About this opportunity
Company Description
About AbbVie
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 including immunology, oncology and neuroscience - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at www.abbvie.com . Follow @abbvie on LinkedIn, Facebook , Instagram , X and YouTube.
Job Description
Support and follow up the suppliers to ensure that quality relevant materials and services meet
specifications and Company requirements.
Keep approved suppliers in compliance and document the entire process to meet the requirements of
regulatory agencies and QMR03 Supplier Controls policy.
Coordinate with other areas of the Company to comply with the procedures and goals established in the
area.
Open, notify and track progress SCARs (supply corrective actions) to suppliers. Approve the corrective actions from the supplier and confirm with submitted evidence that committed activities were met
Notify “alerts” to suppliers based on trend analysis, supplier metrics (supplier performance) or defects found during manufacturing or complaints processes. Perform follow-up of supplier notice alert, when needed.
Track blocked, on hold and quarantine materials to determine a material disposition to comply with
the business goals or metrics. Define and execute material disposition of non-conforming materials.
Update and review the supplier metrics which show the quality performance of local and global
suppliers. Present monthly data to management.
Encourage suppliers to comply with periodic review and maintenance requirements for supplier
qualification such as “Quality Agreements (QTA)”, quality questionnaires (survey or self-assessment,
QQ), supplier audit, Supply chain maps, change notification, etc. Coordinate with the supplier the
completion and submission of QQ, QTA and material documentation.
Support and track the annual schedule of supplier audits (on site or quality questionnaire) to assure
that they are executed and completed on time. Present monthly status or supplier audit results to
management.
Provide corporate auditors with information needed about supplier performance, SCARs, CoC,
material specifications and receival verification process as part of preparation of an incoming audit.
Perform any assessment or action needed as a result of supplier audits.
Maintain ASL (Approved Supplier Lits in GTW) and S/4 system updated as the result of supplier
qualifications, change control actions, new material qualifications or projects activities.
Train contractors and consultants in the procedure of quality standards, requirements and GMPs
All other duties inherent to the position and those assigned by his/her immediate supervisor, including opening or closure of actions related to deviations, NC’s, CAPAS, DCC’s, CCs, AIAs, OMR presentations and internal audit responses.
Qualifications
EDUCATION:
Bachelor's degree in electrical, mechanical, electronic, electromechanical, industrial engineering, biotechnology, chemistry, computer science or related career or a combination of equivalent career experience in supplier quality rols.
English B1
EXPERIENCE:
1 year of experience in regulated industries. Expertise in supplier quality management is a plus.
SKILLS:
Knowledge on root cause determination tools, such as DMAIC or A3, among others.
Advanced knowledge of Office applications (Windows)
Ability to communicate written and oral ideas in a clear, concise and precise manner.
Critical thinking and continous improvement
Additional Information
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.
US & Puerto Rico only - to learn more, visit https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/equal-employment-opportunity-employer.html
US & Puerto Rico applicants seeking a reasonable accommodation, click here to learn more:
https://www.abbvie.com/join-us/reasonable-accommodations.html
Job details
How this role compares
Computed from every other active Quality role in our database, not just this employer's listings.
We currently track 1458 comparable Quality roles across 143 biopharma companies.
Salary context
256 of 1458 peers report a salary range (USD, annualized)
Peers share this role's job function. This posting doesn't list a seniority level, so peers aren't narrowed by seniority either -- the range below may span more levels than usual.
Where these roles are based
Top locations among the 1458 comparable roles
+ 47 more countries
Seniority mix
712 of 1458 peers have a known seniority level
Therapeutic area mix
2 of 1458 peers have a known therapeutic area; the rest are genuinely unlabeled, not hidden
Similar opportunities
The closest matches from our peer group, ranked by how similar they are, not how well you'd qualify for them -- treat this as market context, not a guaranteed shortlist; a weak match is labeled as one below.
Notify me about similar jobs
Get an email when we spot other openings like this one – same job function, comparable seniority, roles you'd actually want to see.
Or follow a whole field: get every new Quality job in Costa Rica, and choose locations and companies.
How we calculate "similar"
No black box, no LLM guesswork: a deterministic score built from four normalized attributes. Here's this role's own peer group at different match levels, so you can see the mechanism, not just the result.
Every comparison starts from the same 100-point budget: 25 for working in the same function, 40 for the same therapeutic area, 20 for the same or adjacent seniority, 15 for the same country. A dimension we can't confirm on both sides contributes nothing, never a guess, never a free pass.
0 points, never a partial guess. A role we know almost nothing about beyond its function bottoms out at 25%; it never inflates to 100% just because there's little to compare against. Seniority uses a defined ladder (Associate → Manager → Associate Director → Senior → Principal → Director → Senior Director → Executive/VP) so "Director" and "Senior Director" count as adjacent, but "Director" and "Executive/VP" do not.