Quality Program Manager- Packaging Supplier Quality Events

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Quality Program Manager - Packaging Supplier Quality Events

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 + 5 personal days + 10 paid holidays

• 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

This position works out of our Columbus, OH location in the Nutrition Division. The Quality Program Manager, supporting Packaging Supplier Quality Events is responsible for leading a team of Supplier Quality professionals focused on supplier event management, supplier performance, continuous improvement, and supplier quality system maturity. This role serves as a key liaison between suppliers, manufacturing sites, quality leadership, and cross-functional business partners to ensure timely resolution of supplier quality issues, drive preventive quality improvements, and strengthen supplier capabilities across Abbott's packaging supply base. This leader will foster a high-performance culture built on accountability, technical excellence, continuous improvement, and audit readiness while developing team members and advancing long-term strategic initiatives that improve supplier quality performance and business outcomes.

WHAT YOU’LL DO  

Team Leadership & Talent Development

• Lead and develop a team of Supplier Quality professionals responsible for Supplier Events and Supplier Excellence activities.
• Foster a high-performance culture focused on accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and audit readiness.
• Establish clear expectations and develop team capability through coaching, mentoring, succession planning, and employee development.
• Drive employee engagement, onboarding, training, and development of critical thinking, root cause analysis, and problem-solving skills.

Supplier Event Management

• Lead the response to supplier quality events impacting Abbott manufacturing sites.
• Ensure timely investigations, risk assessments, root cause analysis, and effective corrective and preventive actions.
• Partner with manufacturing sites and suppliers to resolve quality issues, minimize business disruption, and protect product quality.
• Drive event reduction through trend analysis, supplier engagement, preventive actions, and effective escalation management.
• Ensure investigations and quality documentation are accurate, compliant, and audit-ready.

Supplier Excellence & Supplier Performance

• Lead Abbott's Supplier Excellence Program and drive continuous improvement across the packaging supply base.
• Monitor supplier performance through scorecards, KPIs, assessment