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Columbus, OHJob$78–156K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today
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Job overview
Abbott’s Logistics Planner develops and modifies production schedules, coordinates manufacturing support activities, and creates capacity plans to align labor, equipment, and production needs. The role monitors schedule performance and production metrics, addresses material and operational issues, and works to reduce supply-chain bottlenecks. It also analyzes work-center capacity and recommends actions to improve performance against goals.
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Full 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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
ABOUT ABBOTT
Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.
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:
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Production areas that are clean, well-lit and temperature-controlled
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Training and career development , with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
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Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
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Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs, Medical Benefits start day 1
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Vacation – 120 hours of accrued vacation (1st yr is prorated) + vacation buy program + 5 personal days + 10 paid holidays
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Retiree Healthcare program
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Robust 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
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Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
OVERVIEW
Develops and modifies production schedules and coordinates all related support activities through the manufacturing, testing, and approval process. Develops and implements capacity plans to coordinate labor, equipment, and activities to ensure execution of schedules to planned due dates. Measures workload queue’s and minimizes bottlenecks in the supply chain. Provides direction to numerous support/operations areas. Controls performance against schedules to ensure timely completion of work orders and develops and monitors performance tools, such as input/output control, cycle time, and late jobs to ensure work is performed within scheduling criteria and available capacity. Conceptualizes, designs, and leads activities driven by strategic business needs. Exhibits ability to identify and resolve complex problems, communicates findings to prevent future occurrences throughout the division.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
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Manages the development, modification and implementation of production schedules within the approved horizon.
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Ensures schedules meet criteria for level-loading and priority maintenance.
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Resolves conflicting priorities and manufacturing problems that may impact material delivery and availability and avoids late job status.
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Develops, issues, and analyzes performance reports measuring schedule changes, performance against operation schedule dates, late jobs, and packet availability to Manufacturing.
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Generates and monitors production metrics.
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Recommends and implements action plans to improve performance against goals.
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Resolves potential problems before they affect a negative result.
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Minimizes bottlenecks in the supply chain by developing capacity plans and capacity controls.
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Determines labor/machine capacity to achieve planned production requirements.
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Determines overtime requirements and/or off load opportunities to ensure execution of planned production schedules.
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Resolves material feasibility related issues delaying production start dates.
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Acts as primary contact for operational area for scheduling, capacity, work order activity, and lead-time compression.
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Develops and monitor input/output measurements for key work centers to ensure work and performance are managed within scheduling criteria and available capacity.
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Establishes work center capacity analysis/profiles defining labor, machines, utilization, and efficiency factors.
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Determines headcount and equipment requirements to ensure timely schedule execution.
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Ensures planned start date and due date attainment for area manufactured work orders.
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Identifies, understands and solves multiple complex/challenging operational issues.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
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Bachelor’s degree
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4+ years of experience in operations/distribution/quality
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4+ years of experience in manufacturing, production planning/control, technical, or quality assurance
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Proficiency with Abbott operational processes
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Knowledge and understanding of business metrics
Apply Now (https://www.jobs.abbott/us/en)
In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Pre-Employment Inquiries and Citizenship | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (eeoc.gov) (https://www.eeoc.gov/pre-employment-inquiries-and-citizenship)
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Military/Veteran friendly Employer, committed to employee diversity.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott , and on Twitter @AbbottNews.
The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
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 [email protected]
How this job compares
Set against the 505 open Production Planner jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 11, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$78–156K/yr
- US median$74–109K/yr264 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $117K, is 30% above the US median midpoint ($90K) — in the top quarter of Production Planner salary ranges across the US.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 28 open Production Planner jobs in Ohio and 505 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Ohio
- Vertiv Group Corp.3 open
- Barnes Group Inc2 open
- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 4 years of experience; Production Planner postings that state a minimum ask for 3 years at the median (375 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 119 of the 505 open Production Planner jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 11, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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