Operations Business Line Leader

Abbott • Temecula, CA

4d • $61,300 - $122,700 • Onsite

About The Position

This position works out of our Temecula, CA location in the Abbott Vascular Devices division. Abbott Vascular provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease.

Requirements

• Bachelors Degree (± 16 years) in related field or an equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Minimum 2 years Related work experience.
• Manage progress of nonexempt employees for one production line toward achievement of departmental goals.
• Manage costs of projects, manpower, and material resources for one production line.
• Performs this job in a quality system environment.
• Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in non-compliance with company and governmental regulations.
• Understands and follows established work processes so as to optimize utilization of manpower and material resources within the assigned area or related departments.
• Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

Nice To Haves

• Work in a clean room environment

Responsibilities

• Assists Operations Manager in overseeing the operations and personnel of the production line to maximize productivity and operating efficiencies.
• Oversees the coordination of labor, materials, equipment, and tooling to assemble product effectively and deliver it to inventory.
• Maintains a high level of product quality and traceability during product assembly.
• Ensures production is performed in full compliance with the Quality System and all procedural requirements.
• Promotes safe work environment and behaviors.
• Manages to a staffing plan by identifying resource requirements, writing justifications for additional personnel, obtaining approval for changes, and coordinating the selection process with Human Resources.
• Develops direct reports by securing appropriate training, assigning progressively challenging tasks, rewarding positive behavior, and applying disciplinary action as appropriate.
• Trains and certifies to all critical assembly operations and understands all line PFM's.
• Monitors daily work metrics and provides direction and guidance to skilled nonexempt staff to achieve unit or project goals.
• Retains responsibility for product from initial assembly to final distribution.
• Schedules and organizes assigned manufacturing lines to achieve 100% product availability and maintain targeted levels of inventories.
• Communicates to line personnel daily while maintaining a constant line presence.
• Maintains a safe work environment with 100% training and compliance to applicable procedures.
• Responsible for achieving dept. attendance targets including immediate feedback to employees by instance.
• Coordinates activities related to shift starts and changes.
• Communicates with other departments and functions as needed in support of meeting operational objectives.
• Interprets and executes policies that affect work processes and personnel within the assigned organizational unit.
• Oversees personnel and processes to ensure production meets all associated quality standards.
• Oversees personnel and processes to ensure full compliance with internal and external regulations.
• Able to respond to internal and/or external indicators that impact the business and/or industry.
• Monitors and reports on performance to area budget.
• Performs to the accomplishment of production line goals by: Selecting, motivating, and training capable staff; Directing activities of non-exempt employees; Ensuring training and compliance to safety, quality and performance objectives; Managing goals, objectives, and performance of subordinates; Fostering an environment of collaboration and trust between self, team subordinates and peers, support personnel, and management; Utilizing available resources and processes to ensure fairness and equity in managing accountability, rewards, and recognition; Making decisions and exercising judgment that supports the accomplishment of daily objectives.
• Schedules manpower, material and equipment resources for their production line to effectively meet near-term demands and long-term strategies.
• Assignments are expressed in the form of tasks and/or goals and objectives.
• Generally makes day-to-day decisions within established guidelines as it relates to work processes or schedules in order to achieve business objectives established by senior management.
• Facilitates others’ participation in the continuous improvement program; Investigates and solves basic problems that impact work processes and personnel within a unit or department.

Benefits

• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level