Product Stewardship and Sustainability Program 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:

At Abbott, diverse ideas, perspectives, and expertise allow us to create the life-changing solutions that help people live healthier lives. In 150 countries and with businesses spanning nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices, and branded generic pharmaceuticals, Abbott offers you enormous opportunities to explore your interests and help you achieve your career and personal goals.

Abbott’s life-changing tests and diagnostic tools give you accurate, timely information to better manage your health. 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.

We have an exciting opportunity for a Product Stewardship and Sustainability Program Manager within our Abbott Rapid Diagnostics business. In this role, you will be responsible for ensuring compliance with product stewardship regulations worldwide, including but not limited to REACH, RoHS, Conflict Minerals, and EPR.

What You’ll Do:

• Implement an effective, written product stewardship program to ensure compliance with Abbott procedures and regulations.
• Assess chemical registration requirements for chemicals/preparations prior to manufacture, importation, or sourcing within a region.
• Evaluate parts, products, and packaging for applicable chemical use requirements prior to sale and periodically thereafter.
• Collect and maintain part, packaging, and product information to support regulatory compliance.
• Coordinate data collection from suppliers and third-party manufacturers (TPMs), including product composition, Conflict Minerals forms, and compliance declarations.
• Contribute to the strategic planning process for product stewardship, including annual evaluations of program effectiveness and compliance through self-assessments, risk assessments, and updates on product and regulatory changes.

Education and Experience You’ll Bring:

Required:

• Bachelor’s degree in science or engineering with 7+ years of experience in product support in areas such as R&D, operations, technical support, quality, or regulatory.
• Experience in product stewardship (e.g., REACH, RoHS) is preferred; otherwise, experience with regulation interpretation and compliance is required.
• Proven ability to work within a broader enterprise/cross-division business model, collaborating with R&D, operations, technical support, quality, regulatory, legal, engineering, and supply chain/procurement teams.
• Strong data analytical, critical thinking, problem-solving, and planning skills.
• Excellent judgment and the ability to build and maintain relationships with individuals and teams.
• Ability to thrive in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
• Strong organizational skills with meticulous attention to detail and effective follow-up.
• Willingness to travel approximately 5% to 10%, including internationally.

Preferred

• Experience in product stewardship (e.g., REACH, RoHS).
• Familiarity with product bills of materials.
• Proficiency in using Excel for data analysis and drawing conclusions.

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Abbott is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes diversity in our workforce. We provide reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. To request an accommodation, please email myrecruiter@abbott.com.

     

The base pay for this position is

$95,000.00 – $190,000.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Engineering

     

DIVISION:

ID Infectious Disease

        

LOCATION:

United States > Lake Forest : J55

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 10 %