Project Leader Third Party Manufacturing - Quality - Columbus, OH

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.##
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* JOB DESCRIPTION:

**** Project Leader Third Party Manufacturing - Quality
** Abbott Nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow, to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac, Pedia Sure, Pedialyte, Ensure and Glucerna. – to help get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life.
** WHAT WE OFFER
** At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career. We offer:
* Fast paced work environment where your safety is our priority
* Production areas that are
** clean, well-lit and temperature-controlled**
* ** Training and career development**, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
* ** Financial security
** through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plan.
* ** Health care and well-being programs
** including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs,
** Medical Benefits start day 1**
* ** Vacation – 3 weeks accrued vacation (1st yr is prorated) + vacation buy program + 5 personal days + 10 paid holidays**
* ** The stability of a company
** with a record of strong financial performance and history of being actively involved in local communities
** Learn more about our benefits that add real value to your life to help you live fully:
** Our location in Columbus OH, currently has an opportunity for a
** Project Leader Third Party Manufacturing -*
* ** Quality
* * The primary function of the TPM group is to ensure a high-quality supply of finished products through evaluation, monitoring and development of Abbott Nutrition TPM suppliers worldwide. TPM QA is responsible for working and communicating with manufactures as part of an ongoing supplier management process. TPM QA supports systems such as supplier qualification, supplier development, supplier monitoring, and supplier event management.

In addition, TPM QA partners with cross functional teams to commercialize new products at TPMs.  The Project Leader (TPM QA) will support account managers for all things quality across multiple suppliers that manufacture finished products on behalf of Abbott nutrition.  Within this role you will serve as the representative of Abbott to the supplier for numerous technical departments while coordinating activity with the supplier on behalf of regulatory, R&D, procurement, package engineering, and many more internal stakeholders.  

Conversely, the individual in this role must also be responsible for accurately serving as a representative of the supplier in numerous meetings and exchanges internally within Abbott.
** WHAT YOU’LL DO
*** Perform qualification/change activities for various commodities associated with Global TPMs.
* Support compliance projects related to ingredient, packaging, and finished good suppliers.
* Write and/or review specifications, engineering studies, validation packages, change requests, etc. to ensure product quality is maintained, and use quality tools to improve and assure quality.
* Support and ensure technical readiness by the supplier/manufacturer in advance of new product launches, trials, etc.
* Support TPM QA team in monitoring the CAPA system to identify trends, identification of root cause, and effective CAPA plans.
* Track and trend established QA metrics (KPI and CAPA). Communicate monthly and /or quarterly data, as required, to the Division and Corporate Levels.
* Identify new and / or modify and enhance existing sources of quality data for Continuous Improvement.
* Maintain relevant documentation (i.e. QA policies, procedures, specifications, and acceptance programs) and assure these documents are current and compliant to division and corporate level policies and procedures as well as external governing…