About AbbottAt Abbott, we're committed to helping people live their best possible life through the power of health.
For more than 125 years, we've brought new products and technologies to the world -- in nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices and branded generic pharmaceuticals -- that create more possibilities for more people at all stages of life.
Today, 113,000 of us are working to help people live not just longer, but better, in the more than 150 countries we serve.Abbott in Galway serves as the international hub for Abbott's Rapid Diagnostics business, which delivers annually more than 2 billion tests.
As the global leader in point-of-care diagnostics, Abbott offers the broadest portfolio of best-in-class rapid tests, services, and handheld devices across all healthcare settings: the lab, the clinic, remote healthcare outposts, retail outlets, the patient's bedside and at home.
Our industry-leading near patient tests and services are unmatched across key health and therapeutic areas, including: infectious disease, cardiometabolic & informatics, toxicology and consumer diagnostics.One of the key functions in Galway is Global Business Services, which provides number of shared services activities across finance, purchasing, quality, technical and customer services for Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).
Various global and EMEA commercial and operational management teams across our infectious disease and cardiometabolic businesses are also based in Galway, overseeing the supply of millions of rapid tests from HIV to diabetes to COVID-19, to patients in many regions across the world.DescriptionThe role is an integral part of the EMENA (Europe, Middle East & North Africa) Customer Supply Chain and will focus on:Planning of shipments into EMENAVisibility of shipments into EMENAUnderstand the EMENA business and country requirements related to freight forwardingCommunicating requirements to management, customer services and Abbott International Transport teamsTransactional effort needed to compliantly ship and record movements of product and materialsResponsibilities and DutiesCreate and maintain country mapping reference guide - ports of entry, customs requirements, flight schedules, land locked country etc.
for easy reference for all cross functionsAlignment with other ARDx entities ie.
ADK (Abbott Diagnostics Korea) regards to capability, scope of workVolume forecasting for key orders and create delivery planCreate visibility for the commercial team & finance team on shipment status to support on revenue recognition forecast and customer-facing communicationEnsure that all trade compliance is met for EMENA countriesManage and or support to ensure compliance with embargo countriesUnderstanding of products and what is required to ship products (validated boxes, data loggers)Support customer service team with solutions related to distributionSupport commercial excellence team with, lead times and other information related to distributionExecution and management of allocation/rationing process within CWHRequirementsMicrosoft ExcelAnalyticalSupply Chain Experience (distribution)Customs and Trade Compliance KnowledgeProject Management (basic)