Manager Supply Chain

$95,000 - $190,000/Yr

Abbott Laboratories - Itasca, IL

Full-time - Mid Level

Itasca, IL

10,001+ employees

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

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. The Supply Chain Manager collaborates with cross-functional partners across global markets to lead various continuous improvement projects related to inventory management. This role ensures the appropriateness of demand and phase-in/out planning processes, cost-effective product flows, and other supply chain optimization efforts. In this position, you will prepare, summarize, and present data accuracy, delivery performance, and other key metrics to assess performance, modify production plans, and prioritize focused improvement efforts. You may manage the demand and supply forecasts by analyzing and challenging data to ensure all relevant business requirements and trends are incorporated. You will pull highly complex reports to prepare, summarize, and present to senior-level management, developing and publishing KPIs for all inventory-related metrics, including forecast accuracy, DIOH, line order fill rate, stock levels, and Abbott entity delivery performance. Additionally, you will establish backup plans for scenarios related to potential changes in product offerings, customer volumes, and manufacturing changes. This role represents the supply chain program management function in working with sales, customer service, and other departments to resolve issues. You will work in conjunction with IT and other individuals to better understand system functionality and how it can be leveraged to enhance supply chain efficiencies. The Supply Chain Manager will also identify and manage process improvement projects that improve customer service levels, minimize supply chain costs, and improve asset management. You will partner with global markets and Abbott entities to set and monitor distribution center and field inventory targets while optimizing freight costs and minimizing scrap and obsolescence.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with cross-functional partners across global markets to lead continuous improvement projects related to inventory management.
• Prepare, summarize, and present data accuracy, delivery performance, and other key metrics to assess performance and modify production plans.
• Manage demand and supply forecasts by analyzing and challenging data to ensure all relevant business requirements are incorporated.
• Pull complex reports to present to senior management, developing and publishing KPIs for inventory-related metrics.
• Establish backup plans for potential changes in product offerings, customer volumes, and manufacturing changes.
• Represent the supply chain program management function in working with sales, customer service, and other departments to resolve issues.
• Work with IT to understand system functionality and enhance supply chain efficiencies.
• Identify and manage process improvement projects to improve customer service levels and minimize supply chain costs.
• Partner with global markets to set and monitor distribution center and field inventory targets while optimizing freight costs.
• Develop and maintain relationships with key business partners across divisions and geographies.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Business or Engineering.
• 8 years' experience in supply chain management.
• 5 years' experience in operations management systems.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative analysis skills, including comfort with large data sets.
• Strong analytical, strategic, and problem-solving skills.
• Proficient in MS Excel, SAP ECC, SAP APO, Business Objects, Business Warehouse, and Hyperion Enterprise.
• Certification in Lean manufacturing and Six Sigma, SAP, SAP DP, Hyperion Enterprise, Business Objects.
• Strong communication and negotiation skills, sensitive to cultural differences.
• Project management skills with the ability to manage complex projects and programs.
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.

Nice-to-haves

• Master's or MBA in Operations Science preferred.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• 401(k)
• Tuition reimbursement
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance
• 401(k) matching