Senior Manager, Manufacturing Engineering and Distribution

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

• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

• 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

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease. Our extensive portfolio includes drug-eluting stents, bare metal stents, guide wires, balloon dilatation catheters, imaging catheters and software, vessel closure devices and peripheral stents. 

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Sr. Manager, Manufacturing Engineering and Distribution.  This position will work onsite in our Temecula, CA manufacturing facility.  This role 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. This individual plans and administers procedures and budgets, both operational and capital. They will select and develop personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the production function. This position identifies and executes continuous improvement opportunities, and 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.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.

• Minimum of 10 years of related 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-paced 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in implementing strategic roadmaps and change using