Office and Project Manager

Abbott Laboratories; Maidenhead; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories seeks an Office and Project Manager for their Rapid Diagnostics – Infectious Disease Business in Maidenhead. You will coordinate purchasing, manage invoicing, and organize events while supporting the General Manager. This role requires a Bachelor's Degree, relevant administrative experience, and strong interpersonal skills. A competitive salary and excellent benefits are offered, reflecting the vital contributions of this position to the company's mission in healthcare.

Benefits

Competitive salaries

Defined contribution pension scheme

Private healthcare

Life assurance

Flexible benefits scheme

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or diploma required.
• Experience in a similar administrative role preferred.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Outlook necessary.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate administrative support related to purchasing and invoicing.
• Identify cost-reduction opportunities and manage suppliers.
• Schedule and organize internal and external events.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

Detail-oriented

Collaboration Skills

Effective Communication

Time Management

Problem Solving

Customer Focus

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or diploma

Tools

Microsoft Office

Outlook

Job description

Bring your passion, ideas, and purpose to life in a company that can truly help you achieve your full potential.

Join Abbott Rapid Diagnostics – Infectious Disease business, a world leader in point-of-care testing.

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for an Office and Project Manager to join our Rapid Diagnostics – Infectious Disease Business. The role would be based in Abbott House, Maidenhead, Berkshire, and would report to the General Manager UKI & Nordics.

What You’ll Do

As an Office & Project Manager, you will be responsible for coordinating administrative support related to purchasing and invoicing, office administration, internal and external events management, and project management. More specifically:

• Primary contact for raising purchase orders and managing invoicing.
• Coordinate vendor agreements including Master Service Agreements and Scope of Works (SOW), enroll vendors.
• Coordinate approval of expenses with procurement.
• Identify cost-reduction opportunities, manage suppliers, improve quality, review contracts, and enhance procurement processes.
• Set up procedures on purchasing to benefit the company in terms of cost reduction, quality, and delivery. Source and negotiate goods at reasonable prices, monitor inventory, and manage contract renewals.
• Schedule, organize, and monitor events such as congresses and business conferences/meetings.
• Arrange travel, hotel, and transportation requirements for customers at business events.
• Manage compliance documentation related to sales activities.
• Handle administration duties for the general manager, including expenses and travel arrangements.
• Support onboarding tasks and training for new joiners.
• Coordinate warehousing of sales support materials and ensure controls for managing promotional materials are in place.
• Coordinate key projects as required by the General Manager.

Required qualifications/Profile

• Bachelor’s Degree or diploma
• Relevant experience in a similar administrative role
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and Outlook
• Excellent interpersonal skills
• Detail-oriented and thorough
• Strong collaboration skills and team spirit
• Effective communication skills, both verbal and written
• Efficient time management
• Problem-solving abilities and ability to work autonomously
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and projects
• Customer focus

As you’d expect from an innovative global healthcare company, we offer a competitive range of benefits including excellent salaries, a leading defined contribution pension scheme, private healthcare, life assurance, and a flexible benefits scheme.

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health enables people and communities to achieve more. Joining us, you can shape your career as you shape the future of healthcare.

With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it’s next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.