Tissue Release Supervisor

At AbbVie, Inc., we are committed to transforming lives through innovative medicines and solutions. We strive to make a remarkable impact on people's lives across various key therapeutic areas, including immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care.

Our mission is to discover and deliver groundbreaking treatments that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We believe in driving innovation, serving our community, and embracing diversity and inclusion.

We are seeking a highly skilled Tissue Release Supervisor to join our team. This role will be responsible for supervising a team and ensuring the department has the necessary talent and level of performance to meet business objectives.

The successful candidate will be responsible for hiring, leading, and developing team members to ensure they have the appropriate skills and knowledge to perform their duties effectively. They will also be responsible for assuring donor information is complete, accurate, and reviewed to ensure compliance with applicable regulatory requirements.

This role requires strong leadership and communication skills, as well as the ability to work collaboratively with internal and external customers. The ideal candidate will have experience working in a GMP environment and be familiar with AATB, FDA, and/or USP regulations guidelines.

In this role, you will be responsible for:

• Supervising the activities associated with the donor release process and ensuring it conforms with Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) and all applicable state and federal standards and FDA and AATB regulations.
• Communicating with management on a routine basis and escalating issues as needed.
• Responsible for managing the activities required to meet the monthly release target.
• Responsible for training, developing, motivating, and coaching of the team.
• Responsible for ensuring adequate resources/staff to maintain business continuity, assigning work, meeting deadlines, interpreting, and ensuring compliance to organizational policies.
• Responsible for communicating and/or facilitating personnel actions; including but not limited to hiring, termination, salary and performance reviews, disciplinary action, approving paid time off, and approving overtime.
• Provide supervision, coaching and guidance, monitoring of activities, required problem resolutions, and projects. Create and sustain a positive team environment.
• Initiate, investigate, review, and/or partner in the identification of discrepancies and issue resolution for Nonconformances, CAPAs, and other quality records as applicable.
• Initiate IT tickets and Facilities tickets, and Equipment Work Requests (EWRs). Assist with corrective actions in cross-functional teams to mitigate recurrence of similar issues.
• Initiate, assess, coordinate implementation plans, and/or drive ECOs for process related to donor release. Provide input and support for other change controls related to the Tissue Services process.
• Track and monitor Key Process Indicators (KPIs), implements initiatives to increase departmental and cross-functional awareness and process improvements.

The estimated annual salary for this role is around $80,000-$110,000, depending on experience and qualifications. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits, including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k) to eligible employees.

This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs. No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.