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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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.JOB DESCRIPTION:\nSenior Director, Purchasing Operations\nOur location in Lake Forest, Illinois currently has an opportunity for a Senior Director, Purchasing Operations for our Core Laboraotry within the Diagnostics division.\nThe role provides maximum value to the division through coordinated global purchasing and strategic sourcing for - services, supplies, packaging, chemicals, electromechanical parts and Third-Party Manufacturing in accordance with corporate/divisional policies and objectives. Direct and administer the Core Diagnostics Global Procurement functions for the purchase of raw materials, research and development intermediates; supplies; services; and equipment. Hire, develop and coach procurement professionals to enable clear succession plans and support a sustainable on-going organization. Provide coordination for like purchases across all sites and where appropriate; across other divisions; ensuring bundling of the spend to optimize buying leverage for Abbott. Source, negotiate and contract for purchases across numerous industries and 400+ suppliers. Stay abreast of constantly changing market conditions and internal requirements and incorporate same into negotiations and supply agreements to bring the best overall value for Abbott.\nPosition Core Diagnostics for optimum supply chain value through selection of quality suppliers, fact-based negotiations and performance-based contracting to protect Abbott's interests. This role oversees the annual expenditure of approximately $1.4 billion. Magnitude of purchases often places incumbent in lead negotiation position to secure contracts over $100MM to meet specific needs of the division. Furthermore, this position requires a proactive approach that is relationship orientated, customer focused, team based, highly analytical, creative, dynamic (must stay abreast of global economics), and without error in its execution. \nWHAT YOU’LL DO\nDevelop and execute procurement strategies for multiple direct materials and research categories and $1.4B+ in annual expenditures.\nEnsure global and cross divisional participation and adoption.\nProvide leadership for 4 operations (buying areas); and all off-site purchasing operations in the purchase of goods and services that affect all areas of the division.\nMaintain an understanding of complex; multiple markets and changing business models associated with a broad spectrum of goods and services that directly affect the profitability of the division.\nSolve critical supply chain issues resulting for supplier performance variability to ensure on-going business continuity including; financial bankruptcy; material shortages; changes to specifications / statements of work; contractual breaches; delivery delays and plant disruptions.\nContinually improve the efficiency of supplies, services, commodities, chemicals, biologics, Third Party Manufacturing, electromechanical and Commodity Risk Management purchasing areas within the Purchasing function by developing and implementing the most effective Purchasing systems, strategies and techniques and developing policies and procedures necessary to carry them out.\nProvide purchasing expertise to senior management on major projects involving the selection; negotiation and acquisition of equipment; products or services; proposed acquisition of raw materials; R&D materials; tooling or manufacturing services on a worldwide basis.\nDevelop and provide current information to Senior Abbott Management on price/market trends relating to the purchase of capital equipment; supplies; and services costs; raw materials; and manufacturing services.\nHire and develop a team of procurement professionals who have a deep understanding of the Diagnostics healthcare channel and the way in which the procurement team supports the success of the business.\nCoach employees to become seasoned in negotiations and contracting.\nAssure a sustainable talent bench.\nEnsure Business Excellence concepts are applied to Procurement function which will drive employee engagement and continuous improvement\nSet guidelines and develop manufacturing standard setting processes used to determine divisional price components.\nResponsible for supply chain management; Specifically, the setting of policies and strategies to improve the relationships with all suppliers as well as develop integrated programs to remove costs from the acquisition process. To use the office of the Director; as appropriate; in development of senior level relationships with suppliers and to resolve critical issues.\nWork closely with senior R&D management to ensure proper acquisition of all research raw materials (chemicals; biologicals; plasmas; antigens; etc.) necessary to support Abbott research activities. This includes providing research into new and alternate materials.\nDevelop and implement company-wide purchasing programs to expand purchases from diverse suppliers. Coordinate; monitor and report the results to Senior Abbott Management.\nEnsure compliance with government standards resulting in no restrictions on the sale of Abbott finished product to government accounts.\nMaintain the understanding of a broad range of technical and administrative issues affecting all divisions and professions within the corporation including manufacturing; engineering; research; regulatory; administration; human resources and others in order to develop sound strategies and policies to guide the purchasing organizations that serve the divisions.\nDrive eProcurement activities including eRFx and reverse auction activities for savings and operational efficiencies.\nProvide leadership to personnel that accurately interpret client needs; analyze markets and market timing; analyze spend; analyze economic indicators and indices; evaluate make-buy options; review bid documents; negotiate; review contracts; manage contract dossiers.\nLead Supplier Relationship Management for Diagnostics Purchasing by establishing principles; processes and tools to manage suppliers consistently. Provide direction and leadership for the Purchasing Supplier Performance Program to monitor and reward suppliers based on performance. \nProvide direction and leadership for the Core Diagnostics Purchasing Supplier Performance Program to monitor and reward suppliers based on performance.\nEDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING\nBachelor’s degree in Business Administration or Technical (Engineering, Science) required\nMaster’s degree in Business Administration, Finance or Technical field preferred\nCertified Purchasing Manager Certificate preferred\n12+ years of experience required\nProven experience in negotiations, project management, working knowledge of commercial law, purchasing (buying), supervisory management, financial analysis, manufacturing process, quality control, value engineering, materials management and logistics\nWHAT WE OFFER\nAt Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:\nTraining and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance \nFinancial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans \nHealth care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs\nPaid time off \n401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match\nThe stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities\nLearn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: www.abbottbenefits.com\nFollow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.\nConnect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal\nThe base pay for this position is\n$190,000.00 - $380,000.00In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.\nJOB FAMILY:\nCategory ManagementDIVISION:\nCRLB Core LabLOCATION:\nUnited States > Lake Forest : CP01ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:\nWORK SHIFT:\nStandardTRAVEL:\nYes, 10 % of the TimeMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:\nNot ApplicableSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:\nNot ApplicableAbbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf","description_format":"text","description_chars":8904,"description_truncated":false,"requirements":{"experience_years_min":12,"management_years_min":null,"team_size_min":null,"manages_managers":false,"education":{"level":"bachelor","optional":false},"security_clearance":false,"languages":[]},"benefits":["Retirement plans"],"hiring_locations":[{"name":"United States","iso":"US","kind":"country"}],"hiring_excludes":[],"relocation_offered":false,"industries":["Natural Resources","Medical Devices","Diagnostics"],"lifecycle":[{"event":"open","at":"2026-09-23T17:58:01Z"}],"liveness":{"score":90,"band":"hot","label":"Hiring now","p_open":1,"p_active":0.903,"p_room":1,"age_days":0,"expected_fill_days":15,"reasons":["conf:2","velocity","win:early","comp:brand"],"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"},"pay":null,"html_url":"https://alion.io/job/abbott-laboratories-senior-director-purchasing-operations","json_url":"https://alion.io/job/abbott-laboratories-senior-director-purchasing-operations.json","meta":{"generated_at":"2026-09-24T21:50:02Z","cache_seconds":300,"methodology":"https://alion.io/methodology","terms":"https://alion.io/terms","contact":"https://alion.io/contact","api":"https://alion.io/developers","usage":{"tier":"crawler","counted_by":"subnet","units_charged":1,"used_today":119,"day_limit":5000,"remaining_today":4881,"minute_limit":60,"resets_at":"2026-09-25T00:00:00Z"}}}