Category Manager

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

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 Category Manager, you will be responsible for directing and setting the strategies for adhesives category identifying opportunities for cost negotiation, contract development, capacity planning, project management, process development, cost and quality improvement plans and management of business reviews. This is an onsite opportunity in Alameda, CA.

What You’ll Do

• Implements sourcing strategies to support a competitive advantage in the areas of materials, supplies, and services, leveraging analytics, market, supplier and competitive intelligence.
• Manages a consolidated supplier base to meet current and future business needs, maintaining and promoting sound relationships with an extensive network of suppliers as well as the wider business community.
• Leads the negotiation and management of contracts/agreements for assigned commodities with medium to high risk and medium to high complexity.
• Identifies and delivers gross margin improvement opportunities, collaborating cross-functionally to drive both commercial and design/process optimization.
• Manages supplier performance against contracts, achievement of KPIs.
• Develops risk management strategies and recommends short and long term initiatives with defined risks/benefits.
• Develops robust contingency plans.
• Understands, tracks and forecasts the key cost drivers and market factors for assigned commodity.
• Maintains budget and performs analysis of costs and delivery of agreed budget.
• Monitors supplier capability and performance to ensure delivery of quality and price commitments.
• Communicates forecasts and works to ensure supplier has sufficient capacity to support requirements.
• Ensures early supplier participation in new product developments activities.
• Leads projects to assure all procurement activities are performed as required. Leads weekly cross-functional Supplier Management Team meetings.
• Conducts quarterly business reviews with the supplier.

Experience You'll Bring

Required

• Bachelors Degree Business, Supply Chain or equivalent or an equivalent combination of education and work experience Experience/Background Experience
• Minimum 10 years Progressively responsible experience in purchasing/commodi