IT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP MANAGER – Supply Chain Applications and Analytics

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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• 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

Our location in Sylmar, CA has an opportunity for an IT BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP MANAGER – Supply Chain Applications and Analytics.

WHAT YOU WILL DO:

The IT Business Relationship Manager will be responsible for working closely with Abbott Medical Devices Cardiac Rhythm Management (CRM) Manufacturing, Distribution, Labeling and Analytics business partners and serve as the liaison between business partners and shared services delivery teams to ensure that business needs and requirements are being addressed across Plan, Build, and Run areas. Responsible for demand management, IT Capital and Expense financial projections, planning, and oversight of IT systems. Responsible for identifying technology solutions to meet evolving business needs with an excellent understanding of the application and technology lifecycle management. Candidate should be aware of the evolution of technologies and consider regulations relevant to the business area.

STRATEGIC THINKING

• Building and maintaining expertise on the IT portfolio for CRM globally. Proactively analyze business processes; elicit, analyze, and document business requirements; identify alternative solutions, assesses feasibility, and make recommendations typically seeking to leverage new or existing IT technology components.
• Champion change and innovation. Stimulate creativity, innovation and open to new ideas.
• Constant awareness of corporate IT standards, technology trends, evolving regulatory requirements and their applicability to the business process and IT portfolio, and influence the IT stakeholders and partners in addressing them in the most efficient way.
• Manage collaboration and partnership with Corporate IT Services including Plan/Build/Run teams.

BUSINESS ACUMEN

• Understand the business and ensure IT solutions meet the needs of the business.
• Understand the specific challenges and opportunities linked to the regulatory, legal and economic situation across countries and business units.

CONSULTING

• Consult senior leadership on IT systems lifecycle, tools and solutions.  Recommend solutions assuring alignment with organization direction, vision and priorities. Where needed, involve area or functional BRM and IT business consultants, as well as external expertise.
• Develop, propose, and implement innovative solutions to improve business outcomes in support of business strategies.

RELATIONSHIP MANAGEMENT

• Partner and collaborate with key IT staff and other Abbott divisions to support cross divisional business initiatives and explore IT synergies and efficiencies.

PROJECT AND PROGRAM MANAGEMENT

• Good understanding of project management process, best practices and documentation. Experience