**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 family, be your true self and live a full life. You will have access to: + Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of . + A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. **The Opportunity** This position works out of our office in Los Militares 4777, Las Condes location and has responsibility over other sites located in Argentina and Uruguay. As a South Cone Facilities Manager, you’ll have the chance to manage the commercial facilities of Abbott, making efficient use of resources and guaranteeing an excellent execution of the facilities' own activities, with a customer service vision. **What You’ll Do** + Support divisions in the implementation of projects that allow continuous improvement of processes and generate efficiency and savings. + Manage and control administrative processes seeking to improve the company's productivity, evaluating the performance of third parties related to the facilities area that offer services to company employees, maintaining the standards of quality and service required by Abbott. + Manage and control the expenses of the budget of the area, taking control of expenses and identifying savings opportunities. + Work in the budget expenses and capital plan, ensuring activities are executed within budget. + Identify opportunities to implement efficiencies and obtain savings. + Plan and participate actively in the negotiation process of facilities services contracts, providing the greatest added value for our operation. + Establish third-party service agreements related to facilities, such as: housekeeping, maintenance, cafeteria, transportation of employees, facility guards, document management, correspondence and all those services related to facilities management; developing action plans and commitments that guarantee excellence in the execution of these services, as well as the implementation of aspects of innovation in their area of responsibility. + Anticipate the requirements of spaces and services of facilities required by the different commercial divisions, maintaining a constant and clear communication with the different hierarchical levels of the organization. + Work jointly with the Facility Planning and Corporate Real Estate area in the planning and execution of remodeling projects for our commercial facilities. + Coordinate and execute the preventive maintenance plan of the facilities. Guarantee the sense of urgency and efficient response to emergencies due to corrective or reactive maintenance. + Work jointly with the Security and EHS areas, to guarantee that our facilities comply with occupational, physical, and environmental safety standards. + Establish and maintain management indicators to measure the capacity of the facilities and the levels of employee satisfaction in the services related to the facilities. + Promoting compliance with safety, health and environmental policies and practices, participating, and collaborating with the actions of the area. + Continuous improvement of the processes under its responsibility and elimination of activities that do not add value. + Commitment to the scope of the levels of Customer Service (Internal and External) established by the Division. **Required Qualifications** + Bilingual professional in Engineering, Architecture. + 4-6 years in Facilities Management positions, preferably in facilities leadership. + Knowledge in building maintenance in multinational companies. + Availability to travel: Required one time per month (3 to 5 working days). . Apply now (https://www.jobs.abbott/) 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. If you are not yet part of our talent community, join now and you will be able to receive news from Abbott and other opportunities that may be of interest to you in the future: Abbott Talent Community (https://www.jobs.abbott/global/es/jointalentcommunity?applyType=JTC) . Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal. 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