Assistant Warehouse Supervisor

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 your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You will 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 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 worldwide and named one of the most admired companies by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for and a best place to work for diverse, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity 

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses. It brings together exceptional teams of experts and industry-leading technologies to support diagnostic testing, which provides important information for the treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.

The position of Assistant Warehouse Supervisor is within our Government Distribution-Toxicology division located in Portsmouth, Virginia.

As an Assistant Warehouse Supervisor, you will plan, organize, and monitor the printing, picking, and shipping of all point-of-care and lab supply orders for the Government Vertical. You will also manage daily sales order uploads and maintain payroll for lab supply employees.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Plan and coordinate work, train and motivate, monitor, and evaluate the performance of government employees.
• Monitor daily reports, including open order and backorder reports.
• Meet all site goals as directed by the Site Director.
• Maintain accurate inventory levels across Government Lab and POCT verticals.
• Draft work instructions and standard operating procedures in Ensur.
• Act as a liaison between the warehouse and sales to resolve customer requests.
• Ensure safe operation of material handling equipment and uphold health, safety, and security in the workplace at all times.
• Train, coach, and provide feedback to employees.
• Oversee the printing, picking, packing, shipping, and quality-checking processes.
• Work with management on NPIs or chain of custody form revisions.
• Maintain warehouse cleanliness by managing a cleaning schedule.
• Assist the site leader in coordinating, organizing, and managing special projects.
• Create, implement, monitor, and manage all work instructions and procedures in the Warehouse Government Department.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS | EDUCATION:

• Associate degree and or equivalent experience.
• 2-5 years of warehouse experience along with leadership experience.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• Bachelor’s degree in the relevant field.
• Experience with ERP systems (SAP/APO and Business Warehouse data usage), analysis, and presentation.
• Excellent analytical and communication skills.
• Strong leadership and communicati