Senior Buyer

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:

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 .

• 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 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

The Senior Buyer position works out of our Sylmar, CA location in the Cardiac Rhythm Management Division. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats.

We are seeking an experienced and highly motivated Senior Buyer to join our Global TPM Supply Planning Team, specializing in Remote Care and Accessories, based in Sylmar, CA

Working without appreciable direction, purchases TPM (Third Party Manufactured) Finished goods and services in conformance with approved purchase orders at the lowest cost consistent with considerations for quality, reliability of source and urgency of need. Provides support for all basic aspects of purchasing including but not limited to vendor negotiations, vendor analysis, cost reductions, utilization of the purchasing system, expedition of orders and vendor relations.

Maintains inventory at planned levels. Drives supply chain efficiency by planning, purchasing, and monitoring the transfer of finished products to distribution points Drives end-to-end supply chain efficiency by ensuring timely purchasing and availability of finished products at distribution centers.

What You'll Work On

• Negotiates long term contracts which are not managed by the commodity management teams, within established limitations and scope of authority to obtain the most favorable business partnerships, including but not limited to quality, availability and cost.

• Plans and schedules deliveries to optimize inventories in support of business demands by working with forecasting data/teams, planning teams, commodity teams and shipping/receiving teams.

• Drive effective utilization and continuous optimization of planning systems by ensuring accurate, up-to-date product and material master data in the ERP system through regular maintenance and audits

• Reviews purchase requisitions and confers with vendors to obtain product information such as price, availability and delivery schedule, reviewing quotes for accuracy and competitive strategies.

• Implements process and procedure best practices by partnering with other functional leadership with the related product lines.

• Establishes and cultivates an extensive network of support to facilitate completion of assignments.

• Facilitates vendor corrective action and partners with SQE and suppliers to improve quality.

• Participates in Research and Development meetings, developing and implementing action plans to support requirements bringing new products expeditiously to market.

• Recommends pricing strategies to achieve department operating goals.

• Creates