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.

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 .

+ 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 (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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 is an onsite opportunity in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division. We are helping people with Diabetes lead healthier, happier lives. As a global leader in diabetes care, Abbott is constantly working to deliver the highest quality products and unwavering support to our customers. Consistent and accurate glucose monitoring is the foundation of any diabetes management plan, so we’re committed to continuous improvement in the way patients and professionals measure, track and analyze glucose levels.

As a Global Supply Chain Manager, you will be part of the Supply Planning organization that provides direction to our manufacturing sites to ensure we are building the correct products at the right time to the appropriate quantities. **This is an onsite opportunity in Alameda, CA**

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**What You’ll Do**

+ Manage supply chain program management process and execution for NPD.

+ Be a key driver of short and long term departmental and inter-departmental continuous improvement projects.

+ Develops and manage long-term supply plan during ongoing production and the new product development process.

+ Engage our manufacturing, project management, and demand partners during the NPD process, ensuring that our supply plans are aligned with these stakeholders.

+ Coordinate production schedules and release and shipping windows, working closely with the cross-functional supply chain and supply quality groups.

+ Execute all supply chain requirements / objectives of NPD including lead time analysis, contingency planning and risk mitigation.

+ Ensure Supply chain material master data in the planning system is accurate

+ Develop ramp-up and ramp-down schedules as the product transfers from one site to the other or as product goes through their respective life cycles

+ Identify & manages process improvement projects that improve customer service levels, improve product flows, minimize supply chain costs and improve asset management.

+ Partner with engineering, production and global teams on continuous improvement projects and initiatives.

+ Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.

+ Comply with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.

+ Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with stakeholders including employees, customers and suppliers.

+ Set goals which align to department plans and manages the execution of goals through coaching and mentoring.

+ Provide short-term and tactical guidance to upstream manufacturing partners.

+ Maintain a safe and professional work environment.

**Education and Experience You’ll Bring**

Required

+ Bachelors Degree (± 16 years): In Business Administration or a related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

Preferred

+ Masters Degree (± 18 years): An advanced credential, such as an MBA, MA, or MS in a relevant discipline/concentration preferred.

Minimum 8 years of:

+ Progressively more responsible work experience in manufacturing planning or a related discipline. A minimum of five plus years of demonstrated experience at a supervisory/managerial level.

+ Has multi-disciplinary knowledge with significant expertise in regulatory requirements for medical devices.

+ Experience with planning tools such as MRP modules, and an understanding of how master data parameters affect such tools.

+ Must have an understanding of applicable FDA regulations, other relevant domestic/international regulatory document submission requirements, the necessity of working within those constraints, as well as Company operating procedures, policies, processes, and tasks.

+ Extensive experience in managing project teams.

+ Must be skilled at delegation, follow-up, and team building.

+ Comprehensive analytical/problem solving, communication, negotiation, interpersonal and presentation skills.

+ Documented record of delivering research information that adds value to management's decision-making process.

+ Advanced personal computer skills including spreadsheet, word processing database management, and specialized applications.

+ Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross division business unit model.

+ Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.

+ Strong leadership skills, including the ability to set goals and provide positive and constructive feedback respectfully to build positive relationships and improve business results.

+ Ability to work effectively within a team in a fast-paced changing environment.

+ Strong verbal and written communication skills and able to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.

+ Multi-tasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.

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* 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 (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)

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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**Divisional Information**

Medical Devices

General Medical Devices:

Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

CRM

As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

Diabetes

We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

Vascular

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

Neuromodulation

Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.

Structural Heart

Structural Heart Business Mission: why we exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.

EP

In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

HF

In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

Diagnostics

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

Abbott Molecular is a leader in molecular diagnostics and the analysis of DNA, RNA, and proteins at the molecular level.

Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key heath and therapeutic areas, including infections disease, cardiometabolic, informatics and toxicology.

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.

Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges.

Nutrition

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, Glucerna® and ZonePerfect® – to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

The base pay for this position is $109,300.00 – $218,500.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email [email protected]