The Opportunity
Abbott Rapid Diagnostics (formerly Alere) is part of Abbott’s Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies. Our in-vitro Diagnostic Assay manufacturing site in Dundee has an exciting opportunity for a Dispensing and Labelling Manager to join the Dundee Operations department. This is a 2nd line leadership role.
What You’ll Do
As the Dispensing/Labelling Manager you will be responsible for overseeing safe, on-time delivery of product which conforms to current best practices and quality standards.
1. Provide effective leadership of the teams of Dispensing and Labelling (3 direct reports and a team of 16 heads overall)
2. Oversight of production and labeling design control
3. Collaborate with the Operations, Quality Control, and Product Quality Assurance peer group to plan and manage local schedules
4. Support audits
5. Working as part of a cross-functional team, perform Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) activities and perform document and Change Control review.
6. Oversight of statistical process control and Engineering Key Process Variables (KPVs), Critical Process Parameters (CPPs) and Critical Quality Attributes (CQAs) to ensure lot to lot consistency and optimal equipment effectiveness
7. Responsible for Health and Safety within the Dispensing/Labelling environments
Working hours: Monday-Friday 9-5
Required Qualifications / Profile
8. Degree level or equivalent, and/or
9. Experience in a manufacturing/production environment preferred
10. Experience in Operations leadership with excellent communication skills
11. An understanding of and ability to apply Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques, including Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
12. An appreciation for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) costs and how to influence them
13. An understanding of Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) and Change Control principles with the ability to process records within the respective databases/systems
14. Expertise in and ability to support/facilitate use of state-of-the-art Root Cause Analysis (RCA) tools, including A3/DMAIC
15. Understanding of and capability to support Risk Assessments, Risk Management/Control exercises, and Failure Mode Effect Analyses (FMEA).
16. An understanding of Process Validation principles and procedures with the ability to support execution
As you’d expect from an innovative global health care company, we offer a competitive range of benefits including excellent salaries, a class-leading defined contribution pension scheme, private healthcare, life assurance and a flexible benefits scheme.
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