Supervisor, Quality Jobs

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’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• 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 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.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution

What You’ll Work On

• Promote a safe work environment by ensuring the highest standards in employee safety.
• Assist / support other functions as needed.
• Responsible for motivating all assigned personnel to ensure that all applicable documentation is within compliance of procedures and guidelines.
• Ensure all assigned personnel are in personal training compliance and unique training needs of the group are met.
• Supervise, train, and develop nonexempt personnel.
• Promote communication and teamwork across shifts /crews/sites as applicable.
• Provide support for compliance investigations. resolve corrective actions.
• Work as a liaison between functional departments to assist in resolving issues.
• Manage and assign resources to address business needs, including staffing levels, overtime needs and project support.
• Develop goals / objectives for all assigned personnel. Monitor employees' performance against goals, provide performance feedback. Write and conduct development plans / performance appraisals. Manage employee HR issues.
• Support equipment upgrades/new installations.
• Provide leadership for the team and appropriately address quality, production and safety needs effectively.
• Be responsible for overall equipment performance & maintain equipment downtime to an acceptable level.
• Pro-actively seek ways to maintain and improve quality standards.
• Participate in plant Safety, Quality and Operations meetings.
• Use objective and quantifiable measures to decrease safety incidents and to increase quality and performance.
• Responsible for meeting daily production goals. Proactively seek ways to support the customer (i.e., working with engineering to find alternative resolutions that to issues, while maintaining compliance, without stopping production).

Pay and Shift

The starting salary range for this position is $90,000 - $105,000 and based on relevant education and experience.

Preferred Qualifications

• ASQ certification in quality, six sigma, and/or lean manufacturing is desired.
• B.S. in Engineering / Business / Operations discipline or equivalent, plus 5+ years of experience in a similar field.
• Experience working in a broader enterprise/cross-division business unit model preferred. Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
• Strong organizational and follow-up skills, as well as attention to detail.
• Multitasks, prioritizes and meets deadlines in timely manner.
• Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects.
• Quality supervisory experience in medical industry and Quality systems auditing experience desired.
• Knowledge of applicable regulations and standards affecting the manufacture of Medical Devices (i.e., cGMPs and CFRs). Industry / supervisory experience and direct exposure to Operations desired.
• Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
• Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.

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