JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Temecula, CA location in the Abbott Vascular Devices division.

Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease.

What You'll Work On

Business Line Leader I Operations: Assists Operations Manager in overseeing the operations and personnel of the production line to maximize productivity and operating efficiencies. Oversees the coordination of labor, materials, equipment, and tooling to assemble product effectively and deliver it to inventory. Maintains a high level of product quality and traceability during product assembly. Ensures production is performed in full compliance with the Quality System and all procedural requirements. Promotes safe work environment and behaviors.

What You'll Do
• Manages to a staffing plan by identifying resource requirements, writing justifications for additional personnel, obtaining approval for changes, and coordinating the selection process with Human Resources.
• Develops direct reports by securing appropriate training, assigning progressively challenging tasks, rewarding positive behavior, and applying disciplinary action as appropriate.
• Trains and certifies to all critical assembly operations and understands all line PFM's. Monitors daily work metrics and provides direction and guidance to skilled nonexempt staff to achieve unit or project goals.
• Retains responsibility for product from initial assembly to final distribution.
• Schedules and organizes assigned manufacturing lines to achieve 100% product availability and maintain targeted levels of inventories.
• Communicates to line personnel daily while maintaining a constant line presence. Maintains a safe work environment with 100% training and compliance to applicable procedures. Responsible for achieving dept. attendance targets including immediate feedback to employees by instance. Coordinates activities related to shift starts and changes.
• Communicates with other departments and functions as needed in support of meeting operational objectives.
• Interprets and executes policies that affect work processes and personnel within the assigned organizational unit.
• Oversees personnel and processes to ensure production meets all associated quality standards. Oversees personnel and processes to ensure full compliance with internal and external regulations.
• Able to respond to internal and/or external indicators that impact the business and/or industry.
• Monitors and reports on performance to area budget.
• Influence and Leadership: Performs to the accomplishment of production line goals by: Selecting, motivating, and training capable staff; Directing activities of non-exempt employees; Ensuring training and compliance to safety, quality and performance objectives; Managing goals, objectives, and performance of subordinates; Fostering an environment of collaboration and trust between self, team subordinates and peers, support personnel, and management; Utilizing available resources and processes to ensure fairness and equity in managing accountability, rewards, and recognition; Making decisions and exercising judgment that supports the accomplishment of daily objectives.
• Planning and Organizing: Schedules manpower, material and equipment resources for their production line to effectively meet near-term demands and long-term strategies.
• Decision Making Impact: Assignments are expressed in the form of tasks and/or goals and objectives. Generally makes day-to-day decisions within established guidelines as it relates to work processes or schedules in order to achieve business objectives established by senior management. Consequences of erroneous decisions would normally result in serious delays in assigned projects or operations with substantial expenditure of time, manpower, and funds.

Required Qualifications

Education

Bachelors Degree (± 16 years) in related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

Experience/Background

Minimum 2 years

Related work experience.

Manage progress of nonexempt employees for one production line toward achievement of departmental goals. Manage costs of projects, manpower, and material resources for one production line. Performs this job in a quality system environment. Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in non-compliance with company and governmental regulations. Understands and follows established work processes so as to optimize utilization of manpower and material resources within the assigned area or related departments. Facilitates others' participation in the continuous improvement program; Investigates and solves basic problems that impact work processes and personnel within a unit or department.

Apply Now

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life.

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.

JOB FAMILY:
Manufacturing

DIVISION:
AVD Vascular

LOCATION:
United States > Temecula : Building E - TE

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:
Standard

TRAVEL:
Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
Yes

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
Awkward/forceful/repetitive (arms above shoulder, bent wrists), Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous standing for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Continuous walking for prolonged periods (more than 2 hours at a time in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday), Work in a clean room environment