Supplier Quality Professional

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At Abbott, diverse ideas, perspectives, and expertise allow us to create the life-changing solutions that help people live healthier lives. In 150 countries and with businesses spanning nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices, and branded generic pharmaceuticals, Abbott offers you enormous opportunities to explore your interests and help you achieve your career and personal goals.

Abbott Rapid Diagnostics (formerly Alere) is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies.  The position of Supplier Quality Professional II is within our Infectious Disease Developed Markets located at Scarborough, Maine.  This role will be responsible for all existing part specifications, resolving raw material issues, supporting cost savings initiatives, improving efficiency through material and process improvement, reducing material cost, and improving the supplier base through monitoring and measurement.  Assures compliance with cGMP, quality, and safety standards within vendor base and department.

This job description will be reviewed periodically and is subject to change by management.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manages several projects independently, maintain timelines, priorities and executes tasks in a manner that supports the organization’s top-level project goals
• Analyzes current raw material specifications to ensure appropriate features and limits are in place to support Company manufacturing processes.  Defines appropriate incoming inspection requirements. Materials may include biologicals, printed materials and plastics.
• Evaluates vendor and Company initiated raw material changes and coordinates appropriate testing and validation as required.
• Suggests and supports new methods or materials for continual improvement in the quality or efficiency of a product or process.
• Works to reduce costs in all areas of manufacturing.
• Creates and revises manufacturing documents, specifications, SOPs, safety instructions, validation protocols and procedures and other technical documents to ensure compliance and safety.
• Participates in/leads vendor audit program (travel will be required).
• Monitors vendor performance in the areas of quality, on time delivery, and corrective actions.
• Researches solutions to a diverse set of challenges in production and development.
• Actively participates in teams as necessary to promote continuous improvement and lean initiatives.
•  Communicates material issues with vendors and document corrective actions.
• Participates in vendor RFQ’s and follows through process to implementation.

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS | EDUCATION:

• Bachelor's degree in Biology, Manufacturing, Engineering or other related technical/scientific discipline or the equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of 2 years’ experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of 1 year experience in a quality or supplier engineering role.
• Prior experience working on a GMP or FDA regulated environment.

• Ability to travel at least 25% of time

COMPETENCIES:

• Knowledge of Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and MRP Manufacturing Software.

About Abbott.

At Abbott, we're committed to helping people live their best possible life through the power of health. For more than 125 years, we've brought new products and technologies to the world -- in nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices and branded generic pharmaceuticals -- that create more possibilities for more people at all stages of life. Today, 99,000 of us are working to help people live not just longer, but better, in the more than 150 countries we serve.

An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. To request accommodation, please send an email to MyRecruiter@alere.com.