Manager Production

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:

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.

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.
• 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 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 

This position works out of our Casa Grande, Arizona location in the Abbott Nutrition division. 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 them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

Casa Grande, AZ., is one of Abbott’s leading nutrition manufacturing plants in the U.S., reflecting our commitment to innovation and excellence. But we’re more than just a company, we’re a family. Working here you’ll be part of a family that works together to make a difference and enhance the lives of millions worldwide.

WHAT YOU’LL Work On

Provide vision, strategy and leadership for plant operations and maintenance to achieve and maintain the highest standards of quality, customer satisfaction, delivery, service and manufacturing capability to accomplish plant, division and corporate goals at competitive costs.

Major Responsibilities:

• Partner with Quality Assurance in implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system
• Assures compliance to all procedures and policies concerning all areas of quality, regulatory, safety and human resources
• Initiates and implements actions to maximize profits by containing expenses through improved operating and cost efficiencies
• Develops, approves and meets financial budgets, plans and updates
• Recruits, trains, develops, rewards and recognizes personnel to achieve targeted strategies and goals
• Creates the appropriate organization structure to reflect and achieve current/planned goals and objectives
• Ensures performance, quality, cost, schedule, profit and customer satisfaction targets are achieved with risks identified and mitigated and opportunities exercised
• Establishes interfaces with Divisional/Corporate management to assess customer needs and assures accurate project or program technical direction for operations engineering and manufacturing
• Assists in new product launches, production and engineering improvements, product testing, etc.
• Assures timely and relevant communications to and from all levels (this includes assuring communications between affected reporting areas and to related departments)
• Responsible for establishing systems that would enhance intra- and inter-departmental communications
• Coaches, develops and mentors direct staff
• Conducts performance reviews and develops growth plans; interprets, implements and supports employee-related policies, procedures and programs
• Assigns projects/tasks to direct staff
• Responsible for recruitment, selection, development and retention of employees
• Develops strategic plans and objectives in accordance with overall Plant and Division strategy; executes b