Production & Planner

Abbott; Des Plaines (IL); On-site; USD 61,000 - 123,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott in Des Plaines, IL is seeking a Production Planner to support master scheduling, inventory control, and distribution. You will analyze planning requirements and align production with capacity.

You\'ll schedule operations, maintain WIP and Raw Materials, and collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time product availability. Proficiency in Power BI and Excel is required.

Base pay range is posted; opportunities for growth and development are available.

Qualifications

• BA or BS preferred and 1-2 years operations/distribution experience, or directly relevant technical experience sufficient to demonstrate the knowledge typically associated with the degree and experience requirement.
• Proficient in Power BI and Microsoft Excel with strong analytical foundation.

Responsibilities

• Analyze planning requirements and initiate actions to support the master schedule.
• Schedule Manufacturing Operations to ensure availability with minimal negative impact.
• Facilitate weekly planning meetings with cross-functional teams.
• Maintain raw material and work-in-process inventories per targets.
• Recommend procurement strategies aligned with cost and quality goals.

Education

BA/BS degree

Tools

Power BI

Microsoft Excel

Job 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 122,000 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 As Production Planner you will, under limited supervision provides production planning/scheduling, inventory management, or distribution support to maintain production operations and customer product availability.

What You'll Work On

• Analyze planning requirements and initiate appropriate action to support the master schedule or independent demands.
• Schedule Manufacturing Operation to ensure availability of items under planners' control with minimum negative impact on manufacturing.
• Facilitate weekly ITP meeting with CFT to align on production needs vs available capacity.
• Ensure work-in-process availability.
• Inventory Forecast requirements and schedule production to meet these requirements.
• Perform system maintenance and updates to insure database integrity for planning fields and files.
• Utilize personal computer tools to perform analysis and provide recommendations to management.
• Maintain raw material and work in process inventories in accordance with pre-determined inventory levels and targets.
• Recommend procurement strategies for internal and external supplies compatible with economic, supply and quality goals.
• Understand raw materials needs and translate these needs into inventory plans and strategies.
• Manage material flow from external and internal suppliers through manufacturing channels to achieve maximum production efficiency, minimizing waste and impacts to customers.
• Understands and applies manufacturing systems, interpolates manufacturing requirements.

Required Qualifications

• BA or BS preferred and 1-2 years operations/distribution experience, or directly relevant technical experience sufficient to demonstrate the knowledge typically associated with the degree and experience requirement.
• Proficient in Power BI and Microsoft Excel with strong analytical foundation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous operations experience and exposure to manufacturing materials principles and concepts

The base pay for this position is $61,300.00 – $122,700.00

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

JOB FAMILY: Manufacturing DIVISION: AMD Molecular LOCATION: United States > Des Plaines : DP01 ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT: Standard TRAVEL: No MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE: Not Applicable SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES: Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf

Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. 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.

The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people. They push the boundaries to help manage and treat some of life’s greatest health challenges.

We invite you to explore opportunities at Abbott, to see if your talents and career aspirations may fit with our openings.

An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

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