Transportation Specialist II

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 Transportation Specialist will be responsible for operational transactions to support import and exports for the shipping and receiving sites within AbbVie’s GDL or IME network.  This role will need to work with internal stakeholders upstream and downstream in the process to ensure timely and successful shipping execution.  Also, the coordinator will be accountable for the settings within SAP which control the selection of routings and transportation service providers (TSPs) for shipments from the shipping locations. Vendor relationship management is required to ensure TSPs are meeting performance standards from forecasting, booking, in-transit, and freight payment requirements and milestones. TOA needs to work with Abbvie QA and TSPs to drive TSP SOP creation meeting AbbVie’s standards and ensure GDPs are being met.  This individual will capture data from bookings, packaging, and freight data; will be responsible for reviewing temperature data; and following up with forwarders on CAPAs. Continuous improvement projects related to forwarder routings, lane and packaging qualifications, and improvements to the visibility of shipments and data.  He or She will be responsible for investigations and reporting of complaints, including damages/loss, shortages, and late shipments.  Coordinator will have responsibilities supporting other team members with projects, efficiencies, inbound shipments, SAP knowledge transfer and support.  Finally, the Coordinator will be responsible to weekly, monthly, or quarterly transportation reports and dashboards

Responsibilities

• Daily contact with one or Multiple (internal/external) DC or IME locations coordinating importing or exporting of pharmaceutical finished product, bulk, active