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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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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

• 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.
• 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

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Minnetonka, MN location in the Cardiac Rhythm Management division.

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.

Buyer II ensures continuity of supply of materials needed for production and new product development teams. Activities include obtaining quotations, generating purchase orders, scheduling deliveries, communicating schedule impacts, and generating work orders.

What You’ll Work On

• Support site projects that contribute to organizational goals.
• Manages orders through completion and executes closures once fulfilled.
• Communicates with Management and Stakeholders purchase order status.
• Provides audit support of purchasing policies and procedures.
• Communicate component specifications to suppliers.
• Facilitate cost savings and quality improvement projects through purchasing.
• Creates and processes purchase orders, direct and indirect, in accordance with documented procurement processes to include, subcontract purchase orders, third party manufacturing orders, and purchase order changes.
• Executes procurement plans, reports supplier performance, aligns with contracts, and processes purchase requests, while ensuring the timely and uninterrupted flow of materials between suppliers and site.
• Mitigate invoicing issues.
• Updates vendor performance data.
• Supports development of supplier scorecards and Service Level Agreements (SLA).
• Interacts with suppliers and is responsible for maintaining and, enhancing good business relationship between Abbott and suppliers.
• Uses continuous improvement to establish metrics, drive KPIs, standardize and automate tactical activities over time.
• Manage the implementation of suppliers (including ensuring the ordering of appropriate first articles and validations).
• Manages material master data in ERP.

Education And Experience You’ll Bring

• A good understanding of specified functional area.
• Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.
• Cognitive Skills-Works on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires a review of identifiable factors.
• Minimum 5 years related work experience.
• Has a general knowledge of technical alternatives and an understanding of their impact on the systems environment.
• Bachelors Degree Or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Good working knowledge of procurement concepts, procedures, and practices: - Contracting and supplier management - Commercial and contracting terms and negotiations - Procurement tools - Master data management.
• Technical/Business Knowledge (Job Skills)- Working knowledge and application of business concepts, procedures and practices.
• Exercises judgment within defined procedures and practices to determine appropriate action.

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• Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $56,700.00 – $113,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.