JOB DESCRIPTION:
Point-of-care diagnostics is a growing and dynamic industry helping to improve clinical and economic outcomes globally. Abbott Rapid Diagnostics brings a variety of expert viewpoints on new innovations, insights, and impacts that are shaping the future of diagnostics around the world.
The Purchasing Manager leads the Purchasing Teams and effectively manages their teams to world class performance through coaching, problem solving and process improvement while working as a liaison between various internal and external departments. The Manager is responsible for ensuring purchasing department to provides exceptional service to all customers, ensuring on-going compliance with procedures, implementing continuous improvement and assessing employee productivity by providing guidance, training and leadership on a daily basis.
Duties and Responsibilities
People
· Directly manage performance of staff towards department and Company goals, including feedback on performance, appraisals, recommendations for merit increases or necessary disciplinary actions, communication to employees on performance, etc.
· Responsible for the Performance management of the team, ensuring that the process is maintained, goals are set and that team members receive relevant and timely feedback on an ongoing basis.
· Organizing the workload for the team and ensuring that the right resources are available and trained to the highest standard.
· Responsible for the Induction and training of new team members ensuring that the highest levels of training are delivered and measured.
· Maintain good relations and work effectively with internal and external customers by ensuring professional behavior consistent with ARDx policies and practices.
· Develop and build out the Purchasing team capability’s, capacity and processes, to create a shared service environment through which Abbott RDx can centralize Global Purchasing activities.
· Perform other duties & projects as assigned.
Process
· Establish and maintain strong relationships with internal and external customers
· Develop and maintain Purchasing processes, to create a centralized and standard approach to purchasing activities
· Establish and maintain KPIs to monitor and improve the effectiveness of Purchasing processes
· Contribute to the Customer Experience ensuring delivery of acceptable quality goods and services on-time
· Help implement and stay aligned with Category strategy (such as supplier selection) as directed by Category Manager
· Partner with stakeholders to ensure clear requirements documentation
· Forecast price and market trends to identify changes of balance in buyer-supplier power
· Perform cost and scenario analysis and benchmarking.
· Ensure the uninterrupted flow of customer services, ensuring delivery of acceptable quality goods and services at the right time and at the maximum end-use value per dollar spent.
· Actively participate in the business transfer process to provide functional inputs during the initiation and execution of new projects.
· Develop business relationships with suppliers to preserve ARDx good business reputation while still obtaining competitive prices.
· Resolve disputes or complaints between requestors, purchasing, receiving, and vendors.
· Responsible for monitoring the Approved Supplier List (ASL) and Approved Service Supplier List (ASSL) and coordinating with the Supplier Quality Team (SQT) and global category managers on additions/deletions.
Quality & Compliance
· Responsible for evaluating and approving suppliers of finished products, accessories, and services to ARDx.
· Comply with applicable antitrust and other purchasing-related laws and regulations including Federal Acquisition Regulations for government contracts
· Establish, maintain, and implement procedures so as to comply with all regulatory requirements, including the proper training of personnel.
· Comply with applicable corporate policies & procedures and FDA/ISO regulations pertaining to the purchasing function.
· Comply with applicable antitrust and other purchasing-related laws and regulations including Federal Acquisition Regulations for government contracts.
· Ensure training policy, procedures and activities support ARDx requirements
· Keep appropriate records of all training activities and ensure such records meet the QMS requirements.
Systems
· Participate in the direct and indirect purchasing of materials so as to maintain proficiency in the MRP systems and processes being used and helping to share total workload with the buyer team.
· Drive Continuous Improvement to streamline processes and implement IT/SAP functionality that will increase efficiencies to improve our customer’s experience.
· Strong skills with Microsoft Office suite of programs
Key Position Competencies
· Communication Skills
· Negotiating Skills
· Networking Skills
· Planning and Organizational Skills
· Analytical Skills
· Problem Solving
· Financial Acumen
Minimum Qualifications
· Must have knowledge of concepts, practices and procedures of Purchasing.
· Broad experience with MRP software
· Specific experience with SAP and/or e-procurement tool (e.g. SciQuest) a plus
· Must be proficient in MS Office including Excel, Access, Word and Outlook
· Must have a demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with supervisors, peers, employees,
· Must have the ability to handle multiple tasks, meet deadlines, and coordinate detailed information with accuracy
· Must have strong analytical and problem solving skills
· Must have excellent interpersonal skills
· Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills
· Must be able to react to situations with a strong sense of urgency
· Must be able to have strong leadership capabilities.
Education & Experience
· College degree in business, materials management, operations management, engineering or related field
· At least 6 years experience in purchasing and procurement with a multi-national company with more years of other experience in finance.
· Supervisory experience
· Working knowledge of project management principles and practices
· Working knowledge of all laws and regulations relating to procurement and contracts
· Knowledge of purchasing and supply chain system, LEAN principles of planning and MRP/ERP systems often required
The base pay for this position is
N/A
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Supply Chain
DIVISION:
ARDx Abbott Rapid Diagnostics
LOCATION:
Philippines > Taguig City : Five/Neo Building
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
Not specified
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)