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.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• EDUCATION: Bachelor’s Degree in a related discipline.

EXPERIENCE:

• 8-10 years of increasing responsibility, impact, and scope within a manufacturing support environment in quality.
• 3-5 years in a supervisory or leadership role.
• Experience with Class II or III medical devices.
• Proven performance in nonconformance management and reduction, value improvement, risk reduction, and cost containment.
• Ability to travel internationally to support manufacturing sites.
• Demonstrated experience in process improvement methodologies (KPIV, KPOV, Fishbone, Is/Is Not, QFD), Six Sigma, product and process qualification and validation, and Process Control & Monitoring (SPC).
• Strong project management and people leadership skills.
• Ability to work in a highly matrixed and geographically diverse business environment.
• Strong leadership skills, including goal setting and providing positive and constructive feedback to build relationships and improve business results.
• Effective team collaboration in a fast-paced, changing environment.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at multiple levels within the organization.

Our location in DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS is hiring for a COMMERCIAL QUALITY MANAGER. This role will be responsible for ensuring that the region commercial affiliates implement and maintain cost effective quality system solutions and remain in compliance with regulatory requirements, fulfilling the commitments of the region/division or corporate compliance plans. Throughout establishing and maintaining quality assurance programs, policies, processes, procedures and controls regarding:

• Quality Management System,
• Training related to the Quality System and GMP
• Change Controls, Exceptions and CAPA
• Quality Events Handling, Complaints, Product Actions, Significant events & Counterfeiting, Tampering, Diversion and Product Theft
• Supplier Management
• Quality Audit Program
• Material Control
• Risk Management
• Quality Projects