Business Analyst, Contract Manufacturing - Columbus, OH

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Business Analyst, Contract Manufacturing

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people's health. Our Nutrition business develops science-based products for people of all ages—from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions around the world rely on our leading brands, including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna®, to live their healthiest lives.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for 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, and the FreeU education benefit—an affordable and convenient path to earning a bachelor’s degree.
• Recognition globally as a great place to work, and for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

Our location in Columbus, OH currently has an opportunity for a Business Analyst in our Nutrition Division. This position supports Third Party Manufacturing Operations by issuing Production Orders and Purchase Orders to suppliers, tracking spend, managing inventory, identifying and resolving invoice errors, creating and running reports to provide analysis and support business needs, and focusing on continuous improvement and automation opportunities to best support the business.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Support inventory management functions such as materials ordering, receipt processing, destruct processing, and inventory reconciliations.
• Issue Purchase Orders, track spend and identify and resolve invoice errors for the broader Third-Party Manufacturing (TPM) team.
• Review packaging specifications and work with third parties to gain approval.
• Create, pull, and merge various reports to support both Nutritional and Copacking TPMs (weekly, monthly, quarterly, and ad-hoc).
• Build and maintain Power BI dashboards that track and trend metrics to drive business decisions.
• Support continuous improvement via automation and other general process improvements.
• Create process documentation such as One-Point Lessons, Process Flows, and Standard Operating Procedures.
• Interaction with different levels of management, including Finance, Operations, Quality, and Procurement.
• Lead or support Special Ad Hoc projects as assigned.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Microsoft Office knowledge.
• Intermediate experience in SAP ECC.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Highly motivated individual who is a strong team player, with the ability to work on own initiative and can easily adapt to changing environments.
• A proven track record to influence and engage key stakeholders across all levels of the business.
• The ability to work with cross-functional teams.
• Ability to work in a diverse fast paced environment.
• Power BI and Power Automate a plus, but not required.
• Visual Basic for Applications a plus, but not required.

Apply Now

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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