Senior Supply Planner

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 will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of .

• Amazing health and wellness benefits and perks.

• 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 500

• 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

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including PediaSure, Ensure, Glucerna– to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

 Primary job function

·       Manage the end to end process of S&L

·       Manage Supply and Logistics of incoming stock and automation of month end reporting

·       Ensure adequate stock distribution and to ensure stock is available at our ports for distribution across ANZ. 

Core Job Responsibilities:

• Maintain stock levels in line with demand and customers' expectations

• Manage logistics services - freight (ocean, air, surface), warehouse, 3PL

• Periodic reporting and analysis both locally and globally

• Review, prioritise and move stock as needed in various accounts and distributors

• Liaise with ALOG/NOLA on day to day stock issues and enquiries

• Update changes to the supply plan via the weekly publish

• KPI tracking & trends - distributors as well as internal

• Excess & obsolescence reporting

• Forecasting to ensure adequate stock levels held in depots

• Send weekly backorder reports for AU & NZ

• Managing inventory in cooperation with our distributors

• Stock release monitoring and approval to manage products on scarce status

• Managing stock expiration and pricing

• Monitor incoming shipments & MAS conformance

• Working with Demand Planning team on all risks to supply stability

• Develop, streamline and improve supply function within the business 

• Acting as first point of call for our sales teams on stock situations and resolving issues including stock movement between depots according to FEFO rule

• GS1 management

Education/Experience/Knowledge required:

• Tertiary Qualification in Supply Chain Management or similar field – highly desirable

• Project Management Qualification – highly desirable

• Background in demand/supply planning or complex analytical and numerical roles 

• Dealt with supply to traditional food route channel and convenience market in Australia

• Potentially have experience in dealing with short shelf life stock

• Experience in dealing with a large numbers of SKUs

• Developed knowledge of inventory management software, spreadsheets and databases and be proficient in computer based programs specifically Excel 

• Excellent relationship management skills

• High level of analytical skills

• Enthusiastic self-starter