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

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

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

• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

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

The Opportunity

Under limited supervision the Production Planner provides production planning/scheduling, inventory management, or distribution support to maintain production operations and customer product availability.

What You'll Do

• Analyze planning requirements and initiate appropriate action to support the master schedule or independent demands.
• Schedule Manufacturing Operation to ensure availability of items under planners control with minimum negative impact on manufacturing.
• Plan manufacturing schedules to efficiently utilize facilities.
• Ensure finished goods and work-in-process availability.
• Forecast requirements and schedule production to meet these requirements
• Perform system maintenance and updates to insure database integrity for planning fields and files.
• Utilize personal computer tools to perform analysis and provide recommendations to management.
• Maintain raw material and work in process inventories in accordance with pre-determined inventory levels and targets.
• Monitor inventories and take action as appropriate.
• Recommend procurement strategies for internal and external supplies compatible with economic, supply and quality goals.
• Understand raw materials needs and translate these needs into inventory plans and strategies.
• Manage material flow from external and internal suppliers through manufacturing channels to achieve maximum production efficiency, minimizing waste and impacts to customers.
• Understands and applies manufacturing systems, interpolates manufacturing requirements.
• Accountable for the accuracy and the impact of planning decisions.
• Can commit inventory dollars for items under their control.
• MRR Level one sign off authority: manufacturing documentation sign off authority, i.e., change requests, PBOM's and material specifications. Operates with close supervision.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree: BA or BS
• 1-2 years operations/distribution experience, or directly relevant technical experience sufficient to demonstrate the knowledge typically associated with the degree and experience requirement.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous operations experience and exposure to manufacturing materials principles and concepts preferred.

     

The base pay for this position is

$57,300.00 – $114,700.00

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

     

JOB FAMILY:

Manufacturing

     

DIVISION:

AMD Molecular

        

LOCATION:

United States > Des Plaines : DP01

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

No

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

     

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

     

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

     

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf