Senior Project Leader, Packaging Supplier Quality - 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:

Senior Project Leader, Packaging Supplier Quality

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

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 get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• 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, Medical Benefits start day 1
• Vacation – 3 weeks accrued vacation (1st yr. is prorated) + vacation buy program + 3 personal days + 10 paid holidays
• Company Paid Pension Plan
• 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company match of 5%
• 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
• The stability of a company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities

The Opportunity

Our location in Columbus OH currently has an opportunity for a Senior Project Leader, Packaging Supplier Quality.

The primary function of the Supplier Quality Assurance (SQA) is to assure a high-quality supply of materials through evaluation and development of Abbott Nutrition suppliers worldwide.  Packaging SQA is responsible for working and communicating with packaging suppliers as part of an ongoing supplier management process.   Packaging SQA supports the following areas: (1) Supplier qualification, (2) Supplier development & monitoring, (3) Supplier corrective & preventative actions, (4) Continuous improvement of department & supplier performance, and (5) Regulatory documentation.

The Senior Quality Project Leader (Packaging) should exhibit excellent communication and leadership skills and support the training and development of Associate Project Leaders and Quality Project Leaders in the department.  The Sr. Quality Project Leader will be expected to manage more projects with a larger scope and complexity.  The Senior Quality Project Leader (Packaging) should meet and/or exceed the Abbott Core Competency requirements, as well as:

• Exhibit excellent communication and leadership skills.
• Successfully interact and communicate with all organizational levels internally and externally.
• Demonstrate ability to manage several activities and projects at once. Including the ability to organize and prioritize work, meet deadlines, prepare plans and reports.
• Possess a thorough knowledge of quality assurance principles and manufacturing processes (production, logistics, and engineering). 
• Possess a technical understanding of different technologies, product quality systems, and supplier programs.

 
WHAT YOU’LL DO  

• Perform supplier qualification assessments to ensure quality systems, processes, and facilities meet Abbott & regulatory requirements.