Microbiology Regional Manager - Nutrition - Columbus, OH

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:

Microbiology Regional Manager

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.

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 + 3 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

Our location in Columbus OH, currently has an opportunity for a Regional Manager of Microbiology.

Position will serve as the Regional Subject Matter Expert (SME) for all microbiology-related issues identified as affecting assigned Abbott Nutrition Plants.  Will coordinate activities between the affected plant or plants and the larger R&D QA or Quality organizations to provide rapid resolution of emerging and outstanding microbiological quality issues.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Primary functions include but are not limited to: 

• Assists and supports factory microbiology, quality, engineering and/or other personnel in conducting:
• Hazard analyses (HACCP) and risk assessments related to microbiological hazards.
• Microbiological related root-cause investigations

• Conduct and ensure plant level review and interpretation of microbiological data and relevant KPI’s to drive improvements.
• Act as the SME for the consistent and practical application of the Environmental Monitoring Programs (EMP), gowning and other hygiene protocols, cleaning and sanitation practices, microbiological analyses, and the Global Microbiological Standard.
• Works with functional group peers to define and/or assess ingredient, product, process, and package attributes relative to microbiological quality control.
•  Capable of working with R&D to assure processes used in development can be duplicated in commercial operations while maintaining microbiological quality and safety.
•  Anticipates conflict in project attributes and operations capability and drives resolution.
• Capable of designing and managing through completion and interpreting the results of research projects that support the microbiological safety and quality of new and existing nutritional products and production processes.

Core Job Responsibilities

• Monitors ingredient, product, process, package quality performance and identifies microbiological quality related issues and trends. Independently works with functional, operations and commercial groups to develop and implement corrective actions in order to support microbiological quality