Principal Supply Planner

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:

Principal Supply Planner

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 works out of Plymouth, MN for our Electrophysiology Medical Device Business.  In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

We are seeking a highly organized and analytical Supply Planning Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join our dynamic team at Abbott.  Working without appreciable direction, this individual must develop, maintain and communicate supply plans and inventory health across product value stream.  To do this, the Supply Planner will closely coordinate with production planning or scheduling, procurement, and other operations and supply chain functions to maintain an end-to-end product health view. This position will be highly visible to commercial and marketing stakeholders and our Senior Leadership teams within Electrophysiology (EP) Division so individual must possess strong communication and influencing skills.  The role’s primary objective is to meet customer needs while balance inventory and costs.  This role is critical in maintaining the integrity of our supply chain and ensuring the timely delivery of life-saving medical devices.

What You’ll Work On

• Partners with manufacturing management to assess efficiency of manufacturing lines and analyze capacity.

• Develop and maintain supply plans based on demand forecasts, production capacity, and inventory targets.

• Support New Product Introduction – Recommend timing of various Geography/country launches based on supply availability and prioritization review with cross functional partners like commercial, marketing, and regulatory; execute launch plans with effective, proactive communications to all appropriate stakeholders.

• Influence cross-functional stakeholders without direct authority to align on priorities, resolve conflicts, and drive supply chain initiatives forward.

• Generate clear communications and presentations based on highly complex data analysis and other inputs.

• Proactively anticipate leadership needs by identifying potential questions, concerns, or data requests and preparing insights in advance.

• Maintain active and often leadership position in all assigned project or launch meetings with key stakeholders to ensure recommended plan will meet all business demands. 

• Review forecast data, backorder reports and commodity/purchasing updates, including early warning signs, to prioritize and expedite manufacturing jobs to prevent or clear backorders.

• Analyze supply chain data to identify trends, risks, and opportunities for improvement.

• Work proactively across bounds of dedicated ownership to proactively improve plan or resolve issues.

• Coordinate with procurement team to ensure timely delivery of components and finished goods.

• Participate in Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) meetings and provide supply planning insights.

• Generate and p