AbbVie · 7 hours ago
Lead, Value Stream
North Chicago, IL
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$94K/yr - $178K/yr
5+ years expAbbVie is dedicated to discovering and delivering innovative medicines and solutions that address serious health issues. The Value Stream Lead will ensure efficiency and continuous improvement within the Specialty Formulation or Packaging Departments while complying with regulations and collaborating with management and cross-functional partners to facilitate new product introductions and overall value stream functionality.
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Responsibilities
Drive next generation Industry 4.0 Factory of the Future (FotF) initiatives for AP16 on applicable nodes by consulting on and driving process automation and dynamic growth models
Lead respective node health check meetings to drive optimized scheduling, root cause analysis, downtime mitigation, OEE improvements and sustained OEE performance
Lead production floor team member meetings to empower floor personnel with the need to drive sustained line performance and recycle ideas/feedback between health check and team member meetings
Build successful strategies for New Product Introductions (NPIs) and launches on existing and/or new packaging lines. Be the conduit for novel ideas and improvements while proactively looking for best and worst case models/scenarios for respective nodes
Assist management with cost standard quoting process of existing and new processes and drive continuous improvements to achieve optimized cost standards
Consult and be stakeholders of appropriate Change Management and CAPAs driven from improvement projects and RCAs respectively
Participate in risk assessments in the areas of human error, EM (extraneous matter), and line clearance failures for respective nodes
Consult on mitigation pathways for external issues impacting the performance of respective node (supplier related issues etc.)
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering or Business Administration
5+ years experience in a manufacturing facility preferably in packaging
Excellent listening, verbal, written communications as well as organizational skills with the ability to prioritize workload and manage conflict
Benefits
Paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick)
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Short-term incentive programs
Company
AbbVie
AbbVie is a biopharmaceutical company focused on immunology, oncology, neuroscience, virology, and aesthetics. It is a sub-organization of AbbVie.
10001+ employees
H1B Sponsorship
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2025 (273)
2024 (190)
2023 (225)
2022 (284)
2021 (186)
2020 (186)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$15B2024-02-27Post Ipo Debt· $15B
2023-03-08Post Ipo Equity· $0.25M
2012-12-20IPO
Leadership Team
Robert Michael
Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer
Micah Bregman
Vice President, Global Strategy and Pipeline, Allergan Aesthetics
Recent News
2025-12-31
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