Senior Manager Supply Chain

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

• This is not a remote opportunity.
• Traveling up to 10 %

Lake County Manufacturing Site currently has an opportunity for a Senior Manager of Site Supply Chain.  The incumbent will plan, direct, and monitor all aspects of end-to-end supply, including raw material procurement, intermediate and finishing manufacturing and associated inventory to ensure inventory levels are maintained within both supply and cost expectations and delivery targets are achieved.

• Manage day-to-day supply and logistics activities to maximize efficiency, reliability, timeliness, and cost effectiveness of the organization's supply chain.
• Activities may include materials planning and control, procurement, inventory management, production activity support services, intermediate supply management, and finished goods delivery.
• Develop and implement schedules and procedures.
• Allocate resources to meet targets across all areas of site planning, production activity control, and scheduling.
• Liaise with functional and operational area managers (e.g., in manufacturing, quality, engineer and R&D) to ensure supply activities are integrated with other parts of the business.
• Select and manage ongoing relationships with major suppliers, vendors, or sub-contractors to minimize costs and ensure satisfactory standards of service.
• Lead, direct, evaluate, and develop staff to ensure resources are used effectively and work schedules and targets are met.

Required Qualifications

• Associates Degree
• Minimum 7 years work related experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree
• Procurement, Supply Chain or Manufacturing Experience

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