Abiomed
Associate Director / Director Supply Chain
Job#: 438299
Positions: 1
Posted: 03/24/2017
Job Type: Full Time
Location: Danvers, MA
Department: Operations
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Job Description

ABIOMED is redefining team-driven success while reshaping heart recovery. Here, new ideas are welcomed and encouraged, learning is constant, and our dynamic setting enables positive people to do profoundly important work.

If you have: the ability to build and grow strategic partnerships, a keen focus on consistency of methods and moving the company forward, and the desire to make a true impact on patient health, we want to hear from you. Discover your true potential as you manage engineering/planning/procurement functions, develop professionally, and contribute to a company imagining the future of heart care.

The ideal candidate will be: proactive and forward-thinking; a proven leader in logistics and vendor relationship management; and have a strong commitment to quality initiatives.

Responsibilities: As the Associate Director/Director, Supply Chain Management you will manage and lead the vendor management function for Abiomed’s operations in America while simultaneously leading the vendor portion of new product information.

  • proactively develop, maintain, and improve relationships with vendors to ensure stability in our vendor network
  • coordinate with European counterpart to ensure consistency of methods in the areas of Supplier Engineering and Planning & Procurement
  • manage US logistics and quality incoming inspection and US supplier engineering and planning/procurement functions




Skills/Requirements
  • BS in engineering, required; MBA/MS preferred
  • 10+ years of progressive background in vendor management and supply chain
  • 10+ years of progressive hands-on operations leadership or technical management (directing engineering, manufacturing and supply chain); experience successfully managing teams overseas a plus
  • a track record of strategically assessing organizational needs and establishing effective polices/processes to meet overall company goals (#LI-LG1)

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