Distribution Warehouse Supervisor

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.

The Opportunity

his position works out of our Roseville Distribution Center, MN location in the Cardiac Rhythm Management division.

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.

Distribution Warehouse Supervisor is 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. Ensure that plans are implemented and milestones are achieved. Direct the activities of staff to achieve objectives.

What You’ll Work On

• Sets standards and monitors staff performance, provide performance feedback, write and conduct appraisals for employees, recommend merit increases and promotions, deliver rewards and sanctions.

• Provide technical expertise and guidance.

• Understand detailed area operations (function specific).

• Regularly makes decisions which impact quality, time or cost, timely decisions are required regarding issues such as to proceed or abort, work OT, etc. Manages assigned projects, work cross functionally to identify changes and necessary resources.

• Develop and recommend departmental reward and recognition programs.

• Assist employees in the creation of development plans, work with employees to meet their development needs.

• Communicate work center/department objectives and results.

• Uses time effectively, both for self and others, identifies appropriate meeting participants and uses meetings effectively.

• Coach teams, provide guidance, direction, training, resources, and time.

• Direct supervision of workforce.

• Create a climate of trust and respect within the group . Exchanges information with employees, peers, and management regarding operations.

• Interviews candidates for positions on the direct staff.

• 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.

• Plans Activity Structure: Makes plans to accomplish assigned activities and projects, establishes priorities so as to handle competing demands, optimizes use of available resources, estimates time and resources necessary to complete tasks or projects, establishes follow up systems.

• Troubleshoots: 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., fishbone 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.

• Staffs Positions: Recruits, interviews, and selects candidates to fill current position openings.

• 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.

• Adapts Information to Customer Needs: Adjusts communication style and medium (oral, written, or electronic) to meet the needs of the receiver (direct reports, peers, customers, managers), delivers only important information, uses appropriate level of language and detail for the receiver.

• Listens Actively: Receives and interprets both verbal and non-verbal messages, confirms understanding of message before responding, asks for help and ideas when appropriate.

• Recognizes Risk: Recognizes risk relative to procedures and takes appropriate action.

• Represent the function to other areas of the company and outside the company.

• Maintain compliance requirements, monitor work environment to determine if it is in compliance . Identify and

• implement cost reductions.

• Coordinate day to day activities, crew/schedule work centers, expedite and resolve day to day issues.

• May oversee multiple shift operations.

• Raise issues to the appropriate level for resolution.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU’LL BRING

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent operations experience. 3-5 years in Supply Chain, Distribution or Operations. Experience may
  include manufacturing or distribution environment; knowledge of materials and inventory computer systems; Fork-lift certifications required

• Experience with CAPA and Change control preferred Thorough understanding of Abbott planning / inventory management or distribution systems

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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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