Senior Supply Chain Specialist - Columbus, OH

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 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 .
• An excellent retirement savings plan with 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 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

This position works out of our Columbus, OH location in the Nutrition Division. Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, Protality® and Glucerna®– to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

The US Planning Center (USPC) is comprised of US Production Planning, Export Customer Operations, and Global Master Data functions. The Export Customer Operations team is responsible for developing and executing replenishment plans that ensure highest level of internal and external customer service with the least cost to the operation. The Export Customer Operations team is responsible for controlling the flow of communication, replenishment schedules and documentation for nutritional products and medical devices from North American manufacturing sources.  The Senior Supply Chain Specialist serves as the primary supply chain liaison with customers to ensure on time delivery of product to meet market demand along with timely delivery of accurate documentation required to meet the import regulations of Abbott affiliates and Abbott’s direct customers.

What You’ll Work On

• Manage the shipment of product from manufacturing and distribution locations in the Americas to Abbott affiliates and direct Abbott customers worldwide

• Allocate product to ensure maximum container utilization and minimize transportation costs

• Ensure prompt, accurate and efficient handling of communications concerning shipments and any other relevant aspect of the business

• Monitor key performance indicators for responsible area, perform root cause analysis, and develop and implement corrective action plans to improve levels of performance

• Maintain the master arrivals schedule (MAS) to ensure replenishments are meeting market demand and safety stock targets

• Identify continuous improvement initiatives to improve overall effectiveness of the supply chain, increase customer service, and reduce operating costs

• Maintain customer and shipping requirements including system parameters, policies, and procedures

• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with all internal and external supply chain partners

• Act as customer representative in the Abbott supply chain

Required Qualifications

• The Customer Service Specialist must possess a good understanding of the logistics role in the Abbott supply chain

• This position must be able to make decisions regarding distribution of product to ensure cost effective transportation and timely delivery of product.

• The position requires the ability to proactively identify and communicate is