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At a glance
Abbott is hiring a Planning Specialist R&D - Nutrition - Columbus, OH in Columbus, OH. It is a full-time role in Operations & Supply Chain, asking for at least 4 years of experience, first listed on November 12. The advertised pay is $68,000–$136,000 a year. The description mentions Google Cloud, Statistics and Workday. Abbott has 99 other openings in the US, 9 of them in Columbus, OH. Across all employers on USA Jobs 24 there are 6 Operations openings in Columbus, OH today; the typical one asks for 4 years and advertises about $102,000 a year at the midpoint.
How the pay compares
Abbott advertises $68,000 to $136,000 a year, a midpoint of $102,000 a year. Where an offer lands in a range usually depends on experience and on the exact location. That is lower than about 92% of the 13 operations jobs in Ohio that publish a yearly rate on USA Jobs 24, where the typical midpoint is $130,000 a year. To see roughly what this leaves after federal and Ohio tax, try our take-home pay calculator.
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About hiring at Abbott
Abbott has 100 openings on USA Jobs 24 today across 22 states. Most are in healthcare & pharma (17), sales & BD (16) and engineering & mfg (9). The biggest locations are Columbus, OH (10), Sturgis, MI (5) and Abbott, IL (5). 3% of them are remote, 6% are open to entry-level candidates and 100% show pay. We collect Abbott's jobs every day straight from its own careers system (Workday), never from job boards or agencies.
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JOB DESCRIPTION:
Planning Specialist R&D
About Abbott
Working at Abbott
Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.
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.
- 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.
Our location in Columbus, OH currently has an opportunity for a Planning Specialist, Research & Development (R&D).
In Research & Development (R&D) our ambition is to provide innovative high-quality products, creating sustainable value, delivering superior user experience and enhancing health outcomes at all stages of life.
WHAT YOU’LL DO
- Draft, negotiate, and implement agreements supporting all of R&D.
- Negotiate clinical study budgets with clinical research sites/organizations
- Manage agreements and budgets for milestone-based projects, such as HEOR, preclinical, ISS, surveys, and retrospective studies/projects.
- Manage and track budget and resource planning estimates for ongoing studies. This includes the overall study budget and ensuring the resource hours per study phase are accurate and adding actual dates for timelines.
Major Responsibilities
- Prepare, negotiate, and implement agreements and budgets that maximize value and support R&D activities on time, within budget and in compliance with Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s).
- Responsible for timely communication of contract issues to teams and management.
- Work closely with Legal, Office of Ethics and Compliance (OEC), and Clinical Development.
- Understand cost drivers and procedural/study related fees in assigned studies and drive negotiations that ensure the best value for quality, pricing, and service.
- Develop and maintain necessary contracting documentation according to departmental policies and procedures.
- Draft, negotiate, and/or route all standard contract types, including CDAs.
- Manage milestone-based projects in Planview (cost, timeline, and resources).
- Ensure proper resource hours are entered for each phase of assigned study; monitor and update throughout life of the study.
- Ensure timelines are accurate and actual dates entered.
- Work with Project Manager (PM)/Finance for monthly Financial/LBE process.
- For studies and projects assigned as Work Manager in Project Management Software, will approve ACRs and POs, assuring that correct and adequate funds are available. Participate in process improvement initiatives.
- Provide back-up for both ACR and PO payment processing
- Establish and cultivate a network of internal resources to facilitate completion of tasks.
- Includes the assurance of contract and project quality to meet or exceed divisional goals.
- Complete daily work to meet established schedule with guidance from supervisor on prioritization of tasks.
- May exercise authority within pre-established limits and approval.
- Failure to achieve results or erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically result in serious delays and considerable expenditure of resources.
Required Qualifications
Required
- BA/BS: Business, Financial or Healthcare/Science Degree.
Preferred
- Contracts: Minimum 4 years
- Finance/budgets: Minimum 2 years
- Industry (Healthcare, Clinical Research): Minimum 2 years
- Project Management: Minimum 2 years
- Paralegal certification desirable
- ICH-GCP
MISC:
- This is an on-site role - not a remote role.
- Sponsorship: we will not provide sponsorship of any kind for this role (including OPT).
- Relocation assistance is not offered for this role.
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.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.
The base pay for this position is
$68,000.00 – $136,000.00In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Clinical Affairs / StatisticsDIVISION:
ANRD Nutrition Research & DevelopmentLOCATION:
United States > Columbus : 2900 Easton Square PlaceADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
StandardTRAVEL:
Yes, 5 % of the TimeMEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
NoSIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdfEEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdfUSA Jobs 24 copied this listing from Abbott's official careers site on November 12, 2026 and checked it again November 13, 5:17 AM ET. Abbott will never ask you to pay to apply or to buy equipment with a check they send you. If anyone does, it is a scam.
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