Senior Director IT, Manufacturing Systems

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:

THE OPPORTUNITY:
The Sr Director IT, Manufacturing Systems is a global leader responsible for delivering technology strategy, solutions and services for Abbott manufacturing sites across Abbott Nutrition, Medical Devices, Diagnostics, Diabetes Care, Point of Care, and Molecular. 

The position provides strategic leadership to divisional operations leaders and their teams on business process transformation, application modernization, cybersecurity, data protection, compliance.

This position will develop, implement, and manage global manufacturing solutions for Abbott plants (domestic and international) enabling them to perform manufacturing processes more effectively and efficiently.  The senior director will provide application architecture roadmaps, strategies, and knowledge of state-of-the-art capabilities to help achieve business objectives.

The position requires expert knowledge of all discreet and process manufacturing processes, an in-depth knowledge of software delivery methodology, processes and tools, and expert understanding of current manufacturing software, including POMS, FactoryTalk, and Camstar.  This position requires proven leadership in delivery of technical application solutions and very strong change management experience.

This position is accountable for architecture and design for all manufacturing processes and systems, including Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), and labeling systems, as well as strategy for execution of each.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON:

• Manufacturing Systems Strategy- Responsible for leadership of developing solutions that support division manufacturing plants, identifying process efficiencies and state-of-the-art solutions and innovation through successful, consistent, and predictable delivery of programs, projects, and applications.
• IT Delivery & Support – Ensures delivery of IT solutions, collaborating with business to ensure good solution / application architecture and design, resourcing, skills, and capabilities.  Establishes and maintains support teams to ensure operations and maintenance of all applications supporting divisional manufacturing sites.  
• Compliance - Responsible for compliance to divisional policies and procedures, including Good Manufacturing Processes (GmP).  Assure compliance to all internal/external regulatory and policies.
• Cybersecurity - Responsible for oversight and enforcement of internal security policies and applicable external cyber regulations across functions.
• Ensure customer and supplier relationships are fostered and strengthened.
• People Management - Manage a high-performance team of ~150+ employees and service providers to deliver a quality solutions and global services with adherence to standard processes, tools, and service levels.  Negotiate contracts with strategic partners.
• Budget Management - Develop and direct budget execution plans to ensure resources for changing client demands.

Span of Business Function Control:

• This position will support Abbott’s global manufacturing for Nutrition, Medical Devices, Diagnostics, Diabetes Care, Point of Care, and Molecular to define a strategies, roadmaps, and long-range investment plans for all technology solutions to support all manufacturing processes.  This role is expected to grow to include ARDx and EPD in the future.  This position supports the DVPs of Operations across above divisions and Med Device business units.  
• This role supports Abbott’s significant global manufacturing expansion across ADC, Nutrition and Medical Devices.

• The Senior Director IT, Manufacturing Systems supports 250+ applications across Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Laboratory Information Management Systems (LIMS), Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems, Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), and labeling.
• This position reports to the DVP, Business Solutions & Services within BTS.
• This position must have a strong executive presence and strategic mindset, as the role interacts with all levels Directors, DVPs, Corporate Officers, and EVPs. This position requires work with cross-functional teams, cross-divisional teams, and global teams.
• This position oversees at one time, many high visibility projects, products, and processes. 
• This position requires