Director Process Automation

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 DIAGNOSTICS:

The key to successful treatment and full recovery is often fast, accurate diagnosis. Abbott’s life-changing tests and diagnostic tools provide insights that enable smarter, faster decisions and transform the way the world is managing health.

Our pioneering technology spans the world of healthcare operations — with medical diagnostic instruments, tests, automation, and informatics solutions for hospitals, reference labs, blood centers, emergency departments, physician offices, and clinics.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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 a 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity:

Our location in Lake Forest, IL currently has an opportunity for the Director - Division Engineering 

Provide regional technical leadership and engineering services for consumable engineering, equipment, facilities, and utilities, automation equipment to support operations, R&D, new product launches, margin improvement, and ongoing manufacturing & product availability improvements in a compliant, cost-effective, and timely manner. This service is provided to all Core Diagnostics internal and third-party manufacturing sites, as well as to consumable incoming material vendors. 

Manage a group of multi-discipline engineers, contract engineers, and technicians, accountable for their performance. Recruit, train, and evaluate the performance of employees. 

Establish and drive regional strategies regarding innovation, standardization, and sustainability designed to increase manufacturing reliability, and cost efficiency, while reducing complexity, environmental impact, and improving consistency across the mfg. network. 

Establish project objectives and technical criteria for evaluating project results. Ensure that the project time activities are aligned with the project objectives. Assure that all key stakeholders are aligned upfront for project/program kickoff, and are involved in major impact decisions. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

Lead multi-disciplined engineering teams and projects in good collaboration with site or vendor functions in support of evolving business needs.

Establish and maintain active communications with Core Diagnostics management in Manufacturing, R&D, EH&S, Quality Assurance, Regulatory, Operational Excellence, Finance, Commercial, Marketing, and other Abbott business groups to ensure current understanding of their concerns and requirements. Establish goals and plan resources to meet the needs identified through this communication.

Manage capital project budgets for the respective region and drive financial analysis on capital programs with a deep understanding of division and corporate finances.   Understand the key business drivers for each capital project and be able to represent that information to senior-level business leaders.

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