Manager AQR Quality Program chez Abbott

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’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 Lake Forest IL facility.

What You’ll Work On

The function of the Quality Program Manager is to provide leadership, oversight, and project management covering Abbott's Quality System. This includes division / business support and quality expertise and consulting activities.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provide leadership and direction for furthering the development of the Abbott-wide Inspection Readiness Program.
• Act as a strategic partner for ensuring that our business locations are effective in the full life cycle of a third party inspection (preparation, execution, and response).
• Provide direction and consultation for third-party inspections including the identification and review of outstanding issues, facilitating inspections, liaison training, and promoting effective and professional inspection facilitation.
• Capable of assessing, and providing meaningful feedback regarding compliance status, effectiveness of management teams, and related quality and operational systems.
• Provide scheduling and detailed project tasks for assigned sub-teams to ensure milestones are implemented.
• Review and support creative solutions to key topics and utilize risk management principles.
• Build and maintain a strategic focus on emerging regulations and their potential impact on Abbott is essential to success in this role.

Serve as a Technical Advisor, Consultant, or Subject Matter Expert including:

• Technical consultant to business
• Represent Abbott both internally and externally in key areas
• Recognized expert (and sought after) both internally and externally

In addition, the following technical skills are preferred:

• Significant interaction with executive management with accountability for assigned projects.
• Candidates must have a fundamental understanding of regulatory inspections and quality systems.
• Proven technical project leader with an emphasis in Inspection Management and Regulations

Required Qualifications

Bachelors Degree, 4-year degree in a technical or scientific discipline  

Experience/Background: Minimum 10 years

• Managerial/Supervisory Experience - 4 years
• Quality Assurance and/or Compliance and/or Analytical Laboratories and/or Manufacturing and/or Operations - 10 years
• Project Management - 3 years
• Auditing experience- 2+ years
• Total combined minimum years of experience required: 10-12 (Not necessarily the sum of the above)

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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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The base pay for this position is

$127,300.00 – $254,700.00

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

JOB FAMILY:

Operations Quality

     

DIVISION:

AQR Abbott Quality and Regulatory

        

LOCATION:

United States > Abbott Park : AP52

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 50 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

No

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

     

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

     

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