Associate Director, Procurement Business Excellence
4 weeks ago
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.
**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 is onsite opportunity in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division. We are helping people with Diabetes lead healthier, happier lives. As a global leader in diabetes care, Abbott is constantly working to deliver the highest quality products and unwavering support to our customers. Consistent and accurate glucose monitoring is the foundation of any diabetes management plan so we’re committed to continuous improvement in the way patients and professionals measure, track and analyze glucose levels.
As an Associate Director, Procurement Business Excellence, you will be in a highly visible role which requires strong Project Management fundamentals, Operational Excellence experience and sound understanding of business processes. You'll be identifying cost-savings and increased profit-margin opportunities relative to systems, compliance, process improvements, supplier diversity and sourcing / purchasing. To achieve these goals, you'll be exercising authority in a leadership capacity for the benefit of the Company, stakeholders, and customers. Your scope includes the authority and responsibility to set strategies in conjunction with clients for key projects. **This is an onsite opportunity in Alameda, CA.**
**What You’ll Do**
- Map current processes and improve them. Benchmark with other Abbott divisions or external benchmarks for reference.
- Set data governance for the team. Set up process to collect and process the data and provide actionable metrics and dashboard to leadership and end users.
- Provide leadership, technical assistance and/or project management of initiatives related to process improvement, systems, capital, sourcing, supplier diversity, and compliance.
- Accountable for effectively managing timelines and ensuring the products and services delivered by Procurement meet / exceed expectations and the needs of the Business.
- Act as a liaison between procurement and finance team to drive overall GMI program success. Improve GMI project execution and governance.
- Manage project plans and timelines in support of these initiatives from concept through implementation; Measure project performance and track change orders; Establish and monitor KPI’s and gain consensus on project goals, objectives and deliverables; Communicate project progress by producing project reports to provide timely and accurate project status and decision support information to project team, department and division management.
- Drive process and cost improvements.
- Standardize processes across the organization.
- Recruit, coach and develop talent.
**Experience You’ll Bring**
**Required**
- Bachelors’ Degree in Finance, Business, Economics, Engineering or related field
- 5 years’ experience of Sourcing, Procurement, Purchasing or Supply Chain
- 5 years' experience in Project Management
- Demonstrated communication and interpersonal skills, ability to align resources, share information and provide clear direction to team members and suppliers.
- Adaptable, resourceful and be able to quickly trouble-shoot problems, mitigate risk and develop innovative solutions to address challenges and changes in project parameters.
**PREFERRED**:
- Master’s degree
- Six Sigma Black Belt or Project Management Certification
- Strong financial acumen
- Proven ability to create and maintain a strong cross-functional network,
- Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free cov
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Alameda, United States Abbott Full timeThe Opportunity This position is onsite opportunity in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division. We are helping people with Diabetes lead healthier, happier lives. As a global leader in diabetes care, Abbott is constantly working to deliver the highest quality products and unwavering support to our customers. Consistent and accurate glucose monitoring is the...
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Alameda, United States Abbott Full timeThe Opportunity This position is onsite opportunity in the Abbott Diabetes Care Division. We are helping people with Diabetes lead healthier, happier lives. As a global leader in diabetes care, Abbott is constantly working to deliver the highest quality products and unwavering support to our customers. Consistent and accurate glucose monitoring is the...
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