Supply Chain Specialist - Columbus, OH

Abbott Laboratories; Columbus (OH); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical coverage for employees

Excellent retirement plan

Tuition reimbursement

Free U education benefit

Job summary

Abbott Laboratories in Columbus, OH, is seeking a Senior Supply Chain Specialist within the Nutrition Division. The role partners with the US Planning Center to ensure on-time delivery and compliant documentation for North American products.

You will manage shipments, allocate products, and maintain communication with customers and internal teams while monitoring KPIs and pursuing continuous improvement initiatives.

Qualifications

• Must have experience in supply chain planning and export operations.
• Strong coordination and communication with manufacturing and customers.
• Ability to analyze root causes and implement corrective actions.

Responsibilities

• Manage the shipment of products from manufacturing and distribution locations in the Americas to Abbott affiliates and direct customers worldwide.
• Allocate product to maximize container utilization and minimize transportation costs.
• Ensure prompt, accurate and efficient handling of communications concerning shipments and related aspects.
• Monitor KPIs, perform root cause analysis, and develop corrective action plans to improve performance.
• Maintain the master arrivals schedule (MAS) to meet market demand and safety stock targets.
• Identify continuous improvement initiatives to enhance overall supply chain effectiveness and customer service.

Skills

Supply Chain Management

Logistics

Forecasting

Data Analysis

Communication

Job description

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health.We’realways looking towards the future,anticipatingchanges in medical science and technology.Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®,PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®,andGlucerna®– to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

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’llalso 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, theFreedom 2 Save student debtprogramandFreeUeducation benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.

• A company recognized asa great placeto 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 stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and historyofbeing actively involved in local communities.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Columbus OH location in the Nutrition Division. The US Planning Center (USPC) is comprised of US Production Planning, Export Customer Operations, and Global Master Data functions. The Export Customer Operations team is responsible for developing and executing replenishment plans that ensure highest level of internal and external customer service with the least cost to the operation. The Export Customer Operations team is responsible for controlling the flow of communication, replenishment schedules and documentation for nutritional products and medical devices from North American manufacturing sources. The Senior Supply Chain Specialist serves as the primary supply chain liaison with customers to ensure on time delivery of product to meet market demand along with timely delivery of accurate documentation required to meet the import regulations of Abbott affiliates and Abbott’s direct customers.

What You’ll Work On

• Manage the shipment of product from manufacturing and distribution locations in the Americas to Abbott affiliates and direct Abbott customers worldwide
• Allocate product to ensure maximum container utilization and minimize transportation costs
• Ensure prompt, accurate and efficient handling of communications concerning shipments and any other relevant aspect of the business
• Monitor key performance indicators for responsible area, perform root cause analysis, and develop and implement corrective action plans to improve levels of performance
• Maintain the master arrivals schedule (MAS) to ensure replenishments are meeting market demand and safety stock targets
• Identify continuous improvement initiatives to improve overall effectiveness of the supply chain, increase customer