Senior Operational Excellence Analyst

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:

Position: Senior Operational Excellence Analyst
Business Unit: Cardiometabolic and Informatics
Location: Pomona, California

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.

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

The Senior Operational Excellence Analyst will be responsible for analyzing, designing, and implementing manufacturing and business process improvements to increase capacity, reduce lead-time, minimize work-in-process, and enhance process flow and efficiency at the site. This role will span multiple facets of the organization, including manufacturing, design, supplier development, documentation, and Abbott suppliers.

What You’ll Work On

• Implement process improvements using various methodologies (DMAIC, lean manufacturing, etc.).
• Build strong relationships with internal and external team members.
• Manage large-scale projects from start to finish, ensuring timely and budget-compliant completion.
• Oversee site communications and promote a culture of continuous improvement.
• Analyzes, creates and implements manufacturing and/or business process improvements that increase capacity, reduce lead-time, reduce work in process and improve the quality, cost and delivery performance of Abbott
• Completes capacity analyzes internally and/or at suppliers for headcount, equipment and space requirements using simulation software or other effective tools. 
• Identifies opportunities and drives incorporation of appropriate Lean tool usage such as 5S, time study, line balancing, standard work, material flow and value stream mapping, process mapping and Kaizen event into the daily functions of continuous improvement.
• Implements and maintains effective metrics with internal customers.
• Participates as a core member in cross-functional teams to quickly troubleshoot and eliminate product supply issues internally or at suppliers.
• Convinces internal customer to make fundamental changes to their manufacturing and/or business processes.
• Makes recommendations to teams, which drive higher yielding, lower cost, more manufacturable products. May use financial analyses tool and recommend alternative courses of action.
• Manage site communications program
• Participation in the site culture committee
• Project Management: design, communicate and implement an operational plan for completing projects; monitor progress and performance against the project plan; resolve operational problems, minimize delays. Develop schedules, budgets and forecasts; select materials, equipment, project staff, and contractors as warranted to ensure project objectives are met.
• Liaise with other areas in the organization to secure specialized resources and contributions for the projects.
• Conduct project meetings and prepare reports to communicate the sta