IT Director International Operations and Logistics

The IT Business Relationship Management will partner with the International Core Diagnostics Supply Chain and Manufacturing leaders in executing the IT strategy and associated roadmap/fiscal planning. He or she will ensure that the IT portfolio enhances the organizational strategy for the Europe sites through successful, consistent, and predictable delivery of programs, projects and applications that benefit the internal Supply Chain and Manufacturing organizations and aligns with overall global IT strategy for Manufacturing and Supply Chain. Achieves this through a global IT demand organization which partners with the business, has excellent understanding of the business processes, and is aware of the evolution of technologies, and considers regulations relevant to the business area. Represent Abbott strategically in the industry and community.

Primary Job Scope:

• Partners closely with business leaders across a variety of Supply Chain and Manufacturing functional areas.
• Plans, develops and directs the IT BRM activities across the International Supply Chain and Manufacturing portfolio and aligns with US Supply Chain and Manufacturing lead to ensure global solutions are harmonized where necessary for Core Dx.
• Manages processes, priorities, decisions, risks, and issues, as required.
• Manages and recommends budgets.
• Responsible for all aspects of people leadership.
• Promotes a Global perspective, open to new ideas and supports those who initiate change and take risks.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develops understanding of Germany and Ireland site business processes, IT needs, and IT portfolios
• Engages site management to understand key business drivers, and aligns IT initiatives, to the extent possible, with these drivers
• Collaborate with other parts of divisional IT, Corporate IT, and other staff departments, external partners and customers to ensure adequate and timely delivery of services, in line with agreed service levels.
• Understand the specific challenges and opportunities linked to regulatory, legal, privacy, security and economic situations across Europe and business units. Partner with business leadership, IT peers and vendors to address these evolutions in the most efficient way.
• Continually seek opportunities for revenue generation, gross margin, cost reductions, and cost avoidance.
• Support cross regional business initiatives and explore IT synergies and efficiencies.
• Responsible for all aspects of people leadership for the International Supply Chain and Manufacturing IT BRM team; setting expectations, coaching, developing, evaluating, feedback, hiring and performance management.
• Champion change and innovation.
• Manage issues, risks and decision making within effective time-frame and outcome.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional policies and procedures.

• Aligns site IT organizations with IT strategic directions and site business requirements
• Manages multiple programs and projects across the IT portfolio and has decision authority to enable success of program and projects.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, business administration or another discipline relevant for the healthcare industry or equivalent experience.
• 10-12 years of IT experience in large or mid-size multinational company.
• Broad IT expertise in various disciplines; Supply Chain and Manufacturing experience a plus.
• Experience leading teams - both direct and indirect.
• Proven leadership skills, self-directed with strong work ethic.
• Successfully managed project portfolio with projects ranging from $1M-$40M(millions in USD).
• Strong organizational skills, including program/project governance.
• Strong influence and negotiating skills.
• Proven experience and understanding of the complete software life cycle.
• Strong communication skills both verbal and written in German and English.
• Work effectively with all levels of management up to and including Division Directors and VPs.
• Ability to collaborate with business leads, understand business strategy/processes, look for innovative solutions to drive business enhancements both for internal business users and external customers.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Track record and business knowledge in pharmaceutical, healthcare, or medical device industry.
• Technology knowledge of the following disciplines a plus; Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Warehouse Management Systems (WMS), , Cloud Computing, Business Intelligence/Data Analytics, ERP and digital supply chain.
• 10+ years or more of program management.
• Strong change management experience.
• Previous strategy development experience.
• Experience with vendor management, Phase 0s, Statement of Work (SOW) and Request for Proposals (RFP) reviews.
• Strong influence and negotiating skills.