Master Scheduler

Abbott (abbottcareers2 board); Madison (WI); On-site; USD 110,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott in Madison, WI, is seeking a Master Scheduler / Supply Planning Manager to develop and maintain integrated supply, inventory, production, and capacity strategies across assigned product portfolios. You will ensure optimal customer service, inventory investment, and financial results while leading IBP initiatives and collaborating across functions.

The role emphasizes demand-supply alignment, capacity planning, and proactive risk mitigation to support business growth and continuous

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain integrated supply plans and master production schedules balancing customer service, inventory investment, manufacturing capability and cost.
• Lead the Supply Review process within the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) framework, including strategy development and gap closure actions.
• Partner with Demand Planning to align forecasts with supply capabilities and business objectives.
• Lead inventory optimization to improve service levels, working capital and inventory health.
• Establish inventory targets and planning strategies, reducing excess and obsolescence while maintaining service.
• Evaluate capacity requirements across internal and external manufacturing partners; mitigate risks to ensure supply continuity.
• Develop risk mitigation plans and oversee cross-functional efforts to address supply constraints and shortages.
• Monitor performance against supply plans and collaborate with Planning, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance to ensure alignment.

Job description

Working at Abbott

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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 a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works onsite at our Madison, WI location in the Cancer Diagnostics Division, formerly Exact Sciences.

As the Master Scheduler / Supply Planning Manager, you’ll be responsible for developing and maintaining integrated supply, inventory, production, and capacity strategies across assigned product portfolios to ensure optimal customer service, inventory investment, operational performance, and financial results.

What You’ll Work On

Supply Planning & Integrated Business Planning

• Develop and maintain integrated supply plans and master production schedules that balance customer service, inventory investment, manufacturing capabilities, and financial objectives.
• Lead the Supply Review process within the Integrated Business Planning (IBP) framework, including development of supply strategies, identification of risks and opportunities, documentation of key planning assumptions, and recommendation of gap closure actions.
• Partner with Demand Planning to ensure alignment between demand forecasts, supply capabilities, inventory strategies, and business objectives.

Inventory Strategy & Financial Planning

• Lead inventory optimization initiatives to improve customer service, working capital performance, inventory turns, and overall inventory health.
• Establish inventory targets and planning strategies, identifying opportunities to reduce excess, obsolete, and distressed inventory while maintaining service objectives.
• Own inventory and distressed inventory projections for business planning processes, including annual operating plans, forecasts, and business reviews.

Capacity Planning & Supply Strategy

• Evaluate short-, medium-, and long-term manufacturing capacity requirements across internal operations and external manufacturing partners.
• Identify capacity constraints, assess risks, and develop mitigation strategies to ensure supply continuity and support business growth.
• Perform scenario analysis and recommend supply and capacity strategies that support operational and financial objectives.

Supply Risk & Product Availability Management

• Lead cross-functional efforts to address supply constraints, product availability challenges, and material shortages.
• Drive inventory allocation and prioritization decisions during periods of constrained supply, balancing customer commitments, business priorities, and operational requirements.
• Develop and execute risk mitigation plans to minimize manufacturing disruptions and customer service impacts.

Performance Management & Cross-Functional Leadership

• Monitor performance against supply plans, identifying risks, variances, and improvement opportunities related to service, inventory, and operational execution.
• Partner with Planning, Purchasing, Manufacturing, Quality, Commercial, and Finance teams to ensure alignment