Communications Office Manager

Title: Communications Office Manager

Location: Plymouth, MN

Duration: 11 Month

Job Summary

This role supports the Public Affairs team to ensure smooth, efficient, and compliant operations. The position focuses on managing contracts and statements of work with agencies and acts as a link between external partners and internal functions like Finance, Procurement, Legal, and Tax.

Key Responsibilities

• Manage the contracting process, including:
• Master Service Agreements (MSAs)
• Statements of Work (SOWs)
• Purchase Orders, Shopping Carts, Disbursement Requests
• New vendor setup and deviation requests
• Health Care Professional (HCP) contract requests (as needed)
• Coordinate with Finance, Procurement, Legal, Tax, and other internal teams.
• Act as a liaison between Public Affairs teams and external agencies.
• Manage calendars, support event coordination, and handle expense reporting for team members.
• Provide basic support for Public Affairs SharePoint sites on the Abbott World intranet.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree preferred (Business, Communications, or related field).
• Experience in administration, operations, or contract coordination is an asset.
• Familiarity with corporate processes (Procurement, Legal, Finance) is a plus.

Skills

• Strong organizational and coordination skills
• Attention to detail and ability to follow processes
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work with multiple stakeholders
• Basic computer skills (MS Office; SharePoint experience is a plus)

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account (for High-Deductible Health Plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
• MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
• 401(k) 

 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, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs