Procurement Manager, Indirect Categories

Job description

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Shape your career as you support shaping the future of healthcare.

At Abbott, we are committed to helping others live their best possible lives through the power of health.  For more than 135 years, we have brought new products and technologies to the world – in nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices and branded generic pharmaceuticals.  These products create more possibilities for more people at all stages of life.  Today, 113,000 of us are working to help people live not just longer, but better, in the more than 160 countries we serve.

Abbott Diabetes Care designs, develops and manufactures leading-edge glucose monitoring systems and test strips for use in both home and hospital settings. Our product portfolio includes Freestyle Libre, a recently launched system that is revolutionising how people with diabetes around the world monitor their glucose levels. We are passionate about doing work that improves the quality of people’s lives.

We now have an exciting opportunity for a Procurement Manager (Indirect Categories) to join our ADC Global Sourcing team based in Witney, Oxfordshire.

Responsible for the purchasing and supply management activities for indirect categories and sub categories, you will work closely with key stakeholders in both Diabetes Care Corporate and Division organizations to develop effective cost reduction strategies and implementation plans. Continuously nurturing stakeholder relationships by serving as a business partner, you will help identify critical business requirements and providing sourcing and procurement services that meet expectations. You will analyse and coordinate projects to increase supply resilience for consumables and other indirect costs (i.e. facilities, quality, ops, etc), drive reduced total cost of ownership by optimizing Tier 2 and Iier 3 supply chains, leverage extensive market and supplier knowledge to drive lower TCO, and represent Abbott strategically in the industry and community.

Leading a small team, you will create vision and strategy with a multi-year roadmap to establish the function in ADC, ensuring implementation and leverage of best practices and compliance across all purchasing areas. You will continually look for opportunities for cost reductions, cost avoidance and provision of overall value improvements, whilst measuring and tracking team performance.

The successful candidate will be Degree qualified (as a minimum, however Masters preferred), ideally within an Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain or Financial field, and bring a breadth of experience across both operational and strategic procurement in the manufacturing environment. You will ideally be a Certified Professional in Supply Management (CPSM) , Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM) or similar, and preference also given those with Project Management qualifications.

You will be a self-starter/results focused individual who brings ability to build effective relationships with colleagues and other functional teams, and excellent interdisciplinary, intercultural, influence/negotiation and networking skills. You will be adept at managing change, with experience gained in a large sized organisation, and comfortable managing teams at the strategic level.

This position is located in Witney in the UK, and will involve travel internationally.

Abbott has health/wellness and financial benefits that help provide security for you and your family. In addition to a competitive salary, Abbott offers a highly attractive benefits package which includes a defined-contribution pension scheme, a share ownership scheme, private healthcare, life assurance, and a flexible benefits scheme which you can tailor to your own requirements. We like to help our employees live life to the fullest, and therefore we offer a range of optional initiatives for you to get involved in, including onsite allotments, couch to 5k campaigns, bee keeping, yoga and more!

     

The base pay for this position is
N/A

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

     

JOB FAMILY:

Category Management

     

DIVISION:

ADC Diabetes Care

        

LOCATION:

United Kingdom > Witney : Range Road

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable