Global Supply Chain Solution Architect – Planning & Logistics

Abbott • North Chicago, IL

4d • $113,300 - $226,700 • Onsite

About The Position

The Global Supply Chain Solution Architect – Planning & Logistics is a high-impact, enterprise leadership role responsible for shaping the future of Abbott’s digital supply chain. This role defines and drives the architecture, design, and implementation of global planning and logistics solutions across regions and business units. Operating with significant autonomy and strategic influence, the architect partners closely with senior business and IT leaders to translate complex supply chain challenges that enable execution-aligned planning, logistics optimization, and long-term business growth. This is a unique opportunity to lead large-scale transformation initiatives, standardize global platforms, and build future-ready capabilities that improve planning responsiveness, operational efficiency, and decision-making across a highly complex global supply chain network. The role is expected to set direction, influence investment decisions, and deliver measurable business outcomes—not just support execution. This role offers the opportunity to shape one of the most complex and impactful digital supply chain transformations across Abbott’s global operations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Engineering, Supply Chain, or related field (master’s preferred)
• 12+ years of experience in supply chain systems, with significant architecture leadership
• Deep expertise in multiple planning and logistics platforms, including SAP, OMP, Kinaxis, and Manhattan, with strong experience with SAP S/4HANA or ECC integration
• Experience with hybrid planning models and execution-aligned planning processes
• Demonstrated success leading global, complex implementations

Nice To Haves

• Experience with cloud-native or SaaS architectures (Azure preferred in the Abbott context)
• Expertise in integration platforms (SAP CPI, Tibco, MuleSoft, APIs, event streaming)
• Knowledge of advanced planning algorithms, optimization, and heuristics
• TOGAF or equivalent enterprise architecture certification
• Experience in regulated industries (medical devices, pharma, healthcare)

Responsibilities

• Define and govern end-to-end architecture for supply chain planning domains
• Establish multi-year technology roadmaps aligned to business strategy and digital supply chain vision aligned to corporate strategy and business units' needs.
• Act as a thought leader, influencing senior IT and business leadership on platform strategy
• Strategize, standardize, and rationalize global solutions across business units
• Owns alignment of architecture strategy to measurable business outcomes and long-term digital supply chain transformation goal
• Design, implement, and execute architecture for large-scale implementations of: Advanced Planning Systems: OMP, SAP IBP (S&OP, Demand, Supply, Finite Scheduling, Inventory Optimization, Response) Logistics: Transportation Systems, Customs Systems, Serialization, and Warehousing
• Translate complex business requirements into scalable, reusable solution designs
• Drive end-to-end process integration (Plan → Build → Deliver)
• Define enterprise integration patterns across: SAP S/4HANA / ECC Planning (SAP, OMP, Kinaxis, Etc.) Transportation (SAP TM, Manhattan) Customs (Amber Road, e2Open, Etc) WMS and external partners (3PLs, carriers)
• Lead architecture for real-time data flows, APIs, and event-driven frameworks
• Ensure end-to-end data consistency across planning and logistics systems, including governance of master and transactional data domains
• Provide architectural governance across system integrators and vendors, ensuring adherence to Abbott standards and solution consistency
• Review and approve solution designs across delivery partners to ensure scalability and alignment with enterprise architecture
• Serve as lead architect on global transformation programs
• Provide architectural oversight to multiple concurrent initiatives
• Mentor solution architects, technical leads, and delivery teams
• Drive vendor selection, architecture alignment, and performance accountability
• Define architecture direction and influence enterprise-wide planning and logistics strategy, not just support execution
• Innovation: control towers, AI, scenario planning
• Continuous improvement: performance tuning, simplification, cost reduction
• Lead architecture for hybrid planning models integrating time-series and order-based planning (e.g., SAP IBP OBP), ensuring alignment across strategic, tactical, and execution horizons
• Design execution-aligned planning capabilities, tightly integrated with ERP (ECC/S/4) and downstream logistics systems
• Ensure solutions support scalability across geographies, business units, and increasing data volumes
• Acts as a key decision-maker for supply chain technology design and standards
• Ensure delivery of measurable business value, including improvements in forecast accuracy, planning cycle times, inventory efficiency, and logistics performance
• Partner with supply chain business leaders to drive adoption of new capabilities and alignment with operating processes
• Define success metrics and track value realization post-implementation

Benefits

• Free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement
• The Freedom 2 Save student debt program
• FreeU education benefit

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior