Production Supervisor - Virginia Plant (3rd Shift)

Abbott Laboratories • Danville, VA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Abbott is a global healthcare leader dedicated to helping people live more fully at all stages of life, with a comprehensive portfolio including diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals, and branded generic medicines. The company employs 115,000 colleagues across more than 160 countries. This specific role is a Front Line Leader I position within the Abbott Nutrition division, located at the Altavista, VA plant. The Nutrition business focuses on developing science-based nutrition products for all ages, featuring leading brands such as Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna®. The Altavista, VA facility is one of Abbott’s largest nutrition manufacturing plants, equipped with advanced technology, and is described as a family-like environment where employees work together to nourish millions of families worldwide.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, science, food technology or engineering or two years’ supervisory experience in a regulated industry with a GED/High School diploma
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Responsibilities

• Coordinating production team activities to deliver performance for the shift/line
• Developing team members through training programs and timely coaching and feedback
• Modeling and promoting behaviors to drive a culture of safety and quality compliance
• Driving operational efficiencies and understanding performance based on key metrics
• Promoting a continuous improvement culture using problem-solving skills
• Managing expenses, including labor and overtime costs
• Modeling and promoting accountability to our compliance standards including FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies and procedures

Benefits

• 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 a 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: Manager
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees