Sr. Specialist 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.

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

Our Diagnostics business currently has an opportunity for a Sr. Specialist Supply Chain in our Santa Clara, CA location.  This is an on-site position. The Sr. Specialist Supply Chain will be responsible for managing several key areas within Supply Chain including inventory control, supply chain projects, supplier management and Third-Party Manufacturing (TPM) management. This role will work in coordination with planning, purchasing, reagent, instrument, warehouse and distribution centers to ensure excellent customer service. At this time no relocation and/or sponsorship is offered for this position.

What You’ll Work On

• Day to day management of Hematology TPMs (Third Party Manufacturing) and suppliers on active projects and communicate any shortage, performance concerns, backlogs or stockout inventory to Sr manager of supply chain and leadership team.
• First degree support to reagent team on day-to-day basis to deliver the projects.
• Drives inventory management for critical parts &/or TPMs and works closely with suppliers to maintain adequate inventory levels and prevent stockouts.
• Builds and maintains strong relationships with new and existing suppliers to ensure a continuous supply of materials and minimize the risk of disruptions in Hematology operation.
• Support R&D with identifying potential suppliers, driving kick-off meetings and onboarding new suppliers.
• Evaluates existing supply chain process to identify areas that need optimization and implement the changes.
• Supports Sr manager of supply chain in developing and implementing a comprehensive supply chain strategy.
• Collaborates on establishing supply chain procedures, including inventory management, warehousing, automation, systems integration, and distribution.
• Prepare, summarizes, and presents data accuracy, delivery performance for all key suppliers and inventory related metrics to assess performance, modify production plan and assess/prioritize focused improvement efforts.
• Works in conjugation with cross-functional team including planning (Chicago) and distribution centers (Europe and Asia) to develop and publish inventory related metrics including forecast accuracy, stock levels and Abbott entity delivery performance.
• Collaborates with production planning and purchasing to ensure customer requirements are understood and to identify and remove obstacles that may prevent on time delivery.
• Support Sr manager of supply chain on monthly KPI and inventory reports
• Provides support role for all projects involving production, procurement, and planning which includes: IT initiatives, process improvements, and lean projects.
• Continually identifies opportunities for improvement within the supply chain function.
• Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Science (preferred), supply chain management, operations or other related filed or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Master’s degree or MBA preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a supply chain strategy, supply chain analyst, project management role at similar industry

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiar with Hematology operation: Reagent and Instrument
• Proven ability to manage TPMs
• Proven experience in driving production projects to the end and get result.
• Project management experience is a bonus.
• Business Objects, SAP BW, or congos reporting.
• Proven ability to use Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint at an advanced level.
• Proven ability to communicate clearly to the cross-functional team and leadership level.
• Experience in Lean Manufacturing projects: Kaizen, Kanban, Poke Yoke, etc
• SAP/APO/DP/SNP experience in a production environment preferred.

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully:  http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx. Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott, and Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal. 

The base pay for this position is $86,700.00 – $173,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

• supply chain projects
• supplier management
• third-party manufacturing
• data analysis
• project management
• cross-functional collaboration
• lean manufacturing
• sap bw
• microsoft excel
• powerpoint
• hematology operations
• process optimization
• kpi reporting
• forecast accuracy