Operations Support Inventory Coordinator

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Operations Support Inventory Coordinator

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and 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 high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

The position of Operations Support Inventory Coordinator is within our Toxicology unit located in Portsmouth, Virginia at Instant Technologies. In this role, you play a key role in the overall responsibility for the inventory movement within the Quarantine warehouse to ensure all products received in, are accounted for and properly placed in the final location. Inventory movement includes quarantined product, verification of short lot material dispositioned as scrap, to include final verification prior to the offsite destruction following approval and scrap disposition.

What You’ll Work On

• Overall responsible for the accountability of material brought into or housed within the Quarantine warehouse including bulk quarantine.
• Responsible for the collection, segregation, status labeling, inspection, and dispositioning of all Courier and RMA returns.
• Responsible for documenting and routing all non-conforming material- including logging, and proper routing of all associated files for documented disposition up through closure.
• Responsible for the overall scrapping process to include the scheduling of pick-ups, staging/ palletizing of materials, documenting the identification, and organizing verification checks.   
• Responsible for logging, updating and maintaining accurate scrap, return and Non-Conforming Materials Report logs, as well as the responsibilities defined within each associated written procedure. 
• Assisting warehouse operations on an as needed basis, to ensure OTIF is met. (This includes cross training to warehouse task, picking, packing, shipping, scanning, ect.).
• Cycle counts every morning to ensure accurate physical count on hand represents similarity in the SAGE /Microsoft Great Plains ERP systems.
• Conducting variance count checks throughout all warehouses upon request, to include the movement of the Product Research Cage within the specified area.
• Assisting Ops Support Supervisor with safety related checks in house as requested or as needed.

Required Qualifications

• High school education
• One year of warehousing experience  
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, Power Point)
• Intermediate Excel Data pivot table skills

Preferred

• Attention to detail and accuracy
• Problem analysis and problem solving
• Intermediate to advanced Excel Data Skills
• Forklift experience
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment

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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The base pay for this position is

$18.45 – $36.85/hour

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

JOB FAMILY:

Supply Chain

DIVISION:

TOX ARDx Toxicology

LOCATION:

United States > Portsmouth : 1342 Court Street

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

No

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Awkward/forceful/repetitive (arms above shoulder, bent wrists), Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day), Exposure to temperatures below 60 degrees Fahrenheit/16 degrees Celsius or above 85 degrees Fahrenheit/28 degrees Celsius on a regular basis, Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday), Lift, carry, push or pull weights of more than 20 pounds/9 kilos on a regular/daily basisAbbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf