Manager, Category Procurement
Abbott
Manager, Category Procurement
Abbott
Makes heart devices, glucose sensors and lab tests
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 FreeU education benefit.
• A company recognized as a great place to work worldwide.
• A company recognized for diversity and inclusion.
The Opportunity
This position is an onsite opportunity within the Abbott Diabetes Care Division in Alameda, California. We are helping people with diabetes lead healthier, happier lives. As a global leader in diabetes care, Abbott is committed to delivering innovative products, superior quality, and exceptional support to customers worldwide. Continuous glucose monitoring is transforming diabetes management, and our Procurement team plays a critical role in enabling innovation, supply continuity, and cost competitiveness across our portfolio.
The Manager, Category Procurement is responsible for leading purchasing and supply management activities across assigned categories and subcategories. This role drives the One Abbott Procurement vision globally, partners with stakeholders across corporate and divisional organizations, develops sourcing and cost reduction strategies, optimizes total cost of ownership, strengthens supplier relationships, and leads category procurement initiatives that support business objectives worldwide.
This position works out of our Alameda, CA location
What You'll Work On
• Develop and execute global category procurement strategies for engineered component category.
• Lead sourcing, supplier management, and cost reduction initiatives.
• Partner with stakeholders across divisions, functions, and regions.
• Monitor market dynamics and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Lead, mentor, and develop procurement talent.
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in a related field or equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• 5 to 8 years of experience in direct material procurement, supply chain management, and/or category management.
• Deep knowledge of category technologies and products.
• Strong project management, communication, negotiation, and networking skills.
• Knowledge of regional market dynamics and procurement processes.
• Experience in supplier management, team leadership, and international environments.
• Ability to develop actionable implementation plans.
Preferred Qualifications
• Master’s degree; MBA preferred.
• CPSM, CPM, or similar certification.
• PMP or similar certification.
• Functional experience supporting procurement or related business functions.
The base pay for this position is
$130,700.00 – $261,300.00In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
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.
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