Associate Project Manager

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Job description

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 109,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

About Abbott

Point-of-care diagnostics is a growing and dynamic industry helping to improve clinical and economic outcomes globally. Abbott brings a variety of expert viewpoints on new innovations, insights, and impacts that are shaping the future of diagnostics around the world.

Abbott Rapid Dx North America, LLC's Orlando site is part of Global Business Services (GBS) within the Abbott Rapid Diagnostics (ARDx) Division. GBS has a global accountability to deliver an exceptional customer experience and create business value through compliance, standardization and data analytics. The GBS group fosters a collaborative, team focused and winning environment where employees are accountable and encouraged to develop themselves.

The Associate Project Manager is a key member of the Business Services Support team. This role supports internal project and process management, including process documentation, project issue, risk, and change tracking, and solution delivery processes. This role works with project managers, business analysts, and functional subject matter experts to help define operational improvements within our workgroups. Also works closely with key stakeholders to help define solutions and efficiencies, report status of existing projects, and develop templates to create efficiencies within existing business processes.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

* Support the project management effort for GBS. Assist in the planning and execution of project rollouts.
* Identify and describe the impact of a proposed solution on the organization's operations.
* Define solution benefits and approaches for measuring and realizing value.
* Align with our business and technology partners to deliver solutions.
* Identify dependencies and focus on removing impediments to project completion.
* Analyze the results of solution implementation to determine effectiveness and capture lessons learned.
* Gather and analyze large amounts of information quickly and problem solve effectively.
* Communicate effectively with a variety of operational team leaders.
* Work both independently and in groups in a variety of situations requiring analytical-interpretive, evaluative, and constructive thinking.
* Work with subject matter experts and leadership to identify areas for process improvement and standardization.
* Support ad hoc analysis and special projects on an as needed basis
* Collaborate with Training team and assist in developing new training tasks (operational procedures/work instructions) as required

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU'LL BRING

Required

* Bachelor's Degree
* 3+ years analyst experience required
* Advanced experience in Excel and proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Access, Word, PowerPoint) and project-tracking tools required
* Demonstrated written and verbal communication, negotiation, and influencing skills

Preferred

* Experience with SAP preferred
* Excellent attention to detail, well-organized, highly accountable, and self-motivated
* Demonstrated ability to succinctly summarize processes for all levels within the organization
* Ability to support multiple business areas
* Excellent analytical insight, prioritization, and problem-solving skills
* Previous project delivery experience
* Self-motivated, action-oriented individual with the perseverance to push high-value projects through to completion
* Developed time-management and priority-setting skills required to work in an often ambiguous and constantly changing business environment

WHAT WE OFFER

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

* Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
* Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
* Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
* Paid time off
* 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
* The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully:

Follow 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.

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