ABBOTT LABORATORIES 2nd Shift - Associate Supply Chain Materials Analyst Salary in the United States

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 103,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Please note: This is a 2nd shift position.

Working under general supervision, provides analysis to Supply Chain team members which supports the company's global cash-flow optimization initiatives as well as other end to end supply chain improvements.

• Understands material movement/inventory levels and potential shortages that impact production
• Analyzes potential impact of forecast and production schedule changes; minimizes Supply Chain scrap expenses 
• Ensures customer service levels are met
• Erroneous decisions may cause delays and result in allocation of additional resources

Main Responsibilities:

• Collaborates and provides data to assist with product line operational decisions to support some or all of the following initiatives.
• Reduce inventory levels without decreasing customer service levels.
• Minimize supply chain scrap expenses.
• Improve asset management.
• Optimize raw material, sub assembly and/or finished goods flow.
• Demand & supply forecasts analysis to ensure all relevant business requirements/trends are incorporated and appropriately reflected.
• Collaborates and provides data to assist with product line operational decisions to support some or all of the following initiatives:.
• Reduce inventory levels without decreasing customer service levels.
• Minimize supply chain scrap expenses.
• Improve asset management.
• Optimize raw material, sub assembly and/or finished goods flow.
• Demand & supply forecasts analysis to ensure all relevant business requirements/trends are incorporated and appropriately reflected.
• Eliminate customer backorders.
• Extracts data from ERP system to create various excel spreadsheets used to identify inventory management, expired inventory, stock rotation initiatives and other inventory/stocking issues. 
• Ensures the accuracy and completeness of the information that is entered in the ERP system.
• Assists with system implementations to improve forecasting and demand requirements planning.
• Prepares, summarizes and submits data accuracy, delivery performance & other key metrics to assess performance, modify production plans & assess/prioritize focused improvement efforts.
• Publishes pre-established KPI's as required for all inventory related metrics including: forecast accuracy, DIOH, scrap reporting, line order fill rate, stock levels and PD delivery performance.
• Analyzes accuracy of product identifiers in reports and systems by planning for new products and obsoleting outdated products.
• Identifies and participates in process improvement projects that improve customer service levels, improve product flows, minimize supply chain costs and improve asset management.
• Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.
• Maintains inventory accuracy by monitoring out of balance conditions, short picks, and incomplete transactions and then determining / executing the corrective transactions to correct issues.   
• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.
• 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.
• Performs other related duties and responsibilities, on occasion, as assigned.
• Process expert in the ERP/WMS transactions for receiving, stocking, raw material picking, and sales order fulfillment. 
• Works as a resource to correct materials process issues on a time sensitive basis to ensure customer commitments are met. 
• Establishes metrics for inventory accuracy and creates methods to gather and process raw data to produce those metrics.  
• Uses transnational knowledge and ingenuity to develop process improvements and new business tactics and applies knowledge of Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP)/ Warehouse Management System (WMS) to bring those process improvements to fruition.
• Completes duties within a tightly controlled quality environment that promotes continuous improvement and adherence to published operating procedures.
• Develops, maintains and controls a realistic master production schedule by balancing marketing requirements with manufacturing capacity and parts availability.
• Communicates forecast and production schedule changes to Supplier Development Group.
• Analyzes potential impact of forecast and production schedule changes on component procurement and production volume.
• Ensures consistency between product sales information and product build schedules.
• Collaborates with Manufacturing and Supply Chain to appropriately manage inventory levels and minimize obsolescence.
• Perform "What if" analyses to aid in optimal scheduling, priorities and decision making.
• Monitors and analyzes supplier performance indicators in order to proactively identify potential supply problems.
• Communicates all product availability risks as appropriate to effected departments.
• Liaises with relevant departments to ensures product is available to the customer.
• Communicates demand changes for the S&OP process.

Accountability:

• (Technical/Business Knowledge (Job Skills)) Working knowledge and application of business concepts, procedures and practices.
• Will perform this job in a quality system environment.
• Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
• (Cognitive Skills) Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors.
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.
• Has a general knowledge of technical alternatives and an understanding of their impact on the systems environment.
• (Influence/Leadership) Cultivates a wide range of internal networks and begins to develop an external network of resources to facilitate completion of tasks.
• May demonstrate basic project management skills by acting as a project lead on small, well defined projects.
• Provides guidance to less experienced staff.
• Influence exerted at peer level.
• (Planning/Organization) Plans, organizes, and prioritizes own daily work routine to meet established schedule..
• (Decision Making/Impact) Exercises authority and judgment within defined limits to determine appropriate action.
• Failure to achieve results or erroneous decisions or recommendations may cause delays and may result in the allocation of additional resources.
• (Supervision Received) Works under general supervision.
• Receives limited supervision on standard issues, and detailed instructions on new assignments..
• Work is reviewed for soundness of judgment, overall adequacy and accuracy.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience with a good understanding of specified functional area as listed below

Preferred Qualifications:

• 4+ years of relevant work experience without a Bachelor's degree
• Previous experience in supply chain analysis
• Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross-division business unit model
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner