ABBOTT LABORATORIES Sourcing Manager Salary in the United States

Summary:

We are seeking a skilled, high caliber and ambitious Strategic Procurement Specialist to join our team at Abbott Medical Devices. This position will be responsible for a combination of initiatives that will support the electronics and mechanical category management teams and deliver greater value to our organization, including but not limited to sourcing optimization, spend analytics, hedging programs and serving as a central point of key business processes and ad hoc reporting.

The ideal candidate will be high potential and have the capability and people leadership skills to grow towards future Supply Chain Leadership roles in the business. This role will have solid visibility and exposure to Senior Leaders across the CRM Division, and expectations will be high.

Impact this role will have on Abbott:

• First line responder; pivots between strategy, operations and transactional sourcing.
• Executes against category strategies and work in the guidance of strategic category leaders. For example, while leveraging data/facts, engaging with the category leaders to execute strategies that will to reduce sourcing risks and/or deliver greater value to Abbott.
• Centrally own and drive continuous improvement initiatives for the Division Procurement team, including but not limited to enhancements to the Supplier Business Review process and other supplier performance monitoring tools, spend analytics, PPV & projects tracking, roadmaps, standard work tools, etc.
• Leading initiatives to improve business insight processes, including working with key stakeholders to develop and enhance forward-looking spend analytics, collaborating with category managers to maintaining visibility to identified key business cost drivers, etc.
• Leads and executes assigned projects to assure all procurement activities are performed as required, including but not limited to ad hoc reporting, SOWs/RFI's/Ordering documents, etc., assisting with supplier selection, etc.
• Supports 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.

Your experience(s), education and knowledge will further expand Abbott’s marketplace success:

• Bachelors Degree: Engineering, Science, Business, Financial or equivalent experience.
• CPM certification desired
• 6-10 years of procurement and functional experience
• 1+ years working in regulated environment highly preferred
• Prior experience in purchasing, sourcing, commodity and/or category management, plus experience with applicable software, desired
• Strong analytical skills and a problem-solving mindset to achieve positive results
• Creative thinking; strong ability to think outside of the box and bring alternative or innovative ideas to the table
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization
• Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects
• Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail