Scientist, Packaging Product Stewardship - Nutrition - Columbus, OH

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:

Scientist, Packaging Product Stewardship

Working at Abbott

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands - including Similac, PediaSure, Pedialyte, Ensure, and Glucerna - to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

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

This position works out of our Columbus, OH location in the Nutrition Division. In Research & Development, our ambition is providing innovative high-quality products, creating sustainable value, delivering superior user experience, and enhancing health outcomes at all stages of life.

We are seeking a highly motivated individual to join our Packaging Product Stewardship team. In this role, you will coordinate and manage packaging material assessments and qualifications, ensuring compliance with industry standards and regulations.

What You'll Work On

• Coordinating document collection for packaging material assessments, including reviewing supplier compliance documents, developing packaging test plans, and summarizing data.
• Managing testing activities for packaging qualifications, including coordinating external testing, verifying results, summarizing data, and troubleshooting.
• Collaborating with Supplier Quality Assurance, Regulatory, Packaging Engineering, Project Management, and Purchasing groups to support packaging qualification projects.
• Managing packaging qualification projects under the guidance of a Senior Research Scientist or Scientist.
• Directing daily activities to gather, verify, and summarize test data while following appropriate procedures.
• Interacting with other groups to share information, provide updates, and distill technical information for non-technical team members.
• Managing qualification data through organized entry of qualification information into a database.

Accountability/Scope:

• Strategy: Projects are assigned with defined scope and goals. Ensure activities align with the project critical path. Manage your time effectively to carry out assigned duties.
• Quality of Work: Responsible for the accuracy, quality, and timeliness of documentation, experimental results, and data assessments.
• Work Performance: Successfully summarize data, analyze results, formulate conclusions, and review progress with your supervisor. Highlight any out-of-specification or aberrant results to your supervisor for review.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum B.S. in a scientific-related field with 2 years of experience

Preferred

• Experience with packaging qualification for food contact, packaging food contact regulations, packaging sustainability, packaging migration testing, contaminants, or project management is an advantage.
• Preferred background in Product Stewardship, Regulatory Affairs, Quality Assurance, Packaging Engineering, and/ or Data Analytics.
• Ability to multitask and be efficient in a fast-paced, technical environment.
• Strong background in managing large Microsoft Excel spreadsheets and establishing key performance metrics using Power BI.

MISC:

• This is an on-site role - not a remote role.
• There is no relocation provided for this role.
• Travel - 5%

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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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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:
Research and Discovery

DIVISION:
ANRD Nutrition Research & Development

LOCATION:
United States > Columbus : RP04

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:
Standard

TRAVEL:
Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
No

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.

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