Finance Supervisor FP&A, Pedialyte - Nutrition - 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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Finance Supervisor FP&A, Pedialyte

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.

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®, and Glucerna® – to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

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 stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Columbus, OH location in the Nutrition Division.

The Financial Supervisor, FP&A – Pedialyte is responsible for delivering comprehensive financial planning, analysis, and decision support to drive profitable growth and sustain market leadership for the Pedialyte brand. This role partners closely with cross-functional teams—including Marketing, Sales, and Supply Chain—to provide actionable insights, ensure financial discipline, and optimize investments that maximize brand performance and long-term value creation.

As a key financial business partner, this role translates strategic brand priorities into financial plans, evaluates critical investments (e.g., media, trade, innovation), and proactively identifies risks and opportunities to ensure delivery of revenue and margin objectives. The position also plays a critical role in enhancing financial visibility, enabling faster, data-driven decisions in a dynamic and competitive consumer health environment.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Serve as the primary finance partner to the Pedialyte brand team, owning the full commercial P&L and ensuring alignment between financial targets and brand strategy.
• Analyze key business drivers, including volume, pricing, mix, promotional spend, and marketing effectiveness, to identify risks and opportunities.
• Evaluate ROI of brand investments including advertising, innovation launches, packaging changes, and channel expansion initiatives.
• Partner with Marketing to optimize media and promotional spend, ensuring investments are allocated to the highest-return activities.
• Support innovation pipeline through business case development, scenario modeling, and post-launch performance tracking.
• Lead annual planning, forecasting, and budgeting processes, ensuring accuracy, transparency, and alignment on key assumption.
• Identify and drive productivity and margin opportunities, enabling reinvest in brand growth initiatives.
• Enhance reporting tools, dashboards, and analytics to improve financial visibility and enable faster decision-making.
• Own month-end close responsibilities, including journal entries and P&L analysis versus plan and benchmarks
• Ensure strong financial controls and compliance wi