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.

Nourish the world and your career as part of the Nutrition team at Abbott.

Abbott’s Nutrition Division 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 get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.

WHAT WE OFFER AT ABBOTT

At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:

Production areas that are clean, well-lit and temperature-controlled Training and career development, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistanceFinancial security through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plansHealth care and well-being programs including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs, Medical Benefits start day 1Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPOVacation – 120 hours of accrued vacation (1st yr is prorated) + vacation buy program + 3 personal days + 10 paid holidays.Retiree Healthcare ProgramRobust 401(k) retirement savings with a generous company matchTuition 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 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.A stable company with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for implementing and maintaining effectiveness of the quality system by ensuring quality/compliance of equipment and tooling.Pro-actively seek ways to maintain and improve quality standards. use objective and quantifiable measures to decrease safety incidents and to increase quality and performance.Promote a safe work environment by ensuring the highest standards in employee safety.Supervise, train, and develop nonexempt personnel. Develop goals / objectives for all assigned personnel. Monitor employees' performance against goals, provide performance feedback. write and conduct development plans / performance appraisals. Manage employee HR issues.Manage and assign resources to address business needs, including staffing levels, overtime needs and project support.Develops and/or identifies new work processes and the improved utilization of human and material resources.Investigates and solves complex problems that impact work processes and personnel with a unit or department.Be responsible for overall equipment performance and maintain equipment downtime to an acceptable level. support equipment upgrades/new installations.Assist/support other functions as needed. proactively seek ways to increase productivity (i.e., implementing equipment improvements to increase productivity).Work as a liaison between Operations, Engineering, Equipment, Materials, Quality Control and Quality Assurance to manage and resolve production issues.Promote department goals by selecting, motivating, and training capable staff. Leads activities of assigned staff by communicating and providing guidance as applicable.Provide support for compliance investigations. Resolve corrective actions.Provides direction and guidance to non-exempt and exempt staff, evaluates performance of and assists in career development planning for subordinates.Ensure all assigned personnel are in personal training compliance and unique training needs of the group are met.Creates short to mid-range plans to carry out objectives established by management.Recommends or modifies the structure of crews subject to approval of management.

EXPERIENCE

Ability to direct activities of employees. Ability to train and motivate assigned personnel.Ability to continuously improve upon safety, quality, and performance.Understands maintenance EMP’s, equipment, standards, and documentation.Understands safety, quality, and performance goals and can 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.

SKILLS

Collaboratively set realistic, challenging, measurable goals and timetables. Keep self and others focused on key performance indicators.Be willing to adjust goals to meet changing business needs. Set short-term objectives that drive toward longer-term goals or strategies.Monitor or adjust activities to meet objectives. Stay with a position or a plan of action until the desired objective is achieved.Support staff with the necessary resources to achieve goals. Hold self and others accountable for delivering high quality results.Regularly evaluate self and team on goal attainment, process used to achieve goals and competitive benchmarks.Understand trends, their implication, and opportunities, in the global environment.Gather information from multiple sources including customers, peers, staff, and external experts.Assess information with a global perspective, identifying opportunities and threats and developing long-term strategies to respond. Balance opportunities, resources, and investments to maximize Abbott’s growth.Maintain a strong customer focus.Link the customer needs and marketplace conditions.Develop strategies that convert customer requirements into products and services.Identify and capitalize upon opportunities to create value from cross-division capabilities.Maintain effectiveness in continually changing work environment.Adjust quickly to work within new work structures, processes, requirements, or cultures.Treat change and new situations as opportunities for learning or growth.Speak positively about change to others.Modify behavior to deal effectively with changes in the work environment.Try new approaches for new situations and respond to change using effective behaviors. Reprioritize to meet schedule demands.Confront and resolve conflict and lead efforts to resolve critical situations.Work effectively with others to accomplish a common goal.Maintain good working relationships and deal with conflict in a productive way.Provide feedback to others on the team and exhibit strong interpersonal / communication skills.Demonstrate leadership ability and a successful history of accomplishing tasks through the efforts of others.Provide clear direction while exercising good business judgment to support creative decisions in a fast-paced environment that requires flexibility to respond to ongoing changes and challenges.Generate innovative solutions in work situations; try different and novel ways to deal with work problems and opportunities. Identify alternative ways to view or definite problems.Use many diverse sources for ideas and inspiration.Target areas for innovation and consider many solutions.

EDUCATION

Minimum of 5 years of related work experience with a good understanding of specified functional area.  3+ year’s supervisory experience and direct exposure to maintenance desired.Engineering / Operations / Business / Quality / Technical - 3-5 years total combined minimum years of experience.

The base pay for this position is $72,700.00 – $145,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.