Capital Procurement Manager
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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 114,000colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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.

• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

• An excellent retirement savings plan with a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position is an 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 a Capital Procurement Manager, you will be responsible for developing and implementing the first global capital procurement strategy by leveraging data and analytics, Supplier Relationship Management (SRM), and cross functional collaboration. This role works in close collaboration with global Operations and Engineering teams to strategically forecast automation and assembly equipment needs in support of the goals and objectives of the business. This is an onsite opportunity in Alameda, CA.

What You'll Do

• Build relationships with key suppliers and maintain regular leadership communications, serving as the main point of contact for all commercial discussions.
• In close collaboration with Operations and Engineering, develop and implement the first global Capital strategy.
• Negotiate value for ADC to include commercially favorable terms (reduced cost, shorter lead times, improved quality).
• Support overall program management to ensure Capital purchases are delivered on time and below cost.
• Develop an understanding of the automation landscape, including top suppliers, best practices, largest customers, and new technologies.

Education and Experience You'll Bring

Required

• Bachelors Degree, preferably in related field.
• Minimum of five (5) years of experience within procurement and/or supply chain management.
• Thorough understanding of the capital goods market, industry standards, and key players within the relevant sectors.
• Effectively collaborates with internal stakeholders to include engineers, project managers, and finance teams to align procurement strategies with project needs.
• Ensures adherence to company policies, legal regulations, and Procurement guidelines.
• Strong interdisciplinary, intercultural, influence, and networking skills.
• Ability to identify and mitigate potential risks associated with capital procurement, such as supplier performance, market fluctuations, and regulatory compliance.
• Relevant business process knowledge, as related to Procurement and Category Management.
• Effective skills to build relationships and productively interface with all levels of the Business.
• Strong negotiating skills and experience. Led at least one major, international deal, preferred.
• Ability to travel approximately 30%, including internationally.

Preferred

• Master's Degree, MBA, or Masters of Engineering
• 2-3 years' experience managing suppliers; Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) experience.
• Project Management experience.
• International leadership – led global teams or led a global project.
• Financial acumen: comfortable with basic Finance concepts and how it relates to Procurement.
• Experience buying or selling capital equipment for automation and assembly, relevant to the industry.

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Divisional Information

Medical Devices

General Medical Devices:

Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

CRM

As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats.

Diabetes

We're focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We're revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

Vascular

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease.

Neuromodulation

Our Neuromodulation business includes implantable devices compatible with mobile technology to help people who suffer from chronic pain and movement disorders. These non-opioid therapies allow us to provide interventional pain therapy to patients throughout the pain continuum.

Structural Heart

Structural Heart Business Mission: Why We Exist

Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life by designing and providing device and management solutions for treating structural heart disease.

EP

In Abbott's Electrophysiology (EP) business, we're advancing the treatment of heart disease through breakthrough medical technologies in atrial fibrillation, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

HF

In Abbott's Heart Failure (HF) business, we're developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives.

Diagnostics

We're empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott's diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key health and therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, cardiometabolic, informatics, and toxicology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world's greatest healthcare challenges.

Our molecular division delivers best-in-class innovative testing solutions for people around the world to provide answers to life's critical health decisions. We help people live full and healthy lives through our accessible, molecular-based solutions.

Nutrition

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

The base pay for this position is $128,000.00 – $256,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.