Associate Production Supervisor, Devices
Sylmar, CA, United States
- Manufacturing
- Full-time
- production supervisor
- medical device manufacturing
- cardiac rhythm management
The Associate Production Supervisor at Abbott's Cardiac Rhythm Management division oversees production line personnel and processes to ensure quality, safety, and compliance in a medical device manufacturing environment. The role includes direct labor coaching, scheduling, performance monitoring, and supporting staffing and training initiatives to meet production goals. This position offers career development opportunities within a global healthcare company focused on innovative cardiac technologies.
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 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 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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.
The Opportunity
We currently have an opportunity available for a Associate Supervisor to join our Cardiac Rhythm Management division in Sylmar, CA. This is a fully Onsite role.
As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies, we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias, or irregular heartbeats.
MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE
Our current production supervisor group has 50 plus direct reports. This new role reporting to Supervisor (G.14) and under the direction of the supervisor will provide our sites the ability to lessen the span of control for all levels of production supervisors. This matrixed supervisor org (Assoc. Sup, Supervisor, Sr. Supervisor) will allow direct labor to have dedicated time with supervisors for guidance, coaching, and employee development. In addition, this new role creates a career ladder and development opportunity for our direct labor population to grow in the organization.
MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES
1. Communicates to line personnel daily while maintaining a constant line presence. Responsible for achieving department attendance targets including immediate feedback to employees by instance. Executes policies that affect work processes and personnel within the assigned area. Develops direct reports by securing appropriate training, assigning progressively challenging tasks, rewarding positive behavior, and applying disciplinary action as appropriate. Schedules and organizes assigned production area to achieve supply commitments and maintain targeted levels of inventories. Assists with activities related to shift starts and changes. Monitors daily line metrics and provides direction and guidance to skilled nonexempt staff to achieve unit or project goals.
2. Oversees personnel and processes to ensure full compliance with internal and external regulations. Supports investigations for man related quality incidents and supports implementation of corrective actions along with Quality department. Oversees personnel and processes to ensure production meets all associated quality standards.
3. Maintains a safe work environment with 100% training and compliance to applicable procedures. Performs investigations for safety incidents, and drive implementation of corrective actions along with Safety department. Assist in preparing training plans to achieve line ergonomic rotation objectives
4. In coordination with Supervisor, supports staffing plan by identifying resource requirements and coordinating the selection process with Human Resources. Monitors and reports on performance to Operational & Financial metrics for the area.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education
Associates Degree (± 13 years)
Relevant field.
Experience/Background
Experience Details
Minimum 1 year
Production environment necessary with degree.
An equivalent combination of education and work experience.
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, committed to employee diversity.
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The base pay for this position is $73,900.00 – $116,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.
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