Abbott is a global healthcare company devoted to improving life through the development of products and technologies that span the breadth of healthcare. With a portfolio of leading, science-based offerings in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic pharmaceuticals, Abbott serves people in more than 150 countries and employs approximately 69,000 people. 

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

Please note that candidates need to be eligible to work in the U.S. without Abbott sponsorship. 

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Primary Job Function:

Develops and implements site strategy for manufacturing and non-manufacturing training. Provides direction to and leads training specialists to support site training needs. Directs projects to ensure the manufacture of high quality product and to facilitate compliance with regulatory requirements.

Core Job Responsibilities:

Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.

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

2. Develops direct reports by securing appropriate training, assigning progressively challenging tasks, applying progressive disciplinary action as appropriate and conducting formal written and verbal performance reviews;

3. Monitors daily work operations and provides direction and guidance to, experienced exempt employees, or skilled nonexempt staff to achieve unit or project goals;

4. Interacts with internal and external customers, by meeting regularly, responding to requests and explaining procedures;

5. Interprets and executes policies that affect work processes and personnel within the assigned organizational unit;

6. Contributes to the development of operational policies and procedures that affect personnel within the assigned organizational unit;

7. Monitors compliance wrt training with company policies and procedures (e.g. compliance with FDA, BSI, EEO regulations etc.);

8. Translates department goals into individual objectives and PEX goals;

9. Creates and environment of continuous improvement: Identifies, develops and implements processes to improve site and department performance;

10. Represents Abbott Vascular Structural Heart during external and internal audits of training policies, projects and documentation.

11. Understands the sites training needs, keeps informed of best practice within industry and develops best practice training system for manufacturing and non-manufacturing personnel on site.

12. Provides guidance on overall training strategy for all activities on site;

13. Liaises with other Abbott facilities/departments to ensure consistent training approach on similar activities across different sites/departments;

14. Key contact with other Abbott facilities in relation to changes to training policies and procedures;

15. Works with other Managers and Supervisors to identify training requirements in relation to their job function and develops training programs to meet these requirements.

Position Accountability / Scope:

(Technical/Business Knowledge (Job Skills)) Monitors progress of exempt individuals, teams, supervisors or nonexempt technical individuals toward departmental goals; monitors costs of projects and of human and material resources within a department or unit; monitors external environment in area of technical or professional responsibility. Will perform this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations;

(Cognitive Skills) Develops and/or identifies new work processes and the improved utilization of human and material resources within the assigned area or related departments; facilitates others involvement in the continuous improvement program; investigates and solves problems that impact work processes and personnel within the assigned unit.

Minimum Education:

Bachelor's degree (ENGINEERING) and 6+ years of related work experience or an equivalent combination of education and work experience. Advanced degree preferred

Minimum Experience / Training Required:

* Training Experience in a manufacturing environment (REQUIRED).

* Experience working with engineering/manufacturing to create process training documents.

* Experience working projects from start to finish.

* Implementing manufacturing process training certifications

* Experience developing and creating training modules.

* Training/coaching manufacturing trainers

(Influence/Leadership) Promotes the attainment of group goals by selecting, motivating, and training capable staff. Provides leadership to assigned units by communicating and providing guidance towards achieving group objectives.

(Planning/Organization) Schedules human and material resources within a group or section in conjunction with near-term plans to ensure their availability; carries out operations within an established budget.

(Decision Making/Impact) Assignments are expressed in the form of tasks and objectives; generally makes day-to-day decisions within established guidelines regarding work processes or schedules in order to achieve the program objectives established by senior management; consequences of erroneous decisions would normally result in serious delays to assigned projects or operations with substantial expenditure of time, human resources, and funds, without jeopardizing future business activity.

NO RELOCATION ASSISTANCE IS AVAILABLE FOR THIS POSITION. OPEN TO CONSIDER CANDIDATES WILLING TO RELOCATE AT THEIR OWN COST.

OPEN TO CONSIDER CANDIDATES AT A LOWER EXPERIENCE LEVEL.