Manager, QA

Quality Assurance Manager

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.

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'll also have access to : career development with an international company where you can grow the career of which you dream. You can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year. An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution. Tuition reimbursement, the student debt program and education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor's degree. 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 : Our location in Temecula, CA, currently has an opportunity for a Manager, Quality Assurance. This is an onsite daily role. What you'll do :

Leads the team of Quality engineers to support manufacturing. Directs projects to ensure the manufacture of high quality product and to facilitate compliance with regulatory requirements.

Main responsibilities include :

• Implementing a staffing plan by identifying resource requirements, writing justifications for additional personnel, obtaining approval for changes, and coordinating the selection process with Human Resources.
• Developing direct reports by securing appropriate training, assigning progressively challenging tasks, applying progressive disciplinary action as appropriate and conducting formal written and verbal performance reviews.
• Monitoring daily work operations and providing direction and guidance to experienced exempt employees, or skilled nonexempt staff to achieve unit or project goals.
• Interacting with internal and external customers, by meeting regularly, responding to requests and explaining procedures.
• Interpreting and executing policies that affect work processes and personnel within the assigned organizational unit.
• Contributing to the development of operational policies and procedures that affect personnel within the assigned organizational unit.
• Monitoring compliance with company policies and procedures (e.g. compliance with FDA, BSI, EEO regulations etc).
• Contributing to the development and monitoring of area budgets through regular analysis of cost and spending.
• Translating department goals into individual objectives and KRAs.
• Identifying, developing and implementing processes to improve department performance.
• Monitoring departmental activities and records to ensure compliance independent action through critical decision making.
• Providing supplier development support by defining work assignments directed to address manufacturing process defects and implement process improvements utilizing Quality System tools.
• Implementing improvements to Quality Systems and tools by directing personnel to gather data on existing quality tools, identify weaknesses, and research / select new tools based on findings.
• Ensuring sustaining support of Quality System and regulatory compliance by individually working quality system issues and by delegating project work for maintaining quality system capability.

Education and experience you'll bring :

The base pay for this position is $97,300.00 $194,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity. We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.