Manager, Logistics

Abbott Laboratories hiring for Manager, Logistics jobs in North Chicago, IL, US

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.

Manager, Logistics

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

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.

• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

• 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

This position works out of our North Chicago, IL location in the Core Lab Division. Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

The Manager, Logistics will manage and effectively lead the Logistics team in delivering initiatives to leverage improvement and optimization of the Global distribution network resulting in improving Economic Profitability and overall Delivery Service to our Customers. The Manager Logistics establishes and facilitates a formal network with distribution centers; and the 30+ global affiliate locations representing a center of excellence. You will facilitate ongoing improvements of distribution-logistics processes to optimize the global distribution network for customer delivery of Diagnostic/Abbott products and also coordinate the material flow from suppliers and TPMs to multiple Abbott locations to support manufacturing.

What You’ll Work On

• Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.

• Primary interface with Affiliate Supply Chain personnel related to the development; proposal and accountability for implementation of Global logistics initiatives within respective regions/countries.

• Responsible for effectively managing 3PLs; Parcel; LTL and Truckload carriers in the Americas and freight forwarders across multiple regions around the globe. Conducts QBRs with key suppliers and acts as the key leadership contact to our suppliers on all operational and rate related items. Responsible for supplier relationship management both at day to day execution level and broader strategic level.

• Assist in the coordination; planning; design; execution and implementation of distribution-logistics programs representing locations throughout Abbott’s global distribution network. Develop and coordinate an organization to generate comprehensive analysis of multiple data and factors related to the division’s distribution network (i.e. transportation, warehouse freight spends; inventory; capital investment etc.).

• Collaborate with other Logistics teams to develop; revise; present and execute the Global Distribution-Logistics long range strategic plan in alignment with executive and senior management strategies and related division objectives.

• Primary stakeholder and decision maker in the negotiation of key contracts with Third Party Logistics (3PL's); Freight Forwarders and periodic annual bid processes (i.e. Global Air/Ocean; LTL; FTL etc.). Responsible for assuring adequate; accurate and timely data is provided from all sites for these bid analysis processes. Assures adherence to Abbott legal and risk management policies.

• Identify; leverage and maintain a database of best practices by site; region or country from internal and external resources (i.e. industry leaders in supply chain; healthcare; and related academic institutions). Identify new technologies to support leveraging state of the art solutions in alignment with Abbott ROI; QA; and other key objectives. Analysis to include scope to leverage an improved spending profile within the global distribution network for import/export duties and taxes.

• Continued development of the Global Logistics organization as a core center of excellence for driving continuous improvements in Abbott's global distribution and transportation network. Facilitating the project management process and organization of periodic forums to align multiple initiatives in alignment with Diagnostics locations and other Abbott division distribution sites in facilitating ongoing coordination of efforts for continuous achievements.

• Incumbent reports to Director of Distribution. Interacts with Diagnostics Commercial and Affiliate General Managers; Logistics personnel; and Area Financial Controllers within multiple commercial affiliate site locations.

• Accountable for management and leadership to deliver multiple improvement programs consistent with global commercial objectives; within the Quality System and aligned with country local regulatory requirements. Responsible for maintaining alignment and obtaining best practices with other Abbott divisions and corporate logistics team.

• Ongoing interface/alignment with Corporate Logistics and senior management from outside transportation/logistics suppliers and vendors for negotiation of key contracts.

• Accountability for accurate analysis and representation of savings; costs for projects across global currencies and complex factors including freight; warehousing; import/export duties; taxes; transfer margin; value added tax (VAT); inter-company allocations; product standard cost; drayage/fuel surcharges and negotiations/ approval of global contracts. Assures Code of Conduct and Financial standards are met.

• Responsible for managing $20+ million in freight and warehousing related spend.

• The position must interact with the most senior levels of management all the way to the lowest levels of the organization. There is constant interaction with groups outside of Logistics. The position interfaces with international area management; US customer service; planning; regulatory; quality assurance; manufacturing; engineering; finance; and human resources. The position presents budgets; freight plans; and new ideas to the Director of Distribution for review and determining next steps.

• This will be a supervisory position and will be managing between 1 to 6 direct reports in multiple locations.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Finance, or Logistics Management.

• 5 to 7 years experience in Supply Chain, Logistics and/or Operations.

• Experience may include manufacturing or distribution environment; knowledge of financial information and process; knowledge of materials and inventory computer systems: thorough understanding of Abbott planning / inventory management or distribution systems; demonstrated project leadership; exposure to and understanding of international affiliate operations and their needs and regulations.

• Proficiency in common program management communication software tools (i.e. MS Project, PowerPoint, MS Word, Excel, PowerBI, etc.).

• Experienced in providing/articulating key components of financial analysis including Profit & Loss statement and Balance Sheet.

Preferred Qualifications

• Distribution-Logistics and/or Supply Chain certifications desirable

• Advanced degree (MBA, Master's degree) desirable

* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $109,300.00 – $218,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.