Lead Sr., Group

Overview

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.

Job Description

A healthy heart is essential to good health. That's why we're committed to advancing treatments for people with cardiovascular disease. As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, our breakthrough medical technologies help restore people's health so they can get back to living their best lives, faster. We focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.

This position will be located in our Scottsdale, AZ office.

Summary:

The Production Coordinator ensures the effective use of material, equipment and personnel in producing quality production. Responsible for ensuring inventory accuracy, cycle counts, and meeting build schedules.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Assists in coordinating production activity in assigned work areas, ensuring that product is continuously processed in accordance with build schedules.
• Coordinates communication of work instructions to personnel in designated areas in accordance with supervisory objectives.
• Ensures that quality and production goals are met.
• Performs regular process and quality performance audits of personnel, tooling and equipment in assigned areas.
• Advises supervisor or other appropriate contacts in the event of equipment failure.
• Accumulates information for assigned areas regarding work in process inventory status and daily output quantities.
• Assists in providing direct training to area operators as required. Provides feedback on defects encountered, and provides re-training support as necessary.
• Provides assistance in expediting priority product and tasks in assigned areas.
• Performs inspection and determines disposition of rejected components per required documentation, as directed.
• May perform direct manufacturing operations in support of build schedules, as directed or as necessary.
• Remains current on developments in field(s) of expertise, applicable regulatory requirements, and a general knowledge of the company’s products, markets, and objectives as well as industry trends.
• Coordinates purchase requests for equipment and services.
• Resolves and/or facilitates resolution of problems including identifying causes to prevent re-occurrence.
• Daily meeting with manufacturing operators for better communication and continuous improvement.
• Ensures PM (preventive maintenance) and Calibration stickers are up to date.
• 5S audit and weekly meeting with other area value stream group-leads in an organization. BBSP Observation Help with any employee needs (assist with training and Employee Self Service needs).
• Support all Company initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.
• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements,
• Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments. Maintains positive and
• cooperative communications and collaboration with all levels of employees, customers, contractors, and vendors.

REQUIRED

• High School Diploma Must have 2 years of business experience in a professional environment. Must be fluent with multiple applications, preferably Microsoft Suite Application.

PREFERRED

• 6 years assembly experience, including the ability to provide work/lead direction to a team.
• 1-3 years as group-lead in a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Desired demonstrated knowledge of LEAN manufacturing, assembly, and production technical skills, and quality practices. Prior experience working in an air-conditioned clean-room manufacturing environment is also required. The demonstrated ability to understand and comply with applicable U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA) regulations and Company operating procedures, processes,…