Senior Buyer

Abbott Laboratories is a leading global healthcare company that offers innovative solutions to improve lives. With a diverse portfolio of life-changing technologies, we cater to the needs of people in over 160 countries worldwide.

We are seeking a Senior Buyer for our Heart Failure Division in Pleasanton, CA. As a key member of our team, you will be responsible for purchasing raw materials, sub-assemblies, products, and services while ensuring quality, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.

• Purchasing and Vendor Management: Identify, research, evaluate, and select suppliers that meet our standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply.
• Negotiations and Contract Management: Negotiate and manage long-term contracts with vendors, securing favorable business partnerships, including quality, availability, and cost.
• Delivery Planning and Inventory Optimization: Plan and schedule deliveries to optimize inventories, supporting production schedules and business demands by collaborating with forecasting data teams, planning teams, commodity teams, and shipping/receiving teams.
• Vendor Communication and Quality Improvement: Review purchase requisitions, confer with vendors, and review quotes for accuracy, competitive strategies, and quality.
• Process Implementation and Continuous Improvement: Implement process and procedure best practices by partnering with other functional leadership and related product lines.

• Education: Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain, or equivalent experience.
• Experience: 5+ years of progressively responsible experience in purchasing/commodity management, with 3+ years working with purchasing/commodity mgt. software.
• Skills: Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment, with strong verbal and written communication skills and ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.

• Competitive Salary: $83,600.00 – $167,200.00 (base pay) per year.
• Benefits Package: Health investment plan, excellent retirement savings plan, tuition reimbursement, Freedom 2 Save student debt program, FreeU education benefit, and more.

Please note that salary may vary based on specific locations.