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Supply Planner roles qualify for H-1B visa sponsorship as specialty occupations requiring at least a bachelor's degree in supply chain management, operations, or a related field. Employers in manufacturing, retail, and logistics regularly file H-1B petitions for this role, and the annual 85,000-cap lottery applies to most private-sector positions.
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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 115,000 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
This position works out of our Plymouth, MN location in the Structural Heart Supply Chain division.
The Supply Chain Global Planner plays a critical role in aligning customer demand with operational supply capabilities. Working with limited supervision, this position develops, maintains, and communicates manufacturing schedules that support production requirements and ensure timely delivery of finished goods to customers. The Global Planner is responsible for balancing demand and supply, optimizing inventory levels, and creating production schedules aimed at minimizing back orders and supporting key performance indicators related to customer service and product availability.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
- Lead weekly cross-functional meetings with key stakeholders to ensure manufacturing schedules align with business requirements. Stakeholders may include representatives from Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, and Marketing.
- Implement inventory policies established by Supply Chain Management to effectively manage finished goods and raw material inventories.
- Generate reports and perform data analysis to proactively identify, address, and resolve planning, scheduling, and supply chain issues.
- Develop and communicate detailed finished goods production schedules that support approved build plans, ensuring manufacturing teams clearly understand production quantities, timing, and product mix requirements.
- Release and manage work orders within the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and maintain Kanban quantities to support production schedules.
- Review demand forecasts, backorder reports, and purchasing updates, including early warning indicators, to prioritize and expedite production activities, minimizing customer backorders.
- Maintain and update material master data to ensure planning accuracy, inventory integrity, and operational efficiency.
- Partner with Purchasing to establish and manage appropriate safety stock levels for critical materials and finished goods.
- Create and approve rework and special work orders within the ERP system as required.
- Review open production jobs and update schedules to ensure work orders are appropriately prioritized, rescheduled, or closed.
- Collaborate with Purchasing and Warehousing teams to reduce, manage, and disposition slow-moving, obsolete, and expiring inventory.
- Generate operational reports and provide analysis to support purchasing, inventory management, and product line performance.
- Support company initiatives and continuous improvement efforts while ensuring compliance with Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other applicable regulatory requirements.
- Ensure compliance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, company policies, standard operating procedures, and applicable regulatory standards.
- Foster positive working relationships and maintain effective communication with employees, customers, contractors, vendors, and cross-functional business partners.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Business or equivalent is preferred.
- At least 2 years of progressively responsible experience in manufacturing schedule planning.
- Intermediate experience utilizing MRP and ERP systems.
- Proficient in MS Office, strong Excel skills.
- Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.
- Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
- 1 year of experience working in a regulated manufacturing environment preferred.
- APICS or other planning related certification preferred.
COMPENSATION
- The base pay for this position is $61,300.00 – $122,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com
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, committed to employee diversity.
INTRODUCTION
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 115,000 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
This position works out of our Plymouth, MN location in the Structural Heart Supply Chain division.
The Supply Chain Global Planner plays a critical role in aligning customer demand with operational supply capabilities. Working with limited supervision, this position develops, maintains, and communicates manufacturing schedules that support production requirements and ensure timely delivery of finished goods to customers. The Global Planner is responsible for balancing demand and supply, optimizing inventory levels, and creating production schedules aimed at minimizing back orders and supporting key performance indicators related to customer service and product availability.
WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON
- Lead weekly cross-functional meetings with key stakeholders to ensure manufacturing schedules align with business requirements. Stakeholders may include representatives from Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Clinical, Regulatory, Quality, and Marketing.
- Implement inventory policies established by Supply Chain Management to effectively manage finished goods and raw material inventories.
- Generate reports and perform data analysis to proactively identify, address, and resolve planning, scheduling, and supply chain issues.
- Develop and communicate detailed finished goods production schedules that support approved build plans, ensuring manufacturing teams clearly understand production quantities, timing, and product mix requirements.
- Release and manage work orders within the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system and maintain Kanban quantities to support production schedules.
- Review demand forecasts, backorder reports, and purchasing updates, including early warning indicators, to prioritize and expedite production activities, minimizing customer backorders.
- Maintain and update material master data to ensure planning accuracy, inventory integrity, and operational efficiency.
- Partner with Purchasing to establish and manage appropriate safety stock levels for critical materials and finished goods.
- Create and approve rework and special work orders within the ERP system as required.
- Review open production jobs and update schedules to ensure work orders are appropriately prioritized, rescheduled, or closed.
- Collaborate with Purchasing and Warehousing teams to reduce, manage, and disposition slow-moving, obsolete, and expiring inventory.
- Generate operational reports and provide analysis to support purchasing, inventory management, and product line performance.
- Support company initiatives and continuous improvement efforts while ensuring compliance with Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other applicable regulatory requirements.
- Ensure compliance with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, company policies, standard operating procedures, and applicable regulatory standards.
- Foster positive working relationships and maintain effective communication with employees, customers, contractors, vendors, and cross-functional business partners.
REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Business or equivalent is preferred.
- At least 2 years of progressively responsible experience in manufacturing schedule planning.
- Intermediate experience utilizing MRP and ERP systems.
- Proficient in MS Office, strong Excel skills.
- Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.
- Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
- 1 year of experience working in a regulated manufacturing environment preferred.
- APICS or other planning related certification preferred.
COMPENSATION
- The base pay for this position is $61,300.00 – $122,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com
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, committed to employee diversity.
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as a Supply Planner
Verify your degree meets specialty occupation
USCIS requires your degree field to directly relate to supply planning work. A degree in supply chain, industrial engineering, or operations research maps cleanly. Business administration degrees sometimes draw RFEs, so gather course transcripts showing quantitative coursework before applying.
Target employers with active LCA filing history
Use Migrate Mate to filter Supply Planner roles by employers who have previously filed Labor Condition Applications for this occupation. Prior LCA activity signals an established H-1B sponsorship process, reducing delays from employers learning the system for the first time.
Check prevailing wage before salary negotiations
Your offered salary must meet the DOL wage level for your metro area and job title. Run the OFLC Wage Search for SOC code 13-1023 before you negotiate, so you know the floor your employer must certify on the LCA.
Clarify sponsorship scope during the offer stage
Ask explicitly whether the employer covers premium processing fees and attorney costs. Supply chain roles often sit in procurement or operations budgets, and some employers charge these back to employees. Get the cost-sharing arrangement in writing before accepting.
Time your job search around the H-1B lottery window
USCIS opens H-1B registration in March each year for an October 1 start date. If you're on OPT, a job offer accepted in January through March lets your employer register in the same cycle, avoiding a full extra year of waiting.
Document software proficiency for RFE defense
Supply Planner roles sometimes draw specialty occupation RFEs because the title can overlap with general coordinator work. Keep records of your ERP system experience, SAP or Oracle certifications, and statistical forecasting methods to support the degree-nexus argument if USCIS requests evidence.
H-1B Visa Supply Planner: Frequently Asked Questions
Does a Supply Planner role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes, Supply Planner positions typically qualify when the employer requires at least a bachelor's degree in supply chain management, operations research, industrial engineering, or a closely related field. USCIS evaluates each petition individually, so job descriptions that list a degree as preferred rather than required can create problems. Make sure your offer letter and the employer's internal job posting both state that a specific degree is required.
Which industries sponsor H-1B visas most often for Supply Planner roles?
Manufacturing, consumer goods, pharmaceutical, and large retail companies file H-1B petitions for Supply Planners regularly because demand forecasting and inventory optimization at scale require specialized training. Defense contractors and medical device manufacturers also sponsor frequently due to complex regulatory supply chains. You can browse verified H-1B sponsoring employers for this role directly on Migrate Mate, filtered by industry and location.
How does the DOL prevailing wage requirement affect Supply Planner job offers?
Before your employer files the LCA, DOL requires them to certify that your salary meets the prevailing wage for Supply Planners in your specific metropolitan area. Wage levels vary significantly by region. You can look up the applicable wage floor using the OFLC Wage Search with SOC code 13-1023 before entering salary discussions, which puts you in a stronger negotiating position and helps you screen out employers offering below the minimum.
Can I transfer my H-1B to a new Supply Planner employer mid-year?
Yes. Under H-1B portability rules, you can start working for a new employer as soon as the new I-129 petition is filed with USCIS, without waiting for approval, as long as you've been in valid H-1B status and your previous status was lawfully maintained. The new employer must file a new LCA and I-129 covering the Supply Planner role at the new worksite, including the correct prevailing wage for that location.
What's the difference between cap-subject and cap-exempt H-1B sponsorship for this role?
Most private-sector Supply Planner positions are cap-subject, meaning your employer must enter the annual H-1B lottery in March for an October 1 start. Cap-exempt employers, such as universities, nonprofit research organizations, and government research entities, can file year-round with no lottery. Supply chain roles at these organizations exist but are less common. If you're currently on OPT and not selected in the lottery, your OPT remains valid until it expires regardless of the lottery outcome.