Global Supply Chain Specialist - IVDR

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

At Abbott, we're committed to helping people live their best possible life through the power of health. For more than 125 years, we've brought new products and technologies to the world -- in nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices and branded generic pharmaceuticals -- that create more possibilities for more people at all stages of life. Today, 113,000 of us are working to help people live not just longer, but better, in the more than 150 countries we serve.

Abbott Galway

Abbott in Galway serves as the international hub for Abbott's Rapid Diagnostics business, which delivers annually more than 2 billion tests. As the global leader in point-of-care diagnostics, Abbott offers the broadest portfolio of best-in-class rapid tests, services, and handheld devices across all healthcare settings: the lab, the clinic, remote healthcare outposts, retail outlets, the patient's bedside and at home. Our industry-leading near patient tests and services are unmatched across key health and therapeutic areas, including: infectious disease, cardiometabolic & informatics, toxicology and consumer diagnostics.

One of the key functions in Galway is Global Business Services, which provides number of shared services activities across finance, purchasing, quality, technical and customer services for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Various global and EMEA commercial and operational management teams across our infectious disease and cardiometabolic businesses are also based in Galway, overseeing the supply of millions of rapid tests from HIV to diabetes to COVID-19, to patients in many regions across the world.

Position Summary

The Global Supply Chain for ID, the Infectious Diseases Market Business Unit consists of Manufacturing sites in China, Korea, Japan, Jena, Germany and Scarborough and Westbrook US, centralised services in Galway and the corporate headquarters in Chicago, US. The Supply Chain Headquarters for the Global Infectious Diseases Markets (ID) is based in Galway.  We are responsible for managing the Supply and Demand of Lateral Flow Diagnostic Tests for HIV, Malaria, Hepatitis C, Flu, a range of tropical diseases, and now Covid 19. We support a rapidly expanding Business unit within Abbott and collaborate closely on sales execution, product supply and human resources with the other business Units within the Abbott Rapid Diagnostics Division. In addition to liaising with Manufacturing Units in Japan, Korea, China, Germany and US, we amongst many other external Global Suppliers and we serve a Global Customer base across all continents. Our core ERP system is SAP.

This role is critical to ensuring strategic and operational information, reports and metrics are available to share with others in the business as and when required.  Driving and collating concise, clear data, completing detailed analysis, and reporting on achievement of targets and identify any corrective actions within supply chain area is one of the fundamental aspects of this role. Understanding and reviewing of business processes to drive operational efficiency through standardisation and automation of materials management transactions. Please note this position is a 12 month FTC.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Support the Global supply chain function by building tools and processes to collate data from a range of sources.
• Ability to independently data mine multiple large, complex datasets to answer specific questions. Curiosity to dig deeper and access other documentation sources to understand the data.
• Ability to perform quantitative analysis and utilize data modelling techniques to generate insights and highlight opportunities.
• Present data and associated business insights on Supply Chain performance to key stakeholders.
• Develop competency through researching the latest Data Management capabilities and potential further education
• Translate inventory strategies into executable plans and communicate these to manufacturing sites
• Coordinate, facilitate and drive improvement in Site review meetings processes.
• Collaborate with management teams on ID Global inventory management strategy, in alignment with the overall Supply Chain strategy; Works cross functionally to drive inventory optimization and management of on-hand raw materials and components
• Material operations - Proactively identifies potential business issues and/or supply constraints, develops risk mitigations plans and acts as point of escalation for Material supply issues within business unit
• Ensures accurate data reporting in particular to MRP system data and asks appropriate questions to improve reporting processes and drive meaningful discussion
• Drives efficiency and standardisation in supply chain business processes across the sites.

Requirements

• Primary Degree in Engineering, Business, Maths or Data Science is a prerequisite and a Master’s degree in one of these subjects is desirable
• Knowledge of Supply Chain a distinct advantage, including SAP knowledge.
• Advanced Excel skills with ability to work with complex data sets necessary.
• Experience on analytical tools such as Alteryx, Power BI (preferred) or other analytical tools. 
• Ability to travel globally as required (with advance planning)
• A clear desire to build a career in a major Global multinational organisation.
• Demonstrated ability to work as part of a team through college programs, part-time work or personal time activities.

The base pay for this position is

N/A

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:Category Management

DIVISION:ID Infectious Disease

LOCATION:Ireland > Galway : Parkmore East Business Park

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:Ie - 37.5Hst0 (Ireland)

TRAVEL:Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:Not Applicable