Business Excellence Manager, LATAM

Abbott • Hollywood, FL

1d • $113,300 - $226,700 • Onsite

About The Position

The Business Excellence Manager leads implementation of Abbott’s global Business Excellence strategy across the LATAM region and its countries. The role develops capabilities that support Class A business performance and decision-making, and serves as a strategic partner to regional and country leadership in adopting Class A standards, governance, and best practices.

The position influences senior stakeholders to align commercial, supply chain, finance, and portfolio plans through effective S&OP. It drives maturity advancement and continuous improvement initiatives to strengthen operational performance, cross-functional alignment, and planning and execution excellence. The role has regional responsibility for Business Excellence and S&OP maturity in LATAM, influencing senior leaders without direct line authority in a highly matrixed, multi-country environment. It affects forecast reliability, inventory optimization, service levels, and organizational alignment.

The position is based in Hollywood/Miami, Florida, and requires travel 25% of the time.

Requirements

• At least 5 years of experience in commercial operations, supply chain, demand planning, business planning, or business excellence roles.
• Ability to work effectively within a complex organization and collaborate with diverse stakeholders.
• Strong communication skills in English.
• Education and training skills.
• Leadership and motivational skills, including the ability to be assertive with more senior people.
• Ability to lead project teams, influence people, and make decisions.

Nice To Haves

• S&OP / IBP certification, such as Oliver Wight or APICS / ASCM.
• Spanish or Portuguese language skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead deployment and maturity improvement of Class A S&OP across LATAM countries, ensuring adherence to global standards and governance.
• Partner with LATAM regional and country leadership and cross-functional teams, including Commercial, Supply Chain, Finance, Demand Planning, and NPI, to improve forecast quality and S&OP outputs.
• Conduct S&OP maturity assessments, identify gaps against Class A expectations, develop targeted improvement roadmaps, and lead local teams in executing them.
• Coach, train, and develop country and regional leaders on S&OP concepts, tools, and performance metrics.
• Share best practices across markets and contribute to global Business Excellence capability development.
• Influence LATAM regional leaders, Country General Managers, Finance Directors, Supply Chain Directors, and other senior functional leaders without direct line authority.

Benefits

• Career development opportunities with an international company.
• Employees may qualify for free medical coverage in the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• Retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
• FreeU education benefit, offering an affordable and convenient path to a bachelor’s degree.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed