What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production & Planner - MDx position at Abbott?
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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
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
Our Des Plaines , IL Headquarters, has an opening for Production Planner ,
Who would work under limited supervision to provide production planning/scheduling, inventory management, or distribution support to maintain production operations and customer product availability within the Molecular Diagnostics at Abbott (MDx).
What You'll Work On
- Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.
- Analyze planning requirements and initiate appropriate action to support the master schedule or independent demands.
- Schedule Manufacturing Operation to ensure availability of items under planners' control with minimum negative impact on manufacturing.
- Plan manufacturing schedules to efficiently utilize facilities. Ensure finished goods and Forecast requirements and schedule production to meet these requirements.
- Perform system maintenance and updates to insure database integrity for planning fields and files.
- Utilize personal computer tools to perform analysis and provide recommendations to management.
- Maintain raw material and work in process inventories in accordance with predetermined inventory levels and targets. Monitor inventories and take action as appropriate.
- Recommend procurement strategies for internal and external supplies compatible with economic, supply and quality goals; understand raw materials needs and translate these needs into inventory plans and strategies.
- Manage material flow from external and internal suppliers through manufacturing channels to achieve maximum production efficiency, minimizing waste and impacts to customers.
- Understands and applies manufacturing systems, interpolates manufacturing
- May perform other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- B.S. in Supply Chain management; Operations Management; Engineering; Related science or equivalent.
- APICs; CPM or IIPMM certification strongly desired
- Sound problem solving and organizational skills. Ability to develop actionable implementation plans.
- Experience with SAP (ECC) and add ONE is strongly desired
- Experience Microsoft Excel formulas and pivot tables is strongly desired
- Familiarity with MRP is strongly desired
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree
- Supply Chain, planning or related experience - preferably in a manufacturing environment
- Preferred experience in the Healthcare (Medical Device) industry.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Strong analytic skills, conceptual thinking, ability to analyze and problem solve with data
Apply Now (https://www.jobs.abbott/us/en)
- 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.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.
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 corpjat@abbott.com
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
Our Des Plaines , IL Headquarters, has an opening for Production Planner ,
Who would work under limited supervision to provide production planning/scheduling, inventory management, or distribution support to maintain production operations and customer product availability within the Molecular Diagnostics at Abbott (MDx).
What You'll Work On
- Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.
- Analyze planning requirements and initiate appropriate action to support the master schedule or independent demands.
- Schedule Manufacturing Operation to ensure availability of items under planners' control with minimum negative impact on manufacturing.
- Plan manufacturing schedules to efficiently utilize facilities. Ensure finished goods and Forecast requirements and schedule production to meet these requirements.
- Perform system maintenance and updates to insure database integrity for planning fields and files.
- Utilize personal computer tools to perform analysis and provide recommendations to management.
- Maintain raw material and work in process inventories in accordance with predetermined inventory levels and targets. Monitor inventories and take action as appropriate.
- Recommend procurement strategies for internal and external supplies compatible with economic, supply and quality goals; understand raw materials needs and translate these needs into inventory plans and strategies.
- Manage material flow from external and internal suppliers through manufacturing channels to achieve maximum production efficiency, minimizing waste and impacts to customers.
- Understands and applies manufacturing systems, interpolates manufacturing
- May perform other duties as assigned.
Required Qualifications:
- B.S. in Supply Chain management; Operations Management; Engineering; Related science or equivalent.
- APICs; CPM or IIPMM certification strongly desired
- Sound problem solving and organizational skills. Ability to develop actionable implementation plans.
- Experience with SAP (ECC) and add ONE is strongly desired
- Experience Microsoft Excel formulas and pivot tables is strongly desired
- Familiarity with MRP is strongly desired
Preferred Qualifications:
- Advanced degree
- Supply Chain, planning or related experience - preferably in a manufacturing environment
- Preferred experience in the Healthcare (Medical Device) industry.
- Excellent communication skills (written and verbal)
- Strong analytic skills, conceptual thinking, ability to analyze and problem solve with data
Apply Now (https://www.jobs.abbott/us/en)
- 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.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.
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 corpjat@abbott.com
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