Purchasing Specialist Fixed Term Contract
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Locations: Ireland - Kilkenny
Time Type: Full time
Posted on: Posted Yesterday
Job Requisition ID: 31105709
JOB DESCRIPTION:
At Abbott, you will play a crucial role to help people live more fully at all stages of their lives. Abbott is a global healthcare leader, and our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional products and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues have a daily impact on the life of people in more than 160 countries.
Abbott Ireland
In Ireland, Abbott employs around 6,000 people across ten sites. We currently have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott also has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway.
Diabetes Care Kilkenny
Our new manufacturing facility in Kilkenny, opening in 2024, reflects the growing demand for Abbott's global Diabetes Care products. The facility will be a centre for world-class engineering, quality, medical device manufacturing, and other science-based professionals to produce life-changing technologies, including the FreeStyle Libre 3, a system that automatically delivers real-time, up-to-the-minute glucose readings.
This is how you can make a difference at Abbott:
As Purchasing Specialist, you will identify, research, and evaluate suppliers that meet the organization's standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply. This is a Fixed Term Contract Position.
Responsibilities
* Analyze and evaluate supplier bids, tenders, proposals, or quotations for indirect materials.
* Ensure appropriate inventory replenishment plans are in place for indirect materials.
* Execution of purchase orders driven in line with set inventory policies.
* Commit to purchases (within established limits of authority) with terms that are in the organization’s best interest.
* Ensure integrity of master data and purchasing parameters in SAP.
* Liaise with logistics function and goods inwards to ensure timely collection of goods.
* Interpret inventory requests and production schedules to coordinate purchasing activities for goods and materials.
* Monitor the quality and timeliness of materials and goods supplied.
* Follow-up the status of purchase orders with vendors to ensure timely delivery.
* Communicate status of orders with internal customers.
* Ensure timely reconciliation of invoices for payment.
Education and Experience
* Minimum qualification of NFQ level 7 in a relevant discipline.
* Minimum 2 years related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
* Strong communication skills.
* Team player.
What we Offer
Attractive compensation package that includes competitive pay, as well as benefits.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com or https://www.ie.abbott/, on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews.
Abbott is an equal opportunities employer.
JOB FAMILY:
Category Management
DIVISION:
ADC Diabetes Care
LOCATION:
Ireland > Kilkenny : Kilkenny Business and Technology Park
WORK SHIFT:
Ie - Kkyflx (Ireland)
TRAVEL:
Yes, 10 % of the Time
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Not Applicable
About Us
Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential — because better health allows people and communities to achieve more.
The people of Abbott come to work each day with relentless energy, enthusiasm and a promise to enhance the health and well-being of millions of people.
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