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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.
JOB DESCRIPTION:
Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system. Manage the direct activities of an area within a department or function. Provides direct supervision to professional, direct or indirect labor staff. Insure that plans are implemented and milestones are achieved. Ensures that compliance is maintained and that employees are trained and following the required site level policies and procedures.
What You'll Do
- Gather and prepare trend information and recommend areas of focus. Assist in the preparation of the financial plan; gather financial and other data to support the plan. Assist in the development of the capital plan by identifying projects to improve processes, reduce costs, and maintain operations.
- Sets standards and monitors staff performance; provide performance feedback; write and conduct appraisals for employees, recommend merit increases and promotions, deliver rewards and sanctions. Manages assigned projects; work cross functionally to identify changes and necessary resources.
- Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system. Regularly makes decisions which impact quality, time and/ or cost; timely decisions are required regarding issues such as to proceed or abort, work OT, etc. Makes Decisions: Bases decisions on the overall good, rather than on benefit to a particular functional area, serves as a champion for specific projects and initiatives.
- Interact with peers in operations and within other cross-functional groups. Responds directly to on-site requests for information from internal and external regulatory agencies.
- Troubleshoots: Tracks and reviews daily indices (e.g., line outputs, labor efficiency, reject rates) and regulatory requirements to identity gaps between current and desired performance, applies standard problem solving tools (e.g., fish bone diagrams, Pareto analysis), recommends and implements corrective action so that the impact of the problem is minimized. Interfaces with other areas to identify and solve problems., Utilizes Financial Information: Makes day-to-day decisions which demonstrate a basic understanding of the financial business drivers (e.g., ROl, factory costs, cost reductions) and their inter-relationships.
- • Recognizes Risk: Recognizes risk relative to procedures and takes appropriate action. Quantifies Risk: Identifies and quantifies the financial, quality, regulatory, and human considerations associated with decisions.
- Embraces Change: Adapts to and supports change in a timely, positive manner. Identifies and communicates need for change.
- Participates as a Team Member: Contributes to the creation of the team's mission, objectives, and strategies, accepts team decisions and works toward their implementation.
- Participates as a Team Leader: Establishes and supports the norms and conditions for a work environment that supports team productivity, draws on the strengths of each team member, seeks input of team members, works cross functionally to resolve issues.,
- Improves Processes: Utilizes information from seminars, bench marking, focus groups, etc., to identify trends and generate recommendations for continuous process improvements in such areas as reduced costs, new technologies, and reject rates.
- Builds Relationships: Follows through on promises and commitments and maintains confidences.
- Manages Personal Effectiveness: Controls emotional reactions; copes with stress; is open to others' ideas; demonstrates an understanding and appreciation of differences in others; treats others as individuals with unique skills, interests and values; seeks to understand the goals and needs of others.
- Confronts Issues: Raises issues that block the achievement of individual and team performance; voices opinions and concerns without waiting to be asked; communicates through areas of difference as well as areas of common issues, i.e., can talk about both sides of an issue.
- Solve Customer Problems: Lead teams to customer oriented solutions that make business sense. • Stays Current: Demonstrates awareness of the changing competitive, technological, health care, and regulatory environments, and demonstrates a perspective beyond one's own function.
- Plans Activity Structure: Makes plans to accomplish assigned daily activities and simple projects; establishes priorities so as to handle competing demands; optimizes use of available resources; estimates time and resources necessary to complete daily tasks or projects; establishes follow up systems.
- Influences Outcomes: Influences others to support a course of action and to incorporate quality concepts in all activities, appropriately uses authority, influences activities without reliance on formal authority, and communicates unpopular decisions in a realistic but favorable light.
- Makes Decisions: Makes timely decisions which consider the facts and data at hand; champions specific projects; knows when to delegate to teams or other levels.
- Adapts Information to Customer Needs: Adjusts communication style and medium (oral, written, or electronic) to meet the needs of the receiver (direct reports, peers, customers, managers); summarizes data and distills it down to relevant points to enhance understanding; uses appropriate level of language and detail for the receiver
Required Qualifications
- Bachelors Degree (± 16 years ) or equivalent experience
- 2-4 years of related operations experience.
- Application of analytical and mathematical skills.
- Ability to understand financial information or directly technical experience.
- Knowledge of regulations and standards affecting IVDs and Biologics.
- Project Management
WHAT WE OFFER
At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:
- A fast-paced work environment where your safety is our priority (Include for Manufacturing roles only)
- Production areas that are clean, well-lit and temperature-controlled (Include for Manufacturing roles only)
- Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
- Financial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
- Health care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs
- Paid time off
- 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match
- The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities
Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully: www.abbottbenefits.com
Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that provides the growth and strength to build your future. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.
Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/, on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/Abbott and on Twitter @AbbottNews
The base pay for this position is
$66,700.00 – $133,300.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
JOB FAMILY:
Operations Quality
DIVISION:
AMD Molecular
LOCATION:
United States > Des Plaines : DP01
ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:
WORK SHIFT:
Standard
TRAVEL:
No
MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable
SIGNIFICANT 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.pdf
