Manufacturing Production Supervisor

Job description

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 103,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Primary Job Function:

Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system. Supervises the activities of non-exempts within an area or department. Plans resources to meet daily production schedule and product quality requirements.

Core Job Responsibilities:

• Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.
• Completes tasks according to a defined manufacturing schedule.
• Coordinates day to day activities; expedites and resolves day to day issues.
• May oversee multiple shift operations.
• Identifies appropriate resources to resolve routine issues. Reviews short term capacity constraints and makes adjustments as appropriate.
• Gathers non-routine manufacturing and quality data to address special production issues or projects.
• Evaluates data and determines trends, recommends areas of focus and presents options for resolution.
• Coordinates and supports new product launches and retirements.
• Provides input on production routings and capacity such as staffing levels, shift options and space requirements.
• Monitors training requirements and assures sufficient cross training to meet production schedule.
• Provides annual budget recommendations and performs routine variance analysis.
• Suggests and implements approved corrective action plan to resolve regulatory issues; Assumes the lead on cross functional teams/projects.
• Recognizes accomplishments within department through reward and recognition programs.
• Assists employees in the creation of development plans; works with employees to meet their development needs.
• Communicates work center/department objectives and results; Interfaces with manager on an as needed basis.
• Interacts directly with regulatory agencies and provides information as required;
• Interprets data and information from multiple sources and takes action; identifies problems or issues; gathers additional data from appropriate areas.
• Recommends actions for resolutions.
• Assesses the impact of proposed decisions and initiates appropriate actions.

Minimum Education, Minimum Experience / Training Required:

• Knowledge of regulations and standards affecting IVDs and Biologics.
• Bachelor's Degree required with 2-4 years of operations related experience preferred.
• Supervisory experience preferred.
• Exceptions to the degree requirement will be considered

Preferred/Ideal Education, Experience, etc.:

• Bachelor's Degree Mechanical Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or similar.
• 5 or more years' manufacturing engineering and team supervisory experience, ideally, from medical device industry (e.g. immunoassay testing, infectious disease analyzers, etc.) .
• Continuous Improvement and/or Lean Six Sigma experience highly preferred.

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