Dispensing & Labelling Manager

Abbott At Abbott, diverse ideas, perspectives, and expertise allow us to create the life-changing solutions that help people live healthier lives. In 196 countries and with businesses spanning nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices, and branded generic pharmaceuticals, Abbott offers you enormous opportunities to explore your interests and help you achieve your career and personal goals. The Opportunity Abbott Rapid Diagnostics (formerly Alere) is part of Abbott's Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and industry leading technologies. Our in-vitro Diagnostic Assay manufacturing site in Dundee has an exciting opportunity for a Dispensing and Labelling Manager to join the Dundee Operations department. This is a 2nd line leadership role. What You'll Do As the Dispensing/Labelling Manager you will be responsible for overseeing safe, on-time delivery of product which conforms to current best practices and quality standards.

• Provide effective leadership of the teams of Dispensing and Labelling (3 direct reports and a team of 16 heads overall)
• Oversight of production and labeling design control
• Collaborate with the Operations, Quality Control, and Product Quality Assurance peer group to plan and manage local schedules
• Support audits
• Working as part of a cross-functional team, perform Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) activities and perform document and Change Control review.
• Oversight of statistical process control and Engineering Key Process Variables (KPVs), Critical Process Parameters (CPPs) and Critical Quality Attributes (CQAs) to ensure lot to lot consistency and optimal equipment effectiveness
• Responsible for Health and Safety within the Dispensing/Labelling environments
Working hours: Monday-Friday 9-5 Required Qualifications / Profile
• Degree level or equivalent, and/or
• Experience in a manufacturing/production environment preferred
• Experience in Operations leadership with excellent communication skills
• An understanding of and ability to apply Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques, including Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
• An appreciation for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) costs and how to influence them
• An understanding of Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) and Change Control principles with the ability to process records within the respective databases/systems
• Expertise in and ability to support/facilitate use of state-of-the-art Root Cause Analysis (RCA) tools, including A3/DMAIC
• Understanding of and capability to support Risk Assessments, Risk Management/Control exercises, and Failure Mode Effect Analyses (FMEA).
• An understanding of Process Validation principles and procedures with the ability to support execution
As you'd expect from an innovative global health care company, we offer a competitive range of benefits including excellent salaries, a class-leading defined contribution pension scheme, private healthcare, life assurance and a flexible benefits scheme. Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential - because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. Joining us, you can shape your career as you shape the future of healthcare. With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions - across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it's next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.


• Degree level or equivalent, and/or
• Experience in a manufacturing/production environment preferred
• Experience in Operations leadership with excellent communication skills
• An understanding of and ability to apply Statistical Process Control (SPC) techniques, including Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE)
• An appreciation for Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) costs and how to influence them
• An understanding of Corrective and Preventative Action (CAPA) and Change Control principles with the ability to process records within the respective databases/systems
• Expertise in and ability to support/facilitate use of state-of-the-art Root Cause Analysis (RCA) tools, including A3/DMAIC
• Understanding of and capability to support Risk Assessments, Risk Management/Control exercises, and Failure Mode Effect Analyses (FMEA).
• An understanding of Process Validation principles and procedures with the ability to support execution
  
  At Abbott, diverse ideas, perspectives, and expertise allow us to create the life-changing solutions that help people live healthier lives. In 196 countries and with businesses spanning nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices, and branded generic pharmaceuticals, Abbott offers you enormous opportunities to explore your interests and help you achieve your career and personal goals., Abbott is about the power of health. For more than 135 years, Abbott has been helping people reach their potential - because better health allows people and communities to achieve more. Joining us, you can shape your career as you shape the future of healthcare.
With a diverse, global network serving customers in more than 160 countries, we create new solutions - across the spectrum of health, around the world, for all stages of life. Whether it's next-generation diagnostics, life-changing devices, science-based nutrition, or novel reformulations, we are advancing some of the most innovative and revolutionary technologies in healthcare, helping people live their best lives through better health.

As you'd expect from an innovative global health care company, we offer a competitive range of benefits including excellent salaries, a class-leading defined contribution pension scheme, private healthcare, life assurance and a flexible benefits scheme.