Purchasing Specialist

Job DescriptionAbbott 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.Position SummaryPoint-of-care diagnostics is a growing and dynamic industry helping to improve clinical and economic outcomes globally. Abbott brings a variety of expert viewpoints on new innovations, insights, and impacts that are shaping the future of diagnostics around the world.GBS has a global accountability to deliver an exceptional customer experience and create business value through compliance, standardization and data analytics. The GBS group fosters a collaborative, team focused and winning environment where employees are accountable and encouraged to develop themselves,The Purchasing Specialist is responsible for carrying out the daily purchasing processes for Abbott Rapid Dx North America or Abbott Rapid Dx , LLC, ensuring the timely and efficient procurement of company materials and services. The purchasing team is key to ensuring continued supply of our products, relationship management with our vendors and that all processes and objectives are implemented efficiently and timely and support the overall GBS vision.Duties And ResponsibilitiesAdvance perform the daily purchasing processes for stocked items (with an MRP evaluation as needed), nonstocked items, capital equipment and servicesReview and maintain purchasing contingencies to ensure continued supply of productEnsure contractual obligations are implemented, maintained and compliantParticipate in daily team meetings to address open tasks, issues and projects and ensure actions are being taken to ensure KPIs are metMaintenance of the shared purchasing mailbox, shared web portal for communicating with off-site warehouses.Manages incoming urgent requests, work with warehouse, sales, marketing, transport, Masterdata, planning, finance and customer service.Establish and maintain strong relationships and work effectively with internal and external customersContribute to the Customer Experience ensuring delivery of acceptable quality goods and services on-timeResolve disputes or complaints between requestors and vendorsRepresent Purchasing in all product launch initiativesRecord and manage actions in relation to supplier incidentsParticipate in quarterly supplier reviews and ensure corrective actions are implementedParticipate in Projects in the area of the responsibility such as process improvement and implementationProduce daily and monthly reports/metricsComply with applicable antitrust and other purchasing-related laws and regulations including Federal Acquisition Regulations for government contracts.Communicate the importance of the Quality System to all employees and report on its effectivenessExecute applicable Quality System processesOther duties as assigned by the immediate superiorKey Position CompetenciesFunctional / Technical skillsCommunicates EffectivelyTime ManagementAgile LearnerResults Driven Minimum QualificationsMust have experience working with SAP or other ERP/MRP systemMust be a self-starter with the ability to work in a fast-changing environmentMust have strong business analytic skillsMust have a desire for achieving excellence in customer satisfaction and support service deliveryMust be a team player with high initiative and energy with the ability to work cross-functionally and drive process and projectsMust be proficient in MS Office Suite Education And ExperienceBachelor’s Degree (Supply Chain, Business, Finance, Industrial Engineer is preferred) or 3-5 years relevant experience in a purchasing organization requiredExperience with Lean, Six Sigma or Business Management concepts preferredCertification from APICS or equivalent preferredJob DetailsRole Level: Mid-Level Work Type: Full-Time Country: Philippines City: Taguig National Capital Region Company Website: https://www.abbott.com Job Function: Procurement & Vendor Management Company Industry/Sector: Hospitals and Health CareWhat We OfferAbout The CompanySearching, interviewing and hiring are all part of the professional life. 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