier related issues.
• Initiate carrier damage/loss investigations to determine root causes and corrective actions. Input findings into the Vivaldi Customer Complaint System as well as internal exception reporting system.
• Research and report U.S. Capacity and Driver Shortage conditions to management on a quarterly basis.
• Assist U.S. Customer Logistics Manager with carrier performance evaluations in support of Monthly and Quarterly Business Review.
• Assist in developing shipping strategy for outbound shipments for atypical events (product launches, Continuous Improvement Projects, Natural Disasters).
• Make updates within SAP as the carrier portfolio changes or as new routes are established.
• Generate and provide monthly Product Accrual Reports to AbbVie Global Supply Chain Finance.
• Assist the U.S. Customer Logistics Manager in requirements gathering for domestic carrier bids.
• Provide backup support on day to day operations for the International Transportation Coordinator as called upon.

Qualifications:

• High School Graduate or a GED credential required.
• Associates or Bachelors' degree in business or supply chain related field is a plus.
• Knowledge of SAP or other ERP systems is a plus.
• A minimum 3 year experience in areas such as: logistics planning, distribution operations, transportation operations or freight dispatch within pharmaceutical industry preferred.
• Highly developed interpersonal skills and effective written and spoken communication skills are absolutely critical.
• Issue identification and strong problem analysis and solution development skills are required
• Proven ability for exceptional workload management and organizational skills.
• Demonstrated team player and ability to work in a cross cultural work environment.
• Proficiency with common program management communication software tools. (eg: MS PowerPoint, MS Word, MS Excel), and techniques (ie: plans, schedules, presentations) are required.

Additional Information:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.
• This job is eligible to participate in our long-term incentive programs.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives and serving our community. Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled.