Manager, Operations

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:

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:

• 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 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 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 Opportunity

This position works out of our Temecula, CA location in the Abbott Vascular Devices division.

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease.

What You'll Do

This position is responsible for the development and implementation of manufacturing and process development activities to meet production schedules, quality standards, and cost objectives in a regulatory environment. The role will prioritize production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency, and materials supply. Plans and administers procedures and budgets, both operational and capital. Selects and develops personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the production function. Identifies and executes continuous improvement opportunities. Will manufactures product for clinical trials, experimental trials and saleable product.

What You'll Work On

• Develop, establish, and maintain operational objectives and assignments.

• Responsible for the activities to manufacture product to design requirements, FDA guidelines and operating procedures.

• Driven by and understanding of schedules, quality, and costs.

• Develop key performance indices, set goals and develop plans for continuous improvement in quality, cost, employee performance, and maintains a high level of employee safety.

• Manage financial costs and look for cost effective solutions.

• Develop a high performance team.

• Advise and assist the Director of Manufacturing in general areas of manufacturing.

• Assist in audits of potential contract manufacturing facilities.

• Participate in new product design and development reviews and design control activities effecting manufacturing.

• Accountable for production of commercial and development builds.

• Guide development of processes/procedures related to Capital Equipment and Repair

Required Qualifications

• Education/Experience

• Bachelors Degree (Required) and minimum 10+ years relevant work experience.

• Knowledge of regulations and standards of medical devices.

• Manufacturing experience with companies engaged in the manufacture of high quality, FDA regulated products.

• Proven leadership skills, results oriented, highly collaborative, team player, and self-starter who can operate in a fast pace environment.

• Experience in state-of-the-art, multi-step, high volume, process control manufacturing and process development.

• Experience with ISO 9001/CE Mark requirements.

• Manufacturing management experience in manufacturing planning, documented systems, GMP, and quality.