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Abbott Senior Operations Manager in Clonmel, Ireland
Have you ever wanted to make a difference?
At Abbott, you will play a crucial role to help people live more fully at all stages of their lives. Abbott is a global healthcare leader, and our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional products and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues have a daily impact on the life of people in more than 160 countries.
Abbott Ireland
In Ireland, Abbott employs over 5,000 people across nine sites. We currently have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott also has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been making a difference in the lives of Irish people since 1946.
Vascular Division Clonmel
Abbott Vascular is one of the world's leading vascular care businesses. Abbott Vascular is uniquely focused on advancing the treatment of vascular disease and improving patient care by combining the latest medical device innovations with world-class pharmaceuticals, investing in research and development, and advancing medicine through training and education. Our broad line of vascular devices–which includes vessel closure, endovascular and coronary technologies–are used to treat vessel diseases of the heart, carotid arteries, and peripheral blood vessels. These vessel diseases can lead to heart attack, stroke, critical limb ischemia, and other serious vascular conditions.
This is how you can make a difference at Abbott:
Reporting to the Operations Director, you will be responsible for ensuring the Vessel Closure value stream meets its customer quality, service, regulatory, financial and safety goals through effective management of the Operations function at the site.
Managing an organization of >25 operations management professionals and >600 production operators you will act as a key contributor to the site and divisional sales and operations planning (S&OP) process and ensure a robust capacity model is in place to align supply and demand requirements. You will promote, support and drive Continuous Improvement in all aspects of the Business through a structured format such as Lean or Six Sigma.
Main Responsibilities:
Recruits, coaches and fosters a diverse workplace that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organisational objectives.
Keeps the organisations vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action.
Builds strategic partnerships to further departmental and organisational objectives.
Develops and executes organisational and operational policies by utilising technical/professional knowledge and skills.
Monitors compliance with company policies and procedures (e.g.) compliance with Food and Drug Administration (FDA), British Standards Institution (BSI), Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) regulations etc
Develops, communicates and builds consensus for operating goals that are in alignment with the division. Provides leadership to assigned staff and supervisors by communicating and providing guidance towards achieving department objectives.
Creates immediate to long-range plans to carry out objectives established by top management;
Develops and calculates a budget for the department to meet organisational goals; forecasts future departmental needs including human and material resources and capital expenditures; recommends or modifies the structure of organisational units or a centralised functional activity subject to senior management approval.
Education and Experience Required:
Minimum 3rd Level Degree in Engineering/Science or equivalent. is preferred.
Minimum 9 years of experience in a similar field.
Experience of Operational Excellence (Shingo, etc.) advantageous.
Previous experience managing large manufacturing department in high volume medical device, pharmaceutical, automotive, or equivalent industries.
Previous experience with budgetary planning and control.
What we offer:
Attractive compensation package that includes competitive pay, as well as benefits such as:
Family health insurance
Excellent pension scheme
Life assurance
Career Development
Growing business plus access to many more benefits!!
An Equal Opportunity Employer
Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.
We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.
To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com