Supervisor Quality Assurance

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:

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.
• 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.

At Abbott Molecular, we realize the potential of personalized care as the laboratory’s most trusted and preferred source for molecular diagnostic solutions.

Our Des Plaines, IL site has an opportunity for a Quality Assurance Supervisor.

The Opportunity

The Quality Assurance Supervisor is responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system. Manage the direct activities of an area within a department or function.

Provides direct supervision to professional, direct or indirect labor staff. Ensure that plans are implemented, and milestones are achieved.

Ensures that compliance is maintained and that employees are trained and following the required site level policies and procedures.

What You’ll Work On:

• Gather and prepare trend information and recommend areas of focus.
• Assist in the preparation of the financial plan; gather financial and other data to support the plan.
• Assist in the development of the capital plan by identifying projects to improve processes, reduce costs, and maintain operations
• Sets standards and monitors staff performance; provide performance feedback; write and conduct appraisals for employees, recommend merit increases and promotions, deliver rewards and sanctions.
• Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system.,
• Regularly makes decisions which impact quality, time and/ or cost; timely decisions are required regarding issues such as to proceed or abort, work OT, etc.
• Manages assigned projects; work cross functionally to identify changes and necessary resources.
• Develop and recommend departmental reward and recognition programs. Assist employees in the creation of development plans; work with employees to meet their development needs.
• Establish the motivational climate for the group.
• Communicate work center/ department objectives and results. Uses time effectively, both for self and others; identifies appropriate meeting participants and uses meetings effectively.
• Coach teams; provide guidance, direction, training, resources, and time.,
• Direct supervision of work force.
• Create a climate of trust and respect within the group.
• Exchanges information with employees, peers, and management regarding operations.
• Conducts individual discussions with employees, including performance reviews, development, discipline, and staffing interviews. Interviews candidates for positions on the direct staff. Interact with peers in operations and within other cross-functional groups. Responds directly to on-site requests for information from internal and external regulatory agencies.,
• Troubleshoots: Tracks and reviews daily indices (e.g., line outputs, labor efficiency, reject rates) and regulatory requirements to identity gaps between current and desired performance, applies standard problem-solving tools (e.g., fi