Supervisor Production IV

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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.

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 will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• 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 Opportunity

This position works out of our Coyol Free Zone location in the Vascular Division. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for treatment of vascular disease.

As the Production Supervisor IV, you’ll have the chance to lead a group of engineers to build code for the mobile and Web Cloud platform, working closely with product manager, customer support and testing teams. You’ll manage operations, collaborate with security and infrastructure, and support IT defects.

What You’ll Do

• Implements and manages a staffing plan by identifying resources requirements, writing justifications for additional personnel, obtaining approval for changes, and coordinating the selection process with Human Resources.

• Develops direct reports by securing appropriate training, assigning progressively challenging tasks, rewarding positive behavior, and applying disciplinary action as appropriate.
• Trains and certifies to all critical assembly operations and understands all line PFM´s.
• Monitors daily metrics and provides direction and guidance to lower - level supervisors, or skilled nonexempt staff to achieve unit or Project goals.
• Retains responsibility for product from initial assembly to final distribution. Schedules and organizes assigned manufacturing lines to achieve 100% product availability and maintain targets levels of inventories.
• Communicates to line personnel daily while maintaining a constant line presence.
• Maintains regular communication with exempt level staff to ensure alignment in running operations and achieving objectives.
• Maintains a safe environment with 100% training and compliance with applicable procedures.

Shift B

Monday to Friday: 3:15pm a 10:00pm and Saturday: 7:00am 2:30pm

Required Qualifications

• B.S. in Engineering / Business or related career.
• 5-7 years of experience
• [Insert core skillset if necessary of related work.
• Influence and Leadership.
• Knowledge of applicable regulations and standards affecting the manufacture of Medical Devices (i.e., cGMPs and CFRs).
• Accountable to ensure the operation team manufactures products that meet the highest standards in quality, customer service, and compliance with regulatory agencies. Error in judgment or execution could result in serious quality issues, interruption in product availability, have a direct effect on patients' lives, and generate significant manufacturing cost variances and inventory issues.
• Accountable to ensure that safety, quality and performance goals are met on a daily and weekly basis.
• Error in judgment may interrupt weekly production goals as well as jeopardize product availability.
• Fully Bilingual

Preferred Qualifications

• Industry / supervisory experience and direct exposure to Operations desired.

• Ability to direct activities of employees. Ability to train and motivate assigned personnel.

• Ability to continuously improve upon safety, quality, and performance.

• Has understanding of operations standards and documentation.

• Has understanding of safety, quality, and performance goals and has the ability to execute on goals.

• Must be able to lead and motivate people to ensure safety, quality and performance.

• Ability to make decisions with sound judgment and execute on such decisions with quantifiable results.

• Ability to make difficult decisions within a time-sensitive environment.

• Ability to find solutions to difficult problems and/or the ability to find resources to solve such problems. Able to confront and resolve conflict and lead efforts to resolve critical situations. Uses good judgment to make sound decisions. This position requires a high level of adaptability, flexibility, clear direction and creative decision-making in a highly challenging environment.

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Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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