Senior Buyer

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’ll also have access to:

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

- Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.

- 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.

This position works out of our Pleasanton, CA location in the Heart Failure Division. In Abbott’s Heart Failure (HF) business, we’re developing solutions to diagnose, monitor and manage heart failure, allowing people to restore their health and get on with their lives. Abbott Heart Failure designs and manufactures complex, life-saving medial devices.

As the Sr. Buyer, you'll be responsible for purchases of raw materials, sub-assemblies, products and services in conformance with approved purchase orders at the lowest cost consistent with considerations for quality, reliability of source and urgency of need. The senior buyer provides support for all basic aspects of purchasing including but not limited to vendor negotiations, vendor analysis, cost reductions, utilization of the purchasing system, expedition of orders and vendor relations.

What you'll work on

- Identify, research, evaluate and suppliers that meet the organisation’s standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply.

- The role will evaluate complex sales and promotional campaigns to secure reduced prices.

- Negotiates and manages long term contracts which are not managed by the commodity management teams, within established limitations and scope of authority to obtain the most favorable business partnerships, including but not limited to quality, availability and cost.