Sustaining Operations Manager

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:

Sustaining Operations Manager

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

At Molecular Diagnostics, we realize the potential of personalized care as the laboratory’s most trusted and preferred source for molecular diagnostic solutions. We are a division of Abbott Laboratories, a global, diversified healthcare innovator with a legacy of pioneering work in medical diagnostics.

Position: Sustaining Operations Manager
Location: Molecular Diagnostics Business Unit, Des Plaines, Illinois

The position of Sustaining Operations Manager will be responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system. Provide supervision and direction to a group engaged in basic product or process development /support, including creating design plans, processing vendor notifications, and creating/releasing new spare parts. Ensure that plans are implemented and milestones are achieved.

What You’ll Work On

• Develop project plans, ensure milestones are met and adjust resources as required to meet commitments.
• Organizes and Executes Activities: Coordinates the detailed timeline, key milestones and resources to process design changes, vendor notifications, and the release of new parts.
• Supports Achievement of Development Goals: Balances the time needed for accomplishing current work and achieving development goals, applies newly developed skills, knowledge and experience to the job, recognizes and rewards development.
• Design and analyze solutions to meet product or process issues. Maintain current technical skills and business function expertise. Anticipate issues and their impact on projects and make recommendations for resolution. Considers cost of alternatives when making decisions and/or recommendations.
• Recommends an organization design that responds to the needs of the business and provides a meaningful work experience for employees.
• Encourage and reward decisive, effective action.  Presents information to and elicits comments from individuals and groups, facilitates group processes and teamwork. Maintain contact with team members to provide a communication link with management. Keeps management informed or personnel of project developments.
• Supports Analysis and Design of Products or Processes: Identifies cause-effect relationships and uses technical knowledge and experiences to recommend and execute options. Integrates subsystems and components in total system design, develops specifications and customer requirements.
• Staffs Positions: Recruits, interviews, and selects candidates to fill openings. Delegates authority appropriate to the individual and to the scope of the project.
• Exchanges Information: Exchanges information with appropriate frequency and within a time frame to maximize its utility and promote cross functional collaboration; verifies that the message was understood.
• Adapts Information to Customer Needs: Delivers communications tailored to the needs of the receiver, speaks and writes clearly and concisely.
• Makes Presentations: Delivers informational pre