Buyer II

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Buyer II

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. Youll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career of which you dream.
• 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 high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelors 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

We are seeking a Buyer II to work at our St. Paul MN location in our Vascular division.

Abbott Vascular provides innovative minimally invasive and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. Our extensive portfolio includes drug-eluting stents bare metal stents guide wires balloon dilatation catheters imaging catheters and software vessel closure devices and peripheral stents.

WHAT YOULL DO

• Create and process purchase orders both direct and indirect in accordance with documented procurement processes to include standard subcontract stock transfer down-payment and discount orders.
• Plan and schedule deliveries to optimize inventories in support of project demands by working with cross-functional teams to include engineering sourcing planning category and shipping-receiving.
• Process purchase requisitions and confer with vendors to obtain product information such as price availability and delivery schedule reviewing quotes and acknowledgements for accuracy.
• Facilitate vendor corrective action by partnering with the SQE team for quality improvement.
• Responsible for supporting and maintaining mutually beneficial long-term partnership with suppliers enhancing good business relationships with Abbott.
• Manage orders and RMAs through completion and execute invoice resolution through order closure.
• Maintain material master data in ERP system (experience with Epicor or SAP MD preferred)

Experience Youll Bring

• Good working knowledge of Procurement concepts procedures and practices
• General knowledge of ERP systems (experience with Epicor or SAP MD preferred)
• Ability to work on problems of moderate scope where analysis of situations or data requires review
• Will perform this job in a quality system environment
• Working knowledge and application of business concepts procedures and practices

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in business Supply Chain or equivalent experience.
• 3-5 years of experience in purchasing/commodity management.
• Experience negotiating terms and purchasing agreements.
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced changing environment.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Multitasks prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills as well as attention to detail.
• MRP experience a plus.

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

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