Manager, Quality Assurance

Abbott • Temecula, CA

9d • $99,300 - $198,700 • Onsite

About The Position

Abbott is seeking a Quality Assurance Manager for its Temecula, California location. This is an onsite role in the AVD Vascular division. The manager leads Quality engineers supporting manufacturing and directs projects to ensure high-quality products and compliance with regulatory requirements. The role oversees staff, work operations, customer interactions, department policies and procedures, budgets, process improvements, supplier development, and sustaining support of the Quality System and regulatory compliance. The position includes travel 10% of the time and work in a quality system environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree, preferably in Engineering, and 9 or more years of related work experience, or an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Ability to lead, select, motivate, and train staff and guide teams toward group objectives.
• Ability to schedule human and material resources and manage operations within an established budget.
• Ability to monitor progress toward departmental goals, project costs, and resource use.
• Ability to develop or identify improved work processes and investigate and solve problems affecting the assigned unit.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of Quality engineers supporting manufacturing and direct projects to ensure high-quality products and regulatory compliance.
• Implement staffing plans, justify additional personnel, obtain approval for changes, and coordinate selection with Human Resources.
• Develop direct reports through training, progressively challenging assignments, appropriate disciplinary action, and written and verbal performance reviews.
• Monitor daily work operations and guide experienced exempt employees or skilled nonexempt staff toward unit or project goals.
• Meet with internal and external customers, respond to requests, and explain procedures.
• Interpret and execute policies affecting work processes and personnel; contribute to developing operational policies and procedures.
• Monitor compliance with company policies and applicable regulations, including FDA, BSI, and EEO requirements.
• Contribute to developing and monitoring area budgets through cost and spending analysis.
• Translate department goals into individual objectives and key result areas.
• Identify, develop, and implement processes to improve department performance.
• Monitor departmental activities and records and make critical decisions to ensure compliance.
• Provide supplier development support by assigning work to address manufacturing process defects and implement process improvements using Quality System tools.
• Improve Quality Systems and tools by directing personnel to gather data, identify weaknesses, and research and select new tools.
• Maintain Quality System capability and regulatory compliance by addressing quality-system issues and delegating related project work.
• Select, motivate, and train capable staff; communicate guidance toward group objectives.
• Schedule human and material resources in conjunction with near-term plans and carry out operations within an established budget.
• Monitor progress toward departmental goals, project and resource costs, and the external environment in the area of responsibility.
• Develop or identify work processes and improve utilization of human and material resources; facilitate continuous improvement and investigate and solve problems affecting work processes and personnel.

Benefits

• Career development opportunities with an international company.
• Eligible employees may qualify for free medical coverage in the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• Retirement savings plan with high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement.
• Freedom 2 Save student debt program.
• FreeU education benefit, an affordable and convenient path to a bachelor's degree.

What This Job Offers

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