Senior Supply Chain Analyst - Expenditures

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.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

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 your 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. 

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. 

• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution 

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.  

The Opportunity

This position is an onsite opportunity in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division. We are helping people with Diabetes lead healthier, happier lives.   As a global leader in diabetes care, Abbott is constantly working to deliver the highest quality products and unwavering support to our customers.  Consistent and accurate glucose monitoring is the foundation of any diabetes management plan, so we’re committed to continuous improvement in the way patients and professionals measure, track and analyze glucose levels.

As a Senior Supply Chain Analyst - Expenditures, you will be responsible for leading various financial planning processes for the Supply Chain organization. You will be working closely with Logistics, Planning and Finance to incorporate changes in the supply chain to the financial planning cycle.

 Scope of this role includes budget forecasting and tracking, gross margin improvement tracking and capital planning. This position will be an individual contributor with the ability to execute complex and specialized tasks.

This is an onsite opportunity in Alameda, CA.

What you'll do

• Manage the transportation and warehousing budget
• Perform actual to budget variance analysis while highlighting risks & opportunities to plan
• Manage reporting of financial performance metrics, prepare reports, and facilitate discussions with internal stakeholders to act based on the information provided
• Lead efforts to identify gross margin improvement projects for the supply change organization, consolidate and report quantifiable margin improvements
• Manage the process to evaluate capital investment requests, including working with project owners to resolve questions, confirm financial calculations and submit capital requests to Leadership
• Search out and evaluate business problems and opportunities, and direct efforts to achieve answers and results

Experience You'll Bring

Required

• Bachelors Degree,  Bachelors of Science degree, plus 5 years related experience, or Bachelors of Art degree, plus 7 years related experience and an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Minimum 5 years Related experience in a supply chain
• Experience in one or more of the following areas: order manageme