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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

• Responsible for planning, leading and overseeing the Transportation Planner II team.
• Support Logistics team with projects that meet division goals, customer service expectations, and cost requirements.
• Review Key Performance Indicators to monitor overall performance against scorecards, goals, and expectations.
• Must interact effectively with Third Party Providers, Quality Assurance, Customer Service Operations, Global purchasing, Finance, Customer DC Operations, Carrier Operations and Sales Management, and Division Logistics teams.
• Conduct business with the highest standards of ethical behavior and in compliance with company rules and procedures.
• Supervise the daily activities of Transportation Planners.
• Transportation Management System user
• Manage and support transportation operational and procurement strategies while maintaining the cost profile and meeting Customer Service expectations.
• Maintain operational compliance with routing guide utilization to maintain cost profile.
• Manage Spot Market shipments to maintain cost profile.
• Approve assessorial charge requests.
• Work with internal cross functional teams as well as Third Party Carriers and Warehouse operational teams to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
• Inform management and maintain records in the transportation event log involving product quality and carrier incidents.
• Coordinate and manage carrier operational meetings to support continuous improvement.
• Maintain documentation of Transportation Procedures in the Global Logistics Procedure Database.
• Support department with projects and assignments to meet division goals.
• Some weekend and night coverage including issue resolution is required.