Project Coordinator

Job description

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 103,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Works with project managers and teams to manage the project lifecycle for company's products and services involving functional teams focused on the delivery of new or existing products.

• Independently identifies opportunities to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the project management systems and process being examined, including integrating internal and external best practices and benchmarking data

• Works with co-sourcing partners such as Program/Project Managers to plan the project, draft project reports, and conduct the fieldwork, which includes interviews, process flow determination, critical analysis of activities ass value added/non-value added, financial analysis, system data analysis and transaction testing.

• Supports project execution which may include identifying tasks, tracking project schedule, and identify/manage risks and issues, and independently executing assigned tasks.

• Begins establishing and cultivating a network of internal resources to facilitate completion of tasks.

• Participates in special projects as they arise.

• Provides Divisional support as it relates to project management tools and software.

• Manages all project management software/tool requests, including access, licensing, report sharing, troubleshooting, etc. with minimal oversight.

• May exercise authority within pre-established limits and approval.

• Independently manages own work load by balancing multiple tasks/projects, prioritizing work based on criticality and urgency, and completing tasks on time.

Qualifications:

Bachelors Degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

• Minimum 2 years- Related work experience with a basic understanding of specified functional area.
• General knowledge and basic application of business concepts, procedures and practices.
• Will perform this job in a quality system environment.
• Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with government regulations.
• Learns to use professional concepts and company policies and procedures to solve routine problems.
• Works on problems of limited scope.
• Minimal independent decision making.

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