Director, Global Freight

3 weeks ago

Alameda, United States Abbott Laboratories Full time

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.

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. Youâll 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 bachelorâs 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

Our location in Alameda, California has an opportunity for a Director, Global Freight & Distribution. This person will provide vision, strategy, leadership, and direction for supply chain operations to achieve and maintain the highest standards of quality, customer satisfaction, delivery, service, and manufacturing capability to accomplish business and division goals at competitive costs. The Director, Global Freight & Distribution will create and meet short and long term business goals to support our customer and business requirements through direct or indirect management of material supply chain functions. This person lead and support key strategic and tactical initiatives to optimize performance of Supply Chain.

What You'll Work On

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

⢠Participate with counterparts in Finance; Quality; Supply Chain and Operations to ensure achievement of business unit operations goals.

⢠Work with peers in R&D to support new product development; on-market and LRP strategies

⢠Provide vision; definition; and implementation of long-range material management; manufacturing and business improvement initiatives.

⢠Develop and track goals and objectives to assure annual improvements in operational performance; cost; product quality; productivity; and customer satisfaction. Establish effective measurement systems for performance to assure meeting quality; customer and cost expectations.

⢠Responsible for planning; budgeting and spending authorization.

⢠Develop processes; define system requirements; and assume responsibility for the system integration to support supply chain operations (inclusive of OEMs).

⢠Establish effective life cycle management programs.

⢠Determine system requirements and technologies needed to maintain and improve performance.

⢠Enforce compliance of personnel with administrative policies; procedures; safety rules; and governmental regulations.

⢠Serve as senior level representative on cross-organizational; cross-plant; cross-division and corporate materials and operations initiatives.

⢠Serve as supply chain interface on new product transition to manufacturing.

⢠Direct investigations into causes of customer complaints related to supply chain operations.

Required Qualifications

⢠Bachelors Degree in Engineering, Finance, Science, or Business, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

⢠Minimum 7 years of related experienced required, including 3 years of management experience

Apply Now
 

* 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.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.



The base pay for this position is $164,900.00 â $329,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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