Production Manager

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:

Production Manager

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott's Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies to support diagnostic testing which provides important information for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.

The position of Production Manager is within our Infectious Disease -business unit located in Scarborough, Maine. In this role you will be responsible for overseeing and leading all production operations ensuring reliability and efficiency while achieving production schedules to meet finished products demand. The Production Manager will collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure production demand is met as well as quality and compliance.

What You'll Work On

• Maintains a high functioning production staff by recruiting, selecting, orienting and training employees. Ensures policies and procedures are adhered to through coaching, counseling, disciplining, and rewarding employees.
• Maintains a safe work environment.
• Communicates job expectations. Plans, monitors and appraises results.
• Enhances productivity by trending data and seeking gains in efficiency. Finds and recommends root cause solutions.
• Work as a team player by seeking the advice of and lending advice to other members of the management team. Seeks improvement through positive change in all areas of operations.
• Works closely with Director of Operations to ensure production objectives are met.
• Author's objective performance evaluations for production staff.

Supervisory Responsibilities

• Manages subordinate supervisors who supervise employees in Production. Is responsible for the overall direction, coordination, and evaluation of these units.
• Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws.
• Responsibilities include interviewing, hiring, and training employees; planning, assigning, and directing work; appraising performance; rewarding and disciplining employees; addressing complaints and resolving problems.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Manufacturing, Business Administration, Engineering, or related technical field or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 10 years of progressively responsible work experience in a high-volume, multi-product manufacturing environment, preferably in the medical device industry.
• 5 years of direct supervisory experience.
• Availability 24 hours/day to support 24 hours of Manufacturing when reasonably needed.
• Significant experience leading and implementing lean manufacturing/Six Sigma initiatives.
• Solid knowledge of GMP and ISO regulations.
• Significant experience in identifying and driving operational change and excellence.
• Strong communication skills to present to and educate various levels of divisional leadership and personnel.
• Excellent teamwork and collaboration skills to influence consistent project management practices across Abbott.
• Strong organizational skills.

Preferred Qualifications
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 3+ years' experience in Manufacturing
• Six Sigma Black Belt

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Divisional Information

Diagnostics

We're empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott's diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key health and therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, cardiometabolic, informatics, and toxicology.

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world's greatest healthcare challenges.

Our molecular division delivers best-in-class innovative testing solutions for people around the world to provide answers to life's critical health decisions. We help people live full and healthy lives through our accessible, molecular-based solutions

The base pay for this position is
$97,300.00 - $194,700.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:
Manufacturing

DIVISION:
ID Infectious Disease

LOCATION:
United States > Scarborough : 10 Southgate Rd

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:
Standard

TRAVEL:
Yes, 10 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing 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.

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