Senior Specialist, Project Manager

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 .
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• 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.

• Manage and direct the activities and people associated with global ingredient qualification projects and ensure timely completion of tasks to meet business objectives and cross-functional project timelines.

• Responsible for identifying critical project issues and risks, and timely communication to leadership and other project leads, where applicable.

• Interface with external suppliers to collect pertinent quality and compliance information.

• Utilize IT systems to execute qualification projects, resource tracking and metric development.

• Plans, organizes, and prioritizes own daily work routine to meet established project schedules.

• Exercise authority and judgment within defined limits to determine appropriate action.

• Communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, including global project teams, stakeholders and external suppliers.

• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

• Bachelor’s Degree

• Proficient in English with strong communication skills

• 5+ years of related work experience with a good understanding of specified functional area and leading high-complexity, global projects

• Master’s Degree

• Ability to manage, communicate, and coordinate the ingredient qualification phases of Pre-Qualification, Supplier Assessment, Ingredient Assessment, Finished Product Assessment Approval and Communication

• Understanding of quality and compliance culture

• Demonstrated skills in collaborating and influencing cross-functional project teams

• Demonstrated leadership competencies

• Strong organizational and interpersonal skills

• Strong planning and execution skills

• Engagement with external parties such as suppliers

• Strong integration skills; ability to coordinate all aspects of a project or systems

• Experience with Power BI, Sharepoint, Planview, Devex and Microsoft Office apps