Senior SAP SCM/Manufacturing Functional Lead

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.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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 a 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity:

The Senior SAP SCM/Manufacturing Functional Lead provides in‑depth technical expertise and direction for the design, development, and support of SAP application solutions that enable Abbott’s global supply chain/Manufacturing operations. This includes delivering new capabilities, enhancements, and system maintenance; preparing functional and technical specifications; and ensuring the development, testing, and deployment of efficient, cost‑effective solutions.

What You’ll Work On:

This individual contributor role requires comprehensive expertise across all SAP‑SCM/Manufacturing functional areas, including but not limited to:

• Manufacturing/Production Execution (PP‑PI / PP‑DS)
• Production Planning (PP)
• Materials Management (MM)
• Quality Management (QM)
• Warehouse Management (WM/EWM)
• Logistics Execution (LE), Shipping, Transportation (TM)
• Procurement / Supplier Management
• Advanced Planning (APO or IBP)
• Inventory Management & Logistics Operations

This role also includes Functional Architecture responsibilities, helping shape solution architecture, integration patterns, standards, scalability, and alignment to the long‑term global SAP roadmap.

You will coordinate with external partners, suppliers, and cross‑functional business teams; lead requirements‑gathering workshops; and drive complex, global project implementations. You will adapt established practices and may introduce new approaches to deliver innovative, scalable, compliant solutions.

Responsibilities include ensuring compliance with all Corporate and Divisional policies, executing configuration reviews, functional testing, design validation, user training, and hypercare support. You may serve as a technical expert or lead project teams to develop, test, and implement new business capabilities or process improvements.

You will conduct research and provide architectural and technical guidance on adopting or integrating new SAP technologies. Additional responsibilities include validating solution designs, performing performance monitoring and capacity planning, and supporting installation, testing, and upgrading of SAP releases and related tools.

As a functional architect, you will also:

• Define and maintain SAP‑SCM/Manufacturing solution architecture standards
• Develop cross‑process integration designs and data flows
• Ensure alignment with enterprise architecture and security guidelines
• Review and approve functional and technical solution designs
• Influence long‑term SAP platform strategy and roadmap decisions

You will evaluate and recommend new software, tools, and methodologies, and configure SAP systems to meet business needs. You are responsible for delivering all required project documentation including change requests, specifications, test results, and system validation artifacts.

Minimum Requirements & Qualifications:

Required Qualifications:

• Degree in IT and/or a complementary business discipline.
• At least 12+ years of experience across SAP‑SCM/Manufacturing process areas ( PI, PP, MM, QM, WM/EWM, IBP/APO, Logistics, Transportation, Procurement), ideally in the healthcare industry.
• Experience contributing to or leading functional solution architecture in SAP manufacturing environments .
• Prior project, program, or people management experience.
• Strong problem‑determination and root‑cause analysis skills.
• Excellent collaboration and partnering skills with business and technical stakeholders.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills with the ability to articulate complex concepts in clear business language to senior leaders.
• Knowledge of business environment, service requirements, and organizational culture.
• Understanding process costs and experience working with Service Providers to maintain operational excellence and service‑level compliance.
• Ability to accomplish results through others, particularly through relationship‑building and influence.
• Ability to be firm, fair, and consistent in ensuring operational deliverables.

Misc: This is an onsite role at Abbott locations in IL. This is not a remote role/opportunity.

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The base pay for this position is $113,300.00 – $226,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.