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Sr Production Supervisor - Processing - Altavista, VA Plant

Abbott
Altavista, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 1/13/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/7/2025
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.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, You Can Do Work That Matters, Grow, And Learn, Care For Yourself And Your 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 you dream of.
  • Employees 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 a high employer contribution
  • Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Altavista, VA location in the Abbott Nutrition division. Our Nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

Altavista, Va., is one of Abbott’s largest nutrition manufacturing plants equipped with advanced technology to ensure efficient production. Working here will make you feel like you’re part of a family that works together to make a difference and help nourish millions of families around the world.

What You’ll Work On

  • Indirectly supervise team and lead staffing activities
  • Responsible for the overall results for multi-shift manufacturing operations resources for a manufacturing line(s); directly mentors and coaches other Production Supervisors who are accountable for shift performance on the line
  • Accountable to ensure understanding by these individuals of result delivery impact of their shift on the overall results of the multi-shift line or department
  • Model and promote the behaviors that ensure delivery of high quality products for our customers while championing compliance with Abbott policies and procedures, meeting all local and statutory requirements and adhering to the regulatory requirements of countries to which products are shipped
  • Train others in understanding for operator engagement and involvement in cost management
  • Establish financial statements, key performance measures and hold accountability for line budgetary decisions
  • Track, trend and continuously improve key performance measures
  • Establish financial performance goals for areas such as OEE, labor, downtime, units per hour, CIP and material usage (Note: This list is not all inclusive)
  • Assures team members are trained and understand duties, responsibilities and performance against established expectations
  • Provide timely coaching, counseling and feedback
  • Takes personal accountability to consistently meet and/or exceed manufacturing performance expectations, and is an acknowledged expert in delivering key performance metrics and training and developing others to meet organizational requirements of leaders
  • This position will require minimal direction and supervision from direct manager with a high degree of autonomy for decision making, utilizing escalation when needed
  • Capable of leading and executing effective change management strategies
  • Direct and lead change within both own and other cross functional work groups
  • High level of engagement with cross functional teams at peer and site leadership levels
  • Will create a learning environment and support individuals in their development and growth, through utilization of the Learning and Development and Talent Management System plans
  • Understands and effectively uses change management to improve the organization and expected results delivery
  • Deputize for direct manager where required
  • Present to peers and site management teams
  • Lead escalation reporting process with autonomy to make decision for immediate action
  • Play a lead role during audits and site visits for internal to Abbott and external resources as required

Required Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in business, science, food technology, technical or engineering
  • 5 years’ experience in manufacturing leadership role
  • Demonstrated excellent oral/written communication and presentation skills
  • Coaching and development skills
  • Influencing and collaboration skills
  • Change management leadership skills
  • Advanced problem-solving skills
  • Finance and budgetary management accountability
  • Project management skills
  • Strategic planning skills

Preferred Qualifications

  • Experience managing other Production Supervisors
  • 1 years' managerial experience

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire. Pre-Employment Inquiries and Citizenship | U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (eeoc.gov)

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Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer and a Military/Veteran friendly Employer, committed to employee diversity.

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott, and on Twitter @AbbottNews.

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.

Salary : $97,300 - $194,700

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