Sr. Demand Planner

Employment Type: Full time

Position Overview

Abbott is a global healthcare leader dedicated to helping people live more fully at all stages of life. Our comprehensive portfolio of life-changing technologies spans diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic medicines. With 114,000 colleagues serving people in over 160 countries, Abbott is committed to transforming healthcare decision-making through smarter medical and economic insights. Our diagnostic solutions are critical for patient care, providing essential information for millions of people daily across hospitals, laboratories, and clinics worldwide.

We are seeking a Sr. Demand Planner to join our team in Lake Forest, IL. This role is responsible for establishing and maintaining Reagent demand and supply forecasts to meet customer service and target inventory levels.

Responsibilities

• Reviews data from various sources to establish and refresh demand forecasts.
• Analyzes trends and updates forecasts as necessary.
• Facilitates meetings with relevant stakeholders to ensure clarity between demand and supply.
• Responsibly manages inventory levels, balancing customer service levels and division financial objectives.
• Forecasts inventory levels and reports on actuals.
• Partners with internal/external suppliers, warehouse partners, and/or affiliates to optimize the flow of material.
• Elevates short supply risk and leads mitigation efforts.
• Coordinates with customer service and/or affiliates on product allocations during periods of short supply to minimize impact to revenue.
• Represents planning on key divisional New Product Launch (NPI) projects and product phase outs.
• Executes necessary new item setup steps in MRP and SAP systems.
• Leads and/or contributes to cross-functional business processes and supply chain continuous improvement projects.
• Maintains MRP and SAP planning master data and router accuracy.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration, Finance, or related field.
• Experience:
  • 3-5 years of experience in forecasting / demand planning.
  • Experience working in a broader enterprise / cross-division business unit model preferred.
  • Experience with SAP and MRP software preferred.
  • MS Excel experience required.
  • Power BI experience preferred.
• Skills:
  • Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.
  • Knowledge of regulations and standards affecting IVDs and Biologics preferred.
  • Strong analytical skills.
  • Strong written and verbal communication and elevation skills required.
• Travel: 5-10%

Working at Abbott

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.
• Recognition as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• Recognition 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.

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