Senior Supply Planner Job
Job Description Job Attributes+
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Job ID
31096653
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Req #
ABLAUS31096653ENUSEXTERNAL
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Job Location
Temecula, CA, US
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Job Category
Operations
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Job Type
Full time
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Travel
Yes, 5 % of the Time
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Schedule
40 hours per week
Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
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.
- Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
- 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 position works out of our Temecula, CA location in the AVD division. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease.
Job Summary
The Supply Planner manages production planning for their assigned product(s). Position will be responsible for translating commercial demand and inventory strategies/targets into effective supply plans. Supply Planner will manage production plans that span multiple plants. Incumbent will be required to coordinate with Demand Planning, Operations and other planners to resolve plant scheduling conflicts and capacity constraints. The Supply Planner is primarily focused on the next 24 months horizon. Incumbent is expected to work independently, with regular support from department management supervision.
What You’ll Work On
- Maintain internal and external customer service levels for products.
- Analyze plant throughput within customer service, capacity, efficiency, and inventory plan framework.
- Assist Program and Project management groups, project activity and schedule of new products, new processes, etc.
- Develop production plans for Plan and Update packages.
- Participate in decision-making meetings on plant manpower loading and/or premium labor (overtime-contract labor).
- Work directly with plants to perform Rough Cut Capacity Planning in support of 24 month planning horizon.
- Present at monthly meetings with plant and division operations to review and implement operations strategies.
- Understands business environment and relates extensive knowledge of internal and external activities to trends.
- Interfaces with a variety of management levels on significant matters, often requiring the coordination of activity across organizational units.
- Participates in the development of others by facilitating training and providing feedback and guidance.
- May lead a project team.
- Provides technical leadership to business units.
- Acts as a mentor to less-experienced staff.
- Exercises judgment independently. (Planning/Organization) Plans and organizes project assignments of substantial variety and complexity.
- Initiates or maintains schedule for projects and project milestones.
- Establishes priorities of individual or project assignments.
- Selects methods and techniques to lead a project to completion.
- Erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically result in failure to achieve organizational objectives.
Required Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain or Business Management or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
- 2 years of relevant work experience or exposure within a regulated environment to sufficiently demonstrate the core job responsibilities of the position
- Prefer business experience in: Master Production Scheduling, Materials Requirement Planning, Capacity Planning, Demand Planning, Inventory Management, Supply Chain Management, Supply Planning, Lean and Six Sigma, S&OP Process
- Demonstrated initiative and problem-solving/ critical-thinking skills
- Ability and aptitude to use various types of databases and other computer software
- Strong organizational and project management skills
- Ability and aptitude to provide solutions and contingency plans through the comprehensive review of alternatives
Apply Now
* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
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The base pay for this position is $72,700.00 – $145,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Job Skills
- project management
- demand planning
- supply chain management
- capacity planning
- inventory management
- business management
- work independently
- judgment independently
- production planning
- mentoring skills
- interdepartmental coordination
- project leadership
- team leadership
- priority setting
- computer software
- department management
- technical leadership
Additional Information
Who We Are
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