Abbott

Sr. Specialist, Supplier Quality

Abbott • $90K — $180K *
Livermore, CA 94550In-Person
Pharmaceuticals & Biotech
5 - 7 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's Degree or equivalent education and experience (approx. 13 years is ideal).
  • Solid communication and interpersonal skills essential for collaboration.
  • Proven project management and leadership capabilities, especially in multi-departmental settings.
  • Ability to thrive in a matrixed and diverse business environment.
  • Experience in fast-paced, changing environments as both a team member and individual contributor.
  • Strong verbal and written communication skills for effective engagement across all organizational levels.
  • Willingness to travel 10-20%, including international trips.

Responsibilities

  • Manage the development of inspection procedures and first article requirements for supplied products.
  • Notify suppliers of customer complaints regarding supplied materials and enforce corrective action.
  • Assess supplier capabilities through visits, technical discussions, and audits.
  • Communicate proactively with suppliers about quality issues through audits and corrective action requests.
  • Contribute to supplier performance reviews and support Supplier Development Quality programs.
  • Ensure compliance with regulatory standards and internal company policies.
  • Manage all supplier quality engineering activities, from selection to evaluation and corrective measures.

Benefits

  • Free coverage in HIP PPO medical plan for participants completing a wellness assessment.
  • Comprehensive health and wellness benefits to support work-life balance.
Full Job Description
JOB DESCRIPTION:

The Opportunity

This position will work out of our Livermore, CA location in the Abbott Heart Failure, Acelis Connected Health business. Our Heart Failure solutions are helping address some of the World's greatest healthcare challenges.

As the Senior Supplier Quality Specialist, you are responsible for managing the Supplier Quality system. In this role, you will ensure our current processes remain in compliance with regulatory requirements and internal quality standards.

Principal Responsibilities
  • Manages development of supplied product inspection procedures and first article requirements.
  • Notifies suppliers of customer complaints related to failures resulting from supplied material and require investigation and corrective action.
  • Assesses supplier capabilities through direct visits, technical discussions, directed testing and quality system audits
  • Proactively communicates quality issues to suppliers as needed through supplier quality system audits, supplier corrective action requests and technical discussions.
  • Contributes and participates in supplier performance reviews.
  • Participate in or lead teams in supporting Supplier Development Quality program requirements (e.g., represent the Supplier Development Quality function as a Core Team Member)
  • Complies with Joint Commission 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.
  • Manage all activities related to Supplier Quality Engineering in accordance to policy, including supplier selection and evaluation, material qualification, inspection procedure development, supplier corrective action, supplier assessments, supplier performance reviews and supplier development.
  • Develop, train, implement and continuously approve upon department policies and procedures.
  • Ensure departmental compliance with Division SOPs and procedures.
  • Ensure timely and thorough review of product/process changes.
  • Provide routine communications with department employees to ensure awareness.


Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's Degree (± 13 years) or relevant education and experience.
  • Solid communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Strong project management and leadership skills, including the demonstrated ability to lead multi-departmental project teams and resolve quality-related issues in a timely and effective manner.
  • Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
  • Ability to work within a team and as an individual contributor in a fast-paced, changing environment.
  • Ability to leverage and/or engage others to accomplish projects. Strong verbal and written communications with ability to effectively communicate at multiple levels in the organization.
  • Ability to travel approximately 10-20%, including internationally.


Preferred Qualifications
  • 5 or more years of medical device related experience
  • Strong Experience with Supplier Quality Systems
  • Knowledge of Regulated Industries


Physical Requirements
  • Must be able to work sitting down for extended periods of time.
  • Must be able to work with computer and multiple computer screens for extended periods of time.


* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

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

The base pay for this position is
$90,000.00 - $180,000.00
In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:
Operations Quality

DIVISION:
HF Heart Failure

LOCATION:
United States > Livermore : 6465 National Drive

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:
Standard

TRAVEL:
Yes, 5 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:
No

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:
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)

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Learn more about Abbott
Size
113,000 employees
Market Cap
$189 billion
Industry
Healthcare
Net Income
$4.4 billion
Founded
1944
5 Year Trend
+15.6%
Revenue
$34.6 billion
NASDAQ
ABT
* Ladders Estimates

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