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’ll also have access to:

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

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease.

This position works out of our Temecula, CA location in the AVD Vascular division.

MAIN PURPOSE OF THE ROLE
Plan, direct, and monitor all production activities within an assigned area or unit to maximize the use of
the organization's resources and meet established production specifications and schedules, volume, cost,
and wastage targets, and quality standards.

MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
• Develop and implement manufacturing schedules and procedures and allocate labor and capital
resources to maximize productivity.
• Analyze production, maintenance, and malfunction records to identify problems and recommend
solutions (for example changes to procedures, workflow, or equipment) that will improve performance.
• Liaise with functional or operational area managers (for example in supply and logistics, or sales) to
understand their current and future product needs and develop plans, cost estimates, and schedules for
integrating these needs into existing manufacturing activities.
• Plan, prioritize, and manage production line maintenance or downtimes to minimize disruptions to
manufacturing schedules.
• Lead, direct, evaluate, and develop a team of supervisors who are responsible for various production
activities such as assembly, machine operation, processing, treating, or packaging.

QUALIFICATIONS

Education

• Bachelors Degree (± 16 years) Related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

Experience/Background

• Minimum 10 years Related experience.
• Knowledge of regulations and standards of medical devices.
• Manufacturing experience with companies engaged in the manufacture of high quality, FDA regulated products
• Proven leadership skills, results oriented, highly collaborative, team player, and self-starter who can operate in a fast pace environment.
• Experience in state-of-the-art, multi-step, high volume, process control manufacturing and process development.
• Experience with ISO 9001/CE Mark requirements.
• Manufacturing management experience in manufacturing planning, documented systems, GMP, and quality.

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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 $129,300.00 – $258,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

• manufacturing management
• production planning
• process control
• iso 9001
• process development
• gmp
• fda regulations
• quality management
• resource allocation
• labor management
• maintenance planning
• cost estimation
• stakeholder management