Calibration Coordinator

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 115,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve peoples health. Were always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

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. Youll 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 high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelors 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.

The Opportunity

• This is not a remote opportunity

What Youll Work On

• Define, plan, coordinate and integrate activities associated with launches or upgrades/changes to existing products.
• These activities include coordination of artwork and packaging, in house and third part Manufacturing, inventory phase in and phase out, procurement and all other Manufacturing/operations/supply chain activities associated with changing existing products.
• Document and maintain all project related plans, schedules, meeting minutes, Management reviews, etc.
• Will be responsible for tracking and report project status and progress to Division Management.
• Coordinate all cross functional activities associated with changing existing products.
• Coordination activities from engineering development or existing product change requests through launch or change
• implementation for all configurations and markets.
• Develop and maintain launch plans that commercial product volumes are available on time and that excess and obsolete inventory is minimized.
• Hold regular project meetings to coordinate and document all activities with functional areas including Quality, Regulatory, Marketing, Operations, R&D, Commercial and Finance.
• Document meeting minutes, action lists, tracking lists and open issues.
• Work with functional team to anticipate and solve problems.
• Participate in review meetings representing project team.
• Responsible for ensuring the effectiveness of the quality system.
• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and performing other duties as assigned by management.
• This position is responsible for project planning and execution by coordinating activities across all departments for the success and timely implementation of change to product, meeting Division business strategies.
• This position has a direct impact on the timeliness and preparation of product changes and introduction into the market.
• This position will report directly to the Manager level personnel in Operations organization.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree or equivalent work experience
• Minimum 2 years work experience
• Knowledge of Program Management tools such as MS Project, PowerPoint, Excel and Word.
• Good interpersonal and presentation skills are required in leading cross-function team and
• communicating project status.
• Ability to manage multiple projects and handle complexity.
• Experience in product development or manufacturing in a medical device is desirable.
• The ability to collect information from multiple sources, sort through, integrate, and resolve often conflicting requirements, and drive an organization through the various issues to result in a successful product launch.

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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 $61,300.00 $122,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.