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. **TPM Ops Lead** **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 (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program, and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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** Specialist individual contributor with comprehensive knowledge in the area of Operations and Process control. Positively influence teams in a matrixed work environment. Ability to drive progress and accountability to deliverables and action items. **What You’ll Work On** + Operations Lead considered as highly experienced and knowledgeable resource within the organization in implementing and maintaining manufacturing processes. + Monitors processes and manufacturing operations. + Communicate confidently and effectively with all levels of management, peers, and key stakeholders, including timely escalation of quality issues. + Provide guidance, insight and training to the team and the wider business around operations standards and regulatory requirements. + Establish and drive adherence to key factory output metrics including: OEE, yield, headcount, downtime readiness, quality metrics, and overall output. + Collaborates cross-functionally with Engineering, Quality, Regulatory, IT, Facilities, and TPM (Third Party-Manufacturer) personnel to streamline operations. + Identify and quantify improvement projects to support reaching maximum output capacity in your specific area. + Ensures proper sequence of operations and prepares specifications and operating procedures for processing personnel. + Ensures processes and procedures comply with regulations. + Accountable for corrective and preventive actions and investigation management. + Helps to troubleshoot and solve manufacturing problems with processes or equipment already in operation. + Maintains and presents factory performance data to senior leadership on a minimum monthly basis. + Supports design development activities for product improvement and NPI activities. + Experience of development in Microsoft Power Apps would be considered an advantage. + Operational Excellence experience or Lean / Six Sigma training would be an advantage. **Required Qualifications** + Bachelor’s degree in a technical field (such as engineering) + 5-6 years work experience Apply Now (https://www.jobs.abbott/us/en) **Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:** www.abbottbenefits.com (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx) 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. Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott , and on Twitter @AbbottNews. **Divisional Information** Medical Devices General Medical Devices: Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks. Diabetes We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology. 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. An Equal Opportunity Employer Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com