ABBOTT LABORATORIES Supply Chain Data Analyst- Altavista Plant 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.

This new and critical position will have high visibility and opportunities for collaboration with plant leadership. It will be a key contributor to strategic direction for the long-term planning of the plant.  Working under general supervision, provides analysis to Scheduling and Inventory team members and key plant stakeholders which supports the company's capacity, financial and inventory initiatives. Also under general supervision learns the role of the plant scheduler in order to provide team and plant support in the absence of the plant scheduler.

Major Responsibilities:

Collaborate and provide data to assist with scheduling and product line operational decisions to support some or all of the following initiatives:

• Increase filling line and processing capacities through capture and analysis of operations data
• Identify new sources of data and as appropriate suggest new tools for analysis
• Reduce inventory levels without decreasing customer service levels

Investigate and analyze the various requests and understand the potential downstream implications to all applications.

Support the calculation, analysis and publishing of key metrics on a monthly basis as well as working toward performance improvements.

Identify and participate in process improvement projects that improve customer service levels, improve product flows, minimize supply chain costs and improve asset management.

Maintain positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.

Understand and apply knowledge of manufacturing systems, incorporates manufacturing requirements.

Learn and perform Scheduling duties as required.  Responsibilities to include some or all of the following:

• Analyze planning requirements from Division Production Planning and initiate appropriate action to create the master schedule to include non-commercial demands also.
• Schedule Manufacturing Operation to ensure maximum efficiency and minimal downtime.
• Strive to minimize changes within the planning window in order to ensure availability of raw materials and to minimize negative impact on manufacturing.
• Follow all quality and safety procedures
• Plan manufacturing schedules to efficiently utilize facilities and to ensure finished goods availability.
• Perform system maintenance and updates to Infor Planning system to insure database integrity for planning fields and files.
• As requested actively prepare and participate in monthly Supply Review
• Host monthly assumption meetings with operations and support groups