Lead, Medical Events Group

Abbott Laboratories hiring for Lead, Medical Events Group jobs in Alameda, CA, US

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 115,000 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.
• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO
• 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

This position works out of our Alameda, CA location in the Diabetes Care division where we're focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

As the Lead, Medical Events Group you will be responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system. Manage the direct activities of an area within a department or function. Provides direct supervision to professional, direct or indirect labor staff. Insure that plans are implemented and milestones are achieved. Ensures that compliance is maintained and that employees are trained and following the required site level policies and procedures.

What You’ll Work On

• Gather and prepare trend information and recommend areas of focus. Assist in the preparation of the financial plan; gather financial and other data to support the plan. Assist in the development of the capital plan by identifying projects to improve processes, reduce costs, and maintain operations.

• Sets standards and monitors staff performance; provide performance feedback; write and conduct appraisals for employees, recommend merit increases and promotions, deliver rewards and sanctions. Manages assigned projects; work cross functionally to identify changes and necessary resources.

• Responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system. Regularly makes decisions which impact quality, time and/ or cost; timely decisions are required regarding issues such as to proceed or abort, work OT, etc. Makes Decisions: Bases decisions on the overall good, rather than on benefit to a particular functional area, serves as a champion for specific projects and initiatives.

• Interact with peers in operations and within other cross-functional groups. Responds directly to on-site requests for information from internal and external regulatory agencies.

• Tracks and reviews daily indices (e.g., line outputs, labor efficiency, reject rates) and regulatory requirements to identity gaps between current and desired performance, applies standard problem solving tools (e.g., fish bone diagrams, Pareto analysis), recommends and implements corrective action so that the impact of the problem is minimized. Interfaces with other areas to identify and solve problems. Utilizes Financial Information: Makes day-to-day decisions which demonstrate a basic understanding of the financial business drivers (e.g., ROl, factory costs, cost reductions) and their inter-relationships.

• Recognizes risk relative to procedures and takes appropriate action. Quantifies Risk: Identifies and quantifies the financial, quality, regulatory, and human considerations associated with decisions.

• Adapts to and supports change in a timely, positive manner. Identifies and communicates need for change.

• Contributes to the creation of the team's mission, objectives, and strategies, accepts team decisions and works toward their implementation.

• Establishes and supports the norms and conditions for a work environment that supports team productivity, draws on the strengths of each team member, seeks input of team members, works cross functionally to resolve issues.,

• Utilizes information from seminars, bench marking, focus groups, etc., to identify trends and generate recommendations for continuous process improvements in such areas as reduced costs, new technologies, and reject rates.

• Follows through on promises and commitments and maintains confidences.

• Controls emotional reactions; copes with stress; is open to others' ideas; demonstrates an understanding and appreciation of differences in others; treats others as individuals with unique skills, interests and values; seeks to understand the goals and needs of others.

• Promotes productivity and morale by treating others with respect and dignity. Listens to different points of view, taking ownership and responsibility for own actions. Displays consistency between words and actions; follows through on commitments; is available to answer questions. Provide constructive feedback on individual and team accomplishments in a timely and non-threatening manner.

• Raises issues that block the achievement of individual and team performance; voices opinions and concerns without waiting to be asked; communicates through areas of difference as well as areas of common issues, i.e., can talk about both sides of an issue.

• Lead teams to customer oriented solutions that make business sense.

• Demonstrates awareness of the changing competitive, technological, health care, and regulatory environments, and demonstrates a perspective beyond one's own function.

• Makes plans to accomplish assigned daily activities and simple projects; establishes priorities so as to handle competing demands; optimizes use of available resources; estimates time and resources necessary to complete daily tasks or projects; establishes follow up systems.

• Influences others to support a course of action and to incorporate quality concepts in all activities, appropriately uses authority, influences activities without reliance on formal authority, and communicates unpopular decisions in a realistic but favorable light.

• Makes timely decisions which consider the facts and data at hand; champions specific projects; knows when to delegate to teams or other levels.

• Adjusts communication style and medium (oral, written, or electronic) to meet the needs of the receiver (direct reports, peers, customers, managers); summarizes data and distills it down to relevant points to enhance understanding; uses appropriate level of language and detail for the receiver.

Required Qualifications

Bachelors Degree in related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience

Minimum 2 years of experience (including 2-4 years of related operations experience)

Preferred Qualifications

Application of analytical and mathematical skills.

Ability to understand financial information or directly technical experience.

Knowledge of regulations and standards affecting IVDs and Biologics.

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* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

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 $73,600.00 – $147,200.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.