Materials Analyst

at  Abbott Laboratories

ABOUT ABBOTT

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 113,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
Abbott serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, medical devices and nutritionals products. In Ireland, Abbott employs o6,000 people across ten sites. We have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been operating in Ireland since 1946.

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE

• Relevant third level qualification required.
• Minimum of 3yrs experience in a similar role
• Experienced in developing BI using Microsoft “Power” applications (e.g. Power BI Desktop, Power BI Workspace, Power Query, Power Automate) is a key requirement for this role
• Experience with relational databases (for example: Oracle Databases, MySQL, Microsoft Access, etc.) is desirable.

KEY SKILLS

• Excellent analytical skills and problem-solving ability.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Good planning, organisation, and time management skills
• Intermediate to Advanced level with Excel.

PURPOSE OF THE JOB:

• Partner & support core department function deliverables through the provision of insightful, innovative, transparent, user friendly, meaningful, and sustainable data analytics.
• Provide data analytics and data solutions to ensure Capital and Operational Excellence Project timelines and deliverables are achieved for the department.
• Provide core support to the Material Planning, Warehouse, and Shipping functions when required.

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage all data related functions including but not limited to mapping, cleansing and analysis.
• Support the company in making the most effective decisions by ensuring the integrity of the data being input and extracted from the systems and the accuracy and appropriateness of all reports produced.
• Develop automated solutions that address specific analytical objectives and facilitate report generation and distribution of analyses.
• Design and execute ad-hoc queries as required.
• Ability to independently data mine multiple large, complex datasets to answer specific questions. Curiosity to dig deeper and access other documentation sources to understand the data.
• Ability to perform quantitative analysis and utilize data modelling techniques to generate insights and highlight opportunities.
• Adept in developing, publishing and scheduling Power BI reports as per the business requirements.