Procurement Specialist- Direct Procurement - Alameda, United States - Abbott Laboratories

Abbott Laboratories

Verified Company

Alameda, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

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.

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 Procurement Specialist

Direct Procurement, you will be an Individual contributor with comprehensive knowledge in the sourcing of direct materials. The role will evaluate current and future supply base and make sure to secure adequate volumes at competitive pricing. Assess variety of supplier's products to ensure they that they comply with specifications and meet the organization's quality standards.
This is an onsite opportunity in Alameda, CA.

What You'll Do

Ability to execute highly complex or specialized projects.
Adapts precedent and may make significant departures from traditional approaches to develop solutions.
Responsible for purchasing the services and supplies necessary for the organization's operations.
Activities include sourcing, evaluating, and selecting suppliers and vendors, negotiating supply contracts, and monitoring the quality and timeliness of materials and services supplied.
Drive global operational consistency of the Category across Abbott Diabetes Care.
Working closely with business stakeholders in Corporate and Divisional functions to enable business continuity, including driving implementation plans.
Nurturing stakeholder relationships by serving as a strong business partner, helping to identify business critical needs and requirements while providing operational support that meets immediate and longterm demands.
Being a strategic representative of Abbott, across disciplines, industry and within the community
Proactively identify areas of opportunity for business process improvement.
Providing insights to business units on how to optimize and refine Abbott and Supplier processes to improve effectiveness.
Being a primary point of contact for the components that are being sourced under this category.
Responsible for prioritizing planned and unplanned demand, globally, across the category.
Drives cost impacts, whether savings, or revenue generation by meeting expansion goals and growth goals.
Monitoring global market dynamics and anticipate business critical actions that may be required for business continuity.
Being a key relationship manager with category suppliers, driving risk management, and enhanced development of a flexible agile supply base

- will identify, research, evaluate and suppliers that meet the organization's standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply.

Requires high degree of skills and independence in negotiation activities.
Typically involved in large and/or more complex purchases and suppliers that have higher impact on the organization's products, processes, and budget.
May coach and provide instruction to lowerlevel staff.

Experience You'll Bring

Required