Manager, Supply Chain

• 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

• 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.

• Be an active member of the site leadership team, and lead site safety, quality, service and continuous improvement activities as required. Be an active participant in site strategic planning & execution.
• Manage, develop, coach and educate the Supply Chain Excellence resources to deliver on site commitments and priorities.
• Responsible for all site Supply Chain activities including capacity planning, inventory management, purchasing, finite production planning and scheduling of incoming raw materials and finished product.
• Ensure compliance with all relevant Safety, Quality and Regulatory policies and procedures.
• Maintain a collaborative relationship with vendors, driving continuous cost reductions through negotiations, projects, and supplier engineering activities while ensuring quality supply continuity.
• Purchasing responsibility for both inventory and non-inventory functions, and maintaining appropriate stock levels for parts, raw materials and finished goods.
• Contracts management for the site, including but not limited to integrated facility management.
• Communicate with site and division management on Supply Chain related issues requiring attention or improvement.
• Provide oversight to warehouse supervisor and team, ensuring execution of daily material control and management.
• Build site awareness and engagement of Supply Chain Excellence principles through effective communication, education & training.
• Manage the visual Supply Chain communication strategy on site and ensure a clear linkage between division strategy, site strategy and individual metrics with a key focus on pledge behaviors.
• Liaise and benchmark with other locations across the Medical Device Network and beyond to improve systems and develop improvement opportunities.
• Manage and support all Learning & Development initiatives and site approval processes.
• Conducting business in a manner that will protect human health, safety and the environment by complying with all applicable EHS laws and Abbott Global & Technical Standards.

• Bachelor’s Degree
• 8+ years previous work experience and progressively responsible experience in an operation, supply chain, or related area, preferably in a regulated manufacturing environment; three of which with people management responsibility.
• Strong working knowledge of Supply Chain & Operations functions to include Planning, Purchasing, Warehouse, Manufacturing and Quality
• Knowledge of strategic planning processes.
• Demonstrated ability in managing inward and out bound supply chain to tight deadlines
• Excellent communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to lead and drive enterprise excellence improvement initiatives leading to significant and measurable improvements in performance.

• 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.

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