
Production Supervisor - Casa Grande, AZ
Abbott Laboratories
Summary
This position works out of our Casa Grande, Arizona location in the Abbott Nutrition division. Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages.
Job description
The Opportunity
This position works out of our Casa Grande, Arizona location in the Abbott Nutrition division. Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages.
Main Responsibilities
- Provide oversight of production staff that meets customer demand schedule.
- Develop, manage, and routinely disseminate information via dashboards, presentations, and meetings to keep the cross functional workforce updated.
- Effectively manage continuous improvement activities that will progressively increase the effectiveness of the production operations.
- Develop a high-performance work team with high levels of worker morale, satisfaction, and performance.
- Provide next level troubleshooting support for issues not resolved by the frontline team and escalate to engineering or management when necessary.
- Manage and guide a team of operators to improve quality and increase productivity on the line; maintain a constant line presence and a safe work environment with 100% training and compliance.
- Coordinate activities related to shift starts and changes; lead and coordinate daily activities of the shift team.
- Manage personnel and processes to ensure production meets all associated quality standards.
- Promote team, department and site goals through team communications and direction.
- Actively participate in team and department projects including execution of assigned actions.
- Track, trend and report on established KPIs; communicate to functional manager and site leadership team.
- Follow escalation reporting process and make decisions appropriate for level of accountability.
You'll be accountable for meeting our compliance standards including FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies and procedures.
Requirements
- BS or BA Degree
- 4 years of experience in a manufacturing environment
- Experience managing people
- Manufacturing experience
- Batch making experience
Benefits
- Retirement Savings Plan
- Tuition Reimbursement
- Freedom 2 Save Student Debt Program
- FreeU Education Benefit
- Career Development
Company overview
Abbott Laboratories is a global healthcare technology leader founded in 1888 and headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. As an international medtech and pharmaceutical company, Abbott operates in approximately 160 countries worldwide with a workforce of over 115,000 employees. The company is organized into four major business segments: Medical Devices (48% of revenue), Diagnostics (20%), Nutritional Products (19%), and Established Pharmaceutical Products (12%). Abbott's medical devices portfolio includes revolutionary technologies such as the FreeStyle Libre continuous glucose monitoring system for diabetes management, cardiovascular devices like the MitraClip and TriClip for heart valve repair, and neuromodulation systems for chronic pain management. The company's diagnostics division pioneered breakthrough tests including the first licensed HIV blood test in 1985. With a rich history spanning over 135 years, Abbott has consistently been recognized as one of Fortune's World's Most Admired Companies since 1984 and continues to drive innovation in healthcare technology to help people live healthier, fuller lives.