Category Manager

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:

• 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 high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, 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.
• 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.

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

Our location in Temecula, CA or St. Paul, MN currently has an opportunity Onsite for a Category Manager
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• Responsible for leading and executing the purchasing supply management activities for all categories and sub categories.
• Works closely with key stakeholders in both Corporate and Division organizations to develop effective cost reduction strategies and implementation plans.
• Nurtures stakeholder relationships by serving as a business partner; helping to identify critical business requirements and providing sourcing and procurement services that meet expectations.
• Drives reduced total cost of ownership by optimizing Tier 2 and Tier 3 supply chains.
• Leverages extensive market and supplier knowledge to drive lower TCO.
• Represents Abbott strategically in the industry and community. Is recognized as a thought leader within strategic discipline.
• Significantly influences functional strategy.
• Leads initiatives.
• Proactively identifies areas of opportunity for new business opportunities; process improvement; and cost efficiencies.
• Provides insight to the business unit on how to best develop and leverage Supplier capabilities for the organization(s).
• Considered an SME across categories.
• Strong understanding of "One Procurement" category strategies.
• Works on projects that impact the "One Procurement" team

• Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.
• Develops plans and delivers results in fast changing businesses environments.
• Develops and implements procurement plans and strategies to support business needs.
• Leads projects/initiatives that have significant impact upon global business.
• Anticipates internal/external business challenges and drives change.
• Leads project teams to achieve milestones and objectives.
• Solves complex problems; takes a broad perspective to identify solutions.
• Manage PO approvals - up to $2,000,000.
• Educates on existing solutions and enables performance and technical tools development.
• Develops supplier KPI’s and management.
• Drives value and savings for categories.
• Collaborates with matrix functional organizations.
• Leverages professional expertise and relationships to contribute to strategy and drive business results.
• Leads the development of functional strategy.
• Leads change and innovation.
• Stimulates creativity and innovation in others.
• Open to new ideas.
• Supports change and takes risks.
• Promotes a Global Perspective.
• Defines category procurement strategy for Abbott.
• Aligns with overall strategy.
• Drives Total Cost of Ownership reductions for category.
• Clearly defines category taxonomy and manages baseline.
• Coordinates across corporate functions/ divisions to share best practices and adherence to guidelines.
• Understands the overall needs of multiple business units.
• Negotiates an accepted portfolio meeting the most strategic needs of the category.
• Measures and tracks internal performance…