Design to Cost Engineer

1 month ago


Abbott Park, United States Abbott Laboratories Full time
About the Role

Abbott Laboratories is seeking a highly skilled Design to Cost Engineer to join our team. As a Design to Cost Engineer, you will be responsible for delivering Gross Margin Improvement, Securing Supply, and driving Supply Chain effectiveness improvements for Abbott. You will work closely with multiple Abbott businesses to identify value engineering solutions, improve supply chain resilience, and create the next generation of solutions.

Key Responsibilities
  • Create detailed cost models of various technologies for Abbott products.
  • Develop a portfolio of projects to deliver GMI results in fast-changing business environments.
  • Lead projects and supplier negotiations.
  • Leverage technical skills to identify Value Add-Value Engineering ideas, and Design Analysis (Design for Manufacturability, Design for Cost, etc) to the respective Abbott Business Unit.
  • Collaborate with R&D Engineering on New Product Introductions to decrease time to market, increase production quality, and reduce costs.
  • Co-create a Supplier Transfer Center of Excellence to accelerate transfers, minimize Abbott engineering resources required, and maximize savings for supplier transfer projects.
  • Co-create a Supplier Collaboration Center of Excellence to identify and deliver continuous improvement across single/sole supplier's value chains from their procurement through shipment to Abbott.
Requirements
  • Bachelor of Science in Chemical, Mechanical, or Industrial field, plus a minimum of 5 years of experience.
  • Successful, 5-8 year track record in Sustaining Engineering, R&D, or Manufacturing Engineering.
  • Strong project management and communication skills (written and verbal).
  • Strong interdisciplinary, intercultural, influencing, and networking skills.
  • Deep knowledge of technologies and products.
  • Strong negotiating skills.
Preferred Skills
  • Knowledge or experience in Injection molding, machining, sheet metal, assembly, chemical processes, PWA's, etc.
  • Project Management Professional (PMP) or similar certification desirable, Six Sigma and/or Lean methodologies.
About Abbott Laboratories

Abbott Laboratories 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.

We are committed to employee diversity and offer a range of benefits, including career development opportunities, free employee medical coverage, an excellent retirement savings plan, and tuition reimbursement. Join our team and build your future with a company that can help you live your best life.



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