Demand Planner

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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.

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 will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of .

• 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 best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Bogotá location in the AVD Vascular Division. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

What You’ll Do

As the Demand Planner, you'll have the opportunity to support finance and sales team in terms of product demand and allocation by customer, ensuring the right products are available for the business, based on AV´s S&OP process and DOH strategies to sustain business growth and it´s service model.

Key Responsibilities

• Control and coordinate inventories and consignments in final customers considering taking into account Inventory Track reports containing information regarding quantities, product rotation, new accounts open, and all information obtained thru their input.
• Coordinate S&OP Process involving all stakeholders in the business, Sales, International Commerce, Marketing, Regulatory, Finance and Inventory track.
• Considering Taking into account the S&OP Goals, analyze and determine quantity and products to Buy to cover business needs to attend all customers with consignments and direct sales.
• Work closely with inventory track department, customer service, supply planning, IFO controlling and sales reps to assure inventory KPI´s (DOH, Scraps, Inventory Reserve, LCPP, Backorder, Optimal Ideal inventory by customer).
• Analyze and present strategies to improve product scrap, inventory reserve and DOH.
• Inform daily about the sales performance to keep tracking changes in demand.
• Keep updated all commercial agreements according to the business.
• Analyze, execute and settle commercial agreements with customers monthly. (Rebates, free goods, Prices)
• Support FP&A Manager in the preparation of monthly reports to be sent to CALA HQ.
• Support FP&A Manager in the preparation and reviews of LBE process.
• Support the Commercial team in all activities impacting the extended supply chain.
• Support South Region Finance Manager on the demand process for the Dx and Vascular SJM legacy Argentina.
• Execute the activities included in the Quality System documents.

Required Qualifications

• University Degree, Engineering or Administration.
• Intermediate English level

Preferred Qualifications

• 3-5 Years of relevant experience
• Logistics Processes and Inventories
• Access development programs, advanced Excel, preferably knowledge of SAP (SD and MM).

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

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