Supply Chain Planner - IVDR

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Supply Chain Planner - IVDR (1 Year Fixed Term Contract)

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

Abbott in Ireland

Abbott has been operating in Ireland since 1946 and serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, diabetes care, medical devices and nutritional products. In Ireland, Abbott currently employs about 6,000 people across ten sites located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo.

Abbott Galway

Abbott in Galway serves as the international hub for Abbott's Rapid Diagnostics business, which delivers annually more than 2 billion tests. As the global leader in point-of-care diagnostics, Abbott offers the broadest portfolio of best-in-class rapid tests, services, and handheld devices across all healthcare settings: the lab, the clinic, remote healthcare outposts, retail outlets, the patient's bedside and at home. Our industry-leading near patient tests and services are unmatched across key health and therapeutic areas, including: infectious disease, cardiometabolic & informatics, toxicology and consumer diagnostics.

One of the key functions in Galway is Global Business Services, which provides number of shared services activities across finance, purchasing, quality, technical and customer services for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA). Various global and EMEA commercial and operational management teams across our infectious disease and cardiometabolic businesses are also based in Galway, overseeing the supply of millions of rapid tests from HIV to diabetes to COVID-19, to patients in many regions across the world.

Description

As part of our ongoing development and organisational changes, Abbott has identified a Supply Chain Planner role, please note this position is a 1 year Fixed Term Contract. This exciting position provides an excellent opportunity for the right candidate to work across all business functions with the main focus being to provide support within the ID DM team as directed by their immediate manager.

Responsibilities and Duties

• Work cross functionally with Supply Chain personnel, Purchasing, Transport, Customer Service, Quality, Warehouse and Inventory to support ID DM's Supply Chain activities. 
• Utilisation of experience within Supply Chain operations to support the successful completion of tasks assigned.
• Support the management of projects whether these be large or small, complex or straight forward in order to deliver success in timeframes stipulated.
• Ability to analyse data and provide insight in a meaningful way with a desire to drive cost improvements, strengthen compliance, increase efficiency of existing processes and achieve positive outcomes.
• Ensure conformance to ISO9001 & ISO13485 in relation to process and document control procedures as stated in the Quality Management System. Drive supplier and process improvements through the Agile quality system in the form of quality incidents and supplier corrective actions.
• Engage with core team members to understand key elements of their roles and be able to provide cover in periods of absence but also to enhance internal business knowledge.
• Collaboration with third party vendors as required.
• Demonstrate flexibility within this multi-disciplined role ensuring key stakeholders are kept informed of progress and any obstacles.
• Supply Chain tasks identified as this new evolving and exciting role develops.

Requirements

• Third Level Degree or equivalent in Logistics Supply Chain or similar preferred.
• 3+ Years Supply Chain / Logistics experience.
• Proficient in MS Office including Excel, Word, Power-Point Outlook, Project and SAP would be an advantage
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals
• To facilitate the interaction with sites on different time zones, occasional out of hours working required.
• Excellent communication skills (written & verbal across cultures)
• Highly numerate with an aptitude for analysis.
• People management skills.
• Ability to lead meetings (by phone, video conference and face to face) to drive results and build relationships.
• Occasional travel as required (advance notice to be provided).

The base pay for this position is

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

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