At Abbott, you will play a crucial role to help people live more fully at all stages of their lives. Abbott is a global healthcare leader, and our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional products and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues have a daily impact on the life of people in more than 160 countries. **Abbott Ireland** In Ireland, Abbott employs around 6,000 people across ten sites. We currently have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott also has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been making a difference in the lives of Irish people since 1946. **Diabetes Care Kilkenny** Our new manufacturing facility in Kilkenny, opening in 2024, reflects the growing demand for Abbott's global Diabetes Care products. The facility will be a centre for world-class engineering, quality, medical device manufacturing, and other science-based professionals to produce life-changing technologies, including the FreeStyle Libre 3, a system that automatically delivers real-time, up-to-the-minute glucose readings, with the smallest and thinnest wearable glucose sensor that provides unsurpassed 14-day accuracy and optional glucose alarms directly to smartphones. This enables people with diabetes to live the best and fullest lives they can.At Abbott in Kilkenny, you can shape your career as you help shape the future of healthcare. **This is how you can make a difference at Abbott:** As Purchasing Specialist you will identify, research, and evaluate suppliers that meet the organization's standards of price, quality, timing, and reliability of supply. This is a Fixed Term Contract Position. **Responsibilities** + Analyze and evaluate supplier bids, tenders, proposals, or quotations for indirect materials. + Ensure appropriate inventory replenishment plans are in place for indirect materials. + Execution of purchase orders driven in line with set inventory policies. + Commit to purchases (within established limits of authority) with terms that are in the organization’s best interest. + Ensure integrity of master data and purchasing parameters in SAP. + Liaise with logistics function and goods inwards to ensure timely collection of goods. + Interpret inventory requests and production schedules to coordinate purchasing activities for goods and materials. + Monitor the quality and timeliness of materials and goods supplied. + Follow-up the status of purchase orders with vendors to ensure timely delivery. + Communicate status of orders with internal customers. + Ensure timely reconciliation of invoices for payment. **Education and Experience** + Minimum qualification of NFQ level 7 in a relevant discipline. + Minimum 2 years + Related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience. + Strong communication + Team player **What we Offer** Attractive compensation package that includes competitive pay, as well as benefits. Connect with us at www.abbott.com or https://www.ie.abbott/, on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews. Abbott is an equal opportunities employer. An Equal Opportunity Employer Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com