Project Leader Quality Assurance - Ingredient Supplier Quality - Nutrition- Columbus, OH

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Project Leader Quality Assurance – Ingredient Supplier Quality

Working at Abbott

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your 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.
• 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.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Columbus, OH location in the Nutrition Division .

Our Global Supplier Quality Assurance (GSQA) group in Columbus, OH currently has an opportunity for a Project Leader, Ingredient Supplier QA.

The primary function of the GSQA group is to ensure a high-quality supply of incoming materials through evaluation, monitoring and development of Abbott Nutrition ingredient and packaging suppliers worldwide. GSQA is responsible for working and communicating with suppliers as part of an ongoing supplier management process. GSQA supports systems such as: supplier qualification, supplier development, supplier monitoring, and supplier event management. In addition, GSQA supports the plant quality assurance, operations and purchasing groups globally to ensure that incoming material documentation involving acceptance, testing/release, and CAPA are compliant to Corporate and regulatory requirements.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

The Project Leader, Ingredient Supplier QA will exhibit excellent communication and leadership skills and support the training and development of others in the department. The Project Leader will be expected to manage projects and responsibilities of a potentially complex nature, including:

• Support strategic projects and continuous improvement activities associated with department and organization initiatives and goals
• Maintain GSQA policies and procedures, ingredient specifications and acceptance plans, and ensure that these documents are current and compliant to internal policies and regulations
• Lead ingredient supplier qualification and for-cause audits, as well as supplier assessments, and work with suppliers on continuous improvement activities, where needed
• Lead supplier event management activities to troubleshoot and resolve supplier processing or ingredient issues; support and influence suppliers to drive to root cause and implement effective CAPA when issues arise
• Monitor supplier performance and initiate supplier improvement activities, when needed
• Provide support to AN manufacturing plants by resolving incoming material issues in a timely manner
• Ensure that proposed changes to supplier processes or ingredients are assessed, approved and compliant to specifications, and make changes when necessary

• Maintain/control the status of ingredient suppliers and support supplier certification program activities

• Qualify new suppliers/supplier locations
• This role will report to the Ingredient Supplier QA Program Manager. The position will not have budget responsibilities or direct reports.

Required Qualifications

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in physical or life science, engineering or related degree
• 3 years or more of experience in supplier quality assurance programs or related experience in operations or quality assurance in the food manufacturing industry
• Thorough knowledge of food manufacturing processes and quality assurance principles
• Technical understanding of different technologies, product quality systems and supplier programs, and be able to provide consultation and recommendations to help suppliers improve their performance

Preferred

• Ability to work independently and/or function with minimal supervision
• Ability to manage several activities/projects at once, to organize/prioritize work, to meet deadlines and to prepare plans and reports
• Ability to maintain a high degree of accuracy and analytical thinking
• Ability to effectively organize and communicate technical information
• Ability to successfully interact and communicate with internal and external cross-functional teams, and all organizational levels
• Experience in performing/leading supplier audits and working independently through troubleshooting supplier issues

MISC:

• This is an on-site role - not a remote role.
• There is no relocation provided for this role.
• Sponsorship: we will not provide sponsorship of any kind for this role (including OPT).

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The base pay for this position is $66,700.00 – $133,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.