Senior Supplier Engineer

Abbott Laboratories • Pleasanton, CA

6d • $90,000 - $180,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Supplier Engineer position is based in Pleasanton, California, in Abbott’s Heart Failure division. Abbott’s Heart Failure business develops solutions to diagnose, monitor, and manage heart failure. The role monitors and improves supplier, supply chain, and value stream performance while mitigating risks associated with new and existing suppliers globally. It provides operational and technical oversight of key suppliers, fostering collaboration and continuous improvement to support high performance across the business.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field.
• At least 7 years of work-related experience.
• Proven history of delivering results and a strong work ethic.
• Comfort working in a fast-paced environment with ownership and accountability for the entire supply chain.
• Experience working across functional areas and understanding operational disciplines such as Engineering, Manufacturing, Logistics, Purchasing, and Supply Chain.
• Strong oral and written presentation skills, including the ability to communicate technical information to non-technical audiences.
• Excellent problem-solving and logical-thinking skills.
• Ability to interact frequently with supplier principal business owners or senior management to discuss projects, negotiate issues, and resolve problems.
• Experience training or mentoring engineers and other teammates using a variety of methods.

Nice To Haves

• Master’s degree.
• At least 5 years of experience working in a medical device manufacturing company or similarly regulated industry.

Responsibilities

• Operate within Supply Chain organizational goals and objectives, measure performance, implement corrective actions, and provide guidance on root cause analysis.
• Execute objectives and programs to reduce total costs, including product and component cost glide paths.
• Develop and implement consistent performance metrics for suppliers and value streams.
• Initiate, facilitate, and coordinate new and current product or component designs and design changes to improve quality and cost.
• Lead identification and development of reliable, cost-effective manufacturing processes for products and components made by suppliers.
• Facilitate strategic value stream improvements with cross-functional teams for supplier management and material risk mitigation.
• Coordinate assigned supplier-impacting programs, such as product transfers, continuous improvement initiatives, material changes, and validation of new manufacturing processes; provide oversight and guidance to Supply Chain, Quality, and Regulatory functions and ensure approved projects remain within budget.
• Develop knowledge of supplier businesses, systems, and processes through collaboration with Marketing, Quality Assurance, Engineering, R&D, Purchasing, Regulatory, Legal, Supply Chain, Logistics, and other functions; execute strategies to address supplier performance issues.
• Evaluate and identify the technical manufacturing capabilities of current and future suppliers, lead gap-closure activities where applicable, and provide subject matter expertise during due diligence assessments.
• Support global supply chain, operations, and engineering in meeting commercial needs through effective supplier strategies.
• Lead internal project teams managing new manufacturing site start-ups and other continuous improvement objectives.
• Establish and maintain effective cross-functional communication and working relationships between Abbott and supplier functions, including Quality, Supply Chain, Finance, R&D, and Regulatory.
• Coordinate internal and external resources to address issues and ensure supply.
• Ensure compliance with applicable Corporate and Division policies and procedures.
• Evaluate the cost-benefit of financial scenarios and make recommendations to management.
• Apply knowledge of regulatory and compliance requirements related to manufacturing.
• Teach and mentor Supply Chain, Operations, and other team members in areas of expertise.
• Travel up to 40%, including internationally, and travel frequently to suppliers and other Abbott sites, potentially on short notice.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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