Principal Operations Supervisor

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.

Principal Operations Supervisor. This position will support the Structural Heart business and will be based in Caguas, Puerto Rico.

On-site position.

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re 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. You will have access to:

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

• Health Insurance (starting on Day 1 of employment), Savings Plan (401K) with company match, Life insurance for you and your spouse/children, Short Term Disability, Long Term Disability, Education Assistance, Employee Assistance Program, Vacation, Sick, Personal Days.

• 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 position will provide support to our Medical Devices /  Structural Heart business . 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. Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease. 

As the Principal Operations Supervisor you will manage, lead productions activities, manufacturing supervisors, team leaders, budget forecasting and focus on designing strategies to comply with business objectives. This is a first shift role.

What You’ll Do

• Responsible for hiring and retaining a diverse, highly qualified staff and for providing career coaching, growth and personal development. Responsible for the development of staff: critiques, instructs, mentors, evaluates and coaches. Accountable for the performance of subordinates or the work output of managed subcontractors. Maintains a safe working environment and a strong customer focus. Models' optimum leadership competencies to inspire an energized, empowered and accountable work force, ethical behavior, favorable community image and actualization of the company Guiding Principles and management values.

• Set expectations and objectives for assigned functional areas and direct reports and monitor progress to objectives. Manages (prioritize, coordinate, direct) the activities related to the deployment of production support engineering.

• Develops/monitors/controls budgets for assigned areas and meet area financial objectives.

• Determine and support training requirements to assure operational readiness of assigned work areas. Designs, defines and coordinates all required training for Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) compliance and employee development.

• Cooperatively develops annual operational build and financial plans and over-achievement/ continuous improvement plans. Determines resources to meet project objectives and manage budgets.

• Forecasts resource consumption based on forecasted activity (material/ labor standards, product mix/ absorption, project timing). Forecasts and report on area activity, performance and financial trends. Evaluates strategic capacity availability, plans and contingencies. Monitor/reduce Work-In-Process (WIP) inventory levels and ensure maintenance of strategic inventory integrity. Develops production plans and initiate activity to meet production demand requirements and strategic business needs.

• Lead capital improvement projects and prepares capital expenditure justifications.

• Conducts feasibility studies and develop project schedules. Provide vision, strategies and tactics to ensure sustainable competitive advantage of assigned areas.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in administration or engineering.

• Minimum 6 years of experience in Production or related, supervisor.

• Ability to effectively communicate cross functionally to assist with resolving Quality/Engineering issues.

• Excellent written, verbal with resolving communication skills in both English and Spanish.

• Ability to interact effectively with all levels of employees.

• Knowledge of common office applications: Word, PowerPoint, Excel.

• Ability to evaluate and lead resolution of complex process issues.

Preferred qualifications:

• Experience working in a regulated industry (e.g., medical devices, pharmaceuticals, healthcare, biotechnology, or similar).

• Lean certification preferred (Lean, Lean Six Sigma, or equivalent continuous improvement certification).

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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 $76,000.00 – $152,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.]]><