Supply Chain Planner

Abbott Laboratories; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 50,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories is seeking a Planner for its Electrophysiology Medical Device division in St. Paul, MN. In this role, you will be responsible for developing and maintaining manufacturing schedules to align with customer demands, ensuring efficient product delivery. The ideal candidate will have a degree in Supply Chain Management and experience in manufacturing scheduling, with strong communication and organizational skills. Join a globally recognized healthcare leader and contribute to advancing the treatment of heart disease.

Benefits

Career development opportunities

Free medical coverage

Excellent retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Qualifications

• 0-3 years of working experience responsible for manufacturing scheduling/planning.
• Ability to drive results from cross-functional teams.
• Experience with technical drawings/specifications is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Leads weekly meetings with stakeholders for manufacturing schedule.
• Creates detailed manufacturing schedules to achieve zero backorders.
• Manages local safety stock for inventory health.

Skills

Ability to work independently

Proactive nature

Strong verbal and written communications

Multitasking

Strong organizational skills

Attention to detail

Education

BS/BA degree in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Accounting

Tools

SAP ERP Systems

MS-Excel

MS-Word

MS-PowerPoint

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Planner

Working at Abbott

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 out of our St Paul, MN location in the Electrophysiology Medical Device division.In Abbott’s Electrophysiology (EP) business, we’re advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

We are looking for an energetic individual as a Planner in our mapping and visualization systems where you will under general supervision, develops, maintains, and communicates finished goods manufacturing schedules for a value stream / multiple manufacturing lines to build products which meet global finished goods demands thus supporting customer orders in a timely manner.

What You'll Work On

• Leads weekly meetings with key stake holders to ensure recommended manufacturing schedule will meet all business demands. Meeting may include stake holders from some or all of the following functions: manufacturing, supply chain, clinical, regulatory, engineering, quality and marketing.

• Creates detailed manufacturing schedules for finished goods, subassemblies, and accessories to achieve zero backorders, a key performance indicator.

• Creates and releases work order to the manufacturing in the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

• Approves and creates rework or special work orders in the ERP system.

• Reviews and updates outdated open work orders which require rescheduling or closing.

• Reviews forecast data, backorder reports and commodity/purchasing updates, including early warning signs, to prioritize and expedite manufacturing jobs to prevent or clear backorders.

• Reviews and updates material master data on regular basis to ensure accuracy and efficiency.

• Manages local safety stock for both manufactured parts and in partnership with purchasing for purchased finished goods ensuring local inventory health, a key performance indicator.

• Works with global/regional planners to review and recommend safety stock levels ensuring global inventory health, a key performance indicator.

• Partners with purchasing and warehousing to minimize and dispose of slow moving, obsolete and expiring inventory.

• Generates reports of moderate complexity, as needed, with solid understanding of purchasing and product line operations.

• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.

• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments.

• Maintains positive and cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

RequiredQualifications

• 0-3 years of working experience responsible for manufacturing scheduling / planning.

• BS/BA degree in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Accounting

• Ability to work independently.

• Proactive nature to drive results from cross-functional teams, ability to influence critical elements and activities.

• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.

• Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.

• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.

• Multitasks, prioritizes, and meets deadlines in timely manner.

• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.

• Strong capabilities in the use of SAP ERP Systems, of MS-Excel, MS-Word, MS-PowerPoint.

PreferredQualifications

• APICS certification

• Medical device manufacturing experience.

• Experience in Product Development is highly desirable, inclusive of reading technical drawings / specifications and understanding manufacturing processes.

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The base pay for this position is $50,000.00 – $100,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.