About Abbott

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 113,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Abbott serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, medical devices and nutritionals products. In Ireland, Abbott employs over 6,000 people across ten sites. We have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been operating in Ireland since 1946.

Position Summary

The Logistics Specialist within our Abbott Rapid Diagnostics business will be located in Galway and will support the Central Warehouse Manager in Nijmegen in the Netherlands. In this role, you will work cross functionally among Supply Chain, Purchasing, Warehousing, Quality, Logistics, Freight and Customer Services. The successful candidate will be expected to improve operational effectiveness and efficiency in alignment with business unit’s priorities and divisional policies.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Carries out duties in compliance with established business policies and procedures.

• Demonstrates commitment to the development, implementation and effectiveness of applicable Quality Processes as per ISO, FDA, and other regulatory agencies.

• Responsible for exhibiting professional behaviour with both internal/external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company’s policies and practices.

• Responsibility to understand and maintain awareness of the quality consequences which may occur from the improper performance of their specific job.

• Perform other duties and projects as assigned.

• With Direction from Central Warehouse Manager analyze logistics data, together then drive gap analysis and lead improvement.

• Acquire data and develop predictive models to project short term demand, short term supply, inventory supply risks and impact to distribution plans.

• Identify and recommend constraints against order fulfilment and distribution transport constraints that would need to be addressed.

• Work with the EU Logistics & Distribution team to identify, evaluate and provide insight into potential process improvements

• Support Central Warehouse management in preparing reports for daily/weekly/monthly KPI’s and scorecard reviews.

• Participate in Abbott OpEx Tier 3 meeting, monthly performance review meeting and quarterly business reviews with both internal and external logistics partners.

• Plus with 3PL provider immediately address inventory and receiving issues as identified

• Support and attend cross functional daily, weekly monthly meetings.

• Support CWH Manager on any escalations with 3PL providers.

• Support or be able to stand in for the CWH manager in running morning exception reports and report at daily operational meetings.

• Support Management that ensure contractual obligations are implemented, maintained and compliant.

• Support Management to ensure limited issues that would affect the inbound and outbound inventory work and to resolve any discrepancies

• Support the inventory reconciliation with our 3PL Partners

• Where required, training and education of others in relation to SAP ERP and Supply Chain processes to ensure knowledge and understanding of their interaction with the Central European Warehouse.

Education / Experience / Skills

• Third Level Degree or equivalent in Logistics or similar preferred.

• 2+ Years Logistics experience ideally with Major Logistics 3PL or similar is preferred

• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals

• To facilitate the interaction with sites on different time zones, occasional out of hours working required.

• Excellent communication skills (written & verbal across cultures)

• Highly numerate with an aptitude for analysis.

• Demonstrated proficiency on multiple software applications (MS Word, MS Power Point, MS EXCEL)

• Demonstrated experience in Data Analytics and BI software applications.

Environment / Culture

• Self-motivated culture with high standards of detailed output required from the team.

• When required – be reactive and flexible to current issues while driving the long term resolution within the business.

• Fact based approach to decisions.

• Open and engaging in nature.

An Equal Opportunity Employer

Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com