Abbott

Makes heart devices, glucose sensors and lab tests

Warehouse Manager

Warehouse & FulfillmentConfirmed live in the last 24 hours

Full-timeSingaporeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

A bachelor's degree in supply chain, operations management, engineering, or material management, or a diploma with more than six years of experience.
A minimum of three to five years of relevant experience and two years in a management situation.

Responsibilities

Provide leadership and direction to a team of warehouse specialists and associate frontline leaders; define and align short- and long-term warehouse strategies, set key performance indicators, goals, and objectives, and lead the team to deliver results.
Manage both the in-plant warehouse and the externally managed third-party warehouse, ensuring clean, pest-free, and secure storage to safeguard product integrity.
Ensure people, processes, and systems are in place to support business needs; plan resources, equip people with the right skills, and provide a safe workplace with appropriate tools and approved procedures.
Manage the asset life cycle, ensure preventive maintenance is completed as scheduled, and implement operator care programs to promote responsible use of warehouse equipment.
Manage warehouse policies and procedures and ensure compliance with policies, procedures, the business code of conduct, and statutory requirements.
Ensure workplace safety for all employees and contractors working in the warehouse through strict compliance with environmental, health, and safety policies and procedures.
Lead investigations into warehouse material control events, ensure timely report closure and implementation of corrective and preventive actions, and evaluate their effectiveness.
Lead investigations into product-damage-related customer complaints and improve material handling to reduce shipper damage.
Track and manage warehouse budgets and expenses.
Manage warehouse capacity, ensure optimal utilization, and request additional storage capacity in time to support planned volumes or ad hoc expansion needs.
Manage outsourced service-provider performance, ensuring timely delivery of services that meet company quality and performance standards within budgeted costs.
Manage inventory in the in-plant and external warehouses; implement inventory control systems, perform periodic physical counts, reconcile and investigate variances, and ensure compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley inventory requirements.
Drive warehouse excellence through Lean and Six Sigma continuous-improvement projects.

Desired Qualifications

Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma concepts.
Good communication skills for effective interaction within the plant and with customers throughout Abbott's worldwide organization.
Knowledge of Microsoft Office applications.
Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional business team environment.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure® and Glucerna® – to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

This position is based in the Singapore manufacturing plant located in Tuas. The Singapore plant is one of the leading manufacturing plants in Abbott Nutrition Supply Chain International Operations network.

What You’ll Work On

Provide Leadership and direction to a team of Warehouse Specialist and Associate Front-Line leaders. Define/Align short- and long-term strategies for warehouse. Set KPI, Goals & Objectives and lead the team to deliver results
Responsible for management of both the in-plant warehouse and external 3rd party managed warehouse. Ensure clean, pest-free storage and secured warehouse to safeguard product integrity
Ensure People, Process and Systems in place to support the business needs. Plan resources, equip people with the right skills, provide safe workplace with right tools and approved procedures
Responsible for asset life-cycle management. Ensure preventive maintenance completed as scheduled. implement operator care programs to promote responsible use of warehouse equipment
Responsible for warehouse policies and procedures. Ensure compliance with policies and procedure, business code of conduct and statutory requirements
Responsible for work-place safety of all employees and contractors working in the warehouse by ensuring strict compliance to EHS policies and procedures
Lead investigations for warehouse material control events, ensure timely closure of reports, timely implementation of CAPA and evaluate CAPA effectiveness
Lead investigations for product damage related customer complaints, drive improvement in material handling to reduce shipper damages
Track and manage warehouse budget and expenses
Manage warehouse capacity, ensure optimal utilization, raise request for additional storage capacity in timely manner to support Plan volumes or ad-hoc expansion needs
Manage performance of outsourced service providers, ensure services are delivered in a timely manner, meeting the company's quality and performance standards within budgeted cost
Manage inventory for both in-plant and external warehouse. Implement robust inventory control systems, perform periodic physical counts, reconcile, and investigate variances. Ensure compliance with SOX inventory requirement
Drive warehouse excellence through Lean / Sigma continuous improvement projects

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's Degree in supply chain, Operations Management, Engineering, Material Management or Diploma with minimum more than 6 years of experience.
Minimum 3 to 5 years of relevant experience and 2 years in management situation.

Preferred Qualifications

Lean Sigma concepts will be an added advantage.
Good communication skills for effective interaction within the plant and with customers throughout the worldwide Abbott organization.
Knowledge in Microsoft Office applications.
Ability to work effectively in a cross-functional business team environment.

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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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The base pay for this position is

N/A

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Engineering

DIVISION:

ANSC Nutrition Supply Chain

LOCATION:

Singapore > Singapore : SN01

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Yes

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day)

About the Company

Abbott

Makes heart devices, glucose sensors and lab tests

Abbott makes medical devices, diagnostic tests, nutrition products and branded generic drugs for hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies and patients. Its best-known product is the FreeStyle Libre, a coin-sized sensor worn on the upper arm that tracks blood sugar around the clock without routine finger pricks. Its other lines run from heart valves, pacemakers and brain stimulators to lab analyzers, rapid tests and mail-in colon cancer screening kits, and Abbott earns money by selling these products to health systems, labs, retailers and consumers. The company was founded in 1888 by Chicago physician Wallace Abbott and is based in Abbott Park, Illinois.

Company size: 10,001+
Company stage: IPO
Headquarters: Abbott Park, IL
Founded: 1888

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