Supply Chain Manager

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 113,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

Abbott has a rich history of developing cutting edge technologies that enable consumers to monitor and manage their health and wellbeing. We are now embarking on an exciting next gen new venture of Bio-wearables that will build on that heritage and take it farther - leveraging biomarkers to provide wearers insights into their physical and mental state, ultimately driving to greater performance. The Lingo Bio-wearables business is the face and the future of the organization.

A New Category of Consumer Biowearables: Meet Lingo - YouTube

The opportunity

Personalized healthcare is the future. Working on Lingo, you will help build a next-generation technology that enables individuals to make decisions about how to improve energy, lose weight or enhance athletic performance. The Lingo team embodies a start-up culture and mindset with the backing of Abbott, a company with a rich history of healthcare innovation. Join us and grow your career as you help Abbott shape the future of healthcare.

The Manager Supply Chain will be based at our Lingo location in the Bay Area, CA

This role has ownership of Lingo Supply Chain and is responsible for the following supply chain sub disciplines:

• demand planning,
• product life cycle planning,
• purchasing,
• production scheduling,
• inventory management,
• customer service,
• freight and logistics and warehouse efficiency.

The Manager Supply Chain is responsible for managing metrics to scorecard our performance in these areas.

What you'll do:

• Provides leadership and partners with key stake holders across Lingo and broader Abbott to drive process improvement and meet business objectives.
• Develops continuous improvement cross functional/cross divisional collaboration and execution
• Develops and communicates plans which ensure entity resources are optimized and service levels are not sacrificed, and adequate inventory exists to support the organization
• Direct individuals, remove obstacles and implement practices which ensures customers receive product in a timely manner using cost efficient processes (workforce planning, inventory management, purchasing, systems utilization
• Analyzes team recommendations, then prepares, presents, obtains buy in, communicates and implements annual plans for assigned product lines
• Identifies and implements actions to maximize synergistic opportunities between all entities in the supply chain.
• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.
• Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree in In Business Administration or Supply Chain related body of knowledge

What We Offer

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

• Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
• Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
• Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
• Paid time off
• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

The salary for this role is between:

N/A

JOB FAMILY:

Supply Chain

DIVISION:

CHMN Office of the Chairman

LOCATION:

United States > Alameda : 1360-1380 South Loop Road

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

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