Group lead

Working at Abbott

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 around the world 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 a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity 

This position works out of our Minnetonka, MN, location in the Cardio Rhythmic Management (CRM) business.

Main Purpose of Role

We are seeking an experienced Operations/Production Group Lead. This position ensures the effective use of material, equipment, and personnel in producing quality production. Responsible for ensuring inventory accuracy, cycle counts, and meeting build schedules.

Assist the Production Supervisor to achieve the daily production schedules and quality goals. Provide work direction, workstation assignments and troubleshooting guidance and be a source of information for operators and support groups in the area. Coordinates the documentation/SFP completion/verifications and provides inputs for performance appraisal and may assist in the employee selection process. Escalates issues to Engineers as needed.  Responsible to provide full support to the Supervisor.  Coordinate jobs to keep lines moving and ensure line balance.

This position reports to the Production Supervisor and is responsible for assigning training and leading a small team to assemble medical devices in accordance with approved manufacturing and quality inspection procedures

Responsible for monitoring the performance of others, establishing work priorities or schedules, assignment of duties (operator work direction), and follow up with resolution of problems on the production floor.

Will lead, guide, and direct the work of others as the primary non-supervisory lead person; typical team will consist of 10-30 workers

Will work with their team to make sure production goals/metrics are met and will work with Supervisors, Engineers, and managers to resolve line issues and implement improvements

Must have basic computer skills and be able to email production communications, print out processes and associated shop floor paperwork, and input data into Excel and MOS data files

Participate in performance assessments by reporting on their skill development and teamwork abilities

Communicates certification, recertification, and training needs by reporting gaps in manufacturing personnel training and knowledge

Make sure all medical device operators are certified prior to performing manufacturing processes on their own

Assist with New Employee Orientation and employee onboarding

Host periodic production meetings with operators, management, quality, and engineering

Hold small Tier 1 meetings, encourage and lead 5S, safety, and continuous improvement communications

Coordinate work assignments for team

Print work orders in SAP

Provides input to CI efforts to Quality and Engineering

Selects methods and practices to solve problems using ingenuity, creativity, and a high degree of independent action and initiative

Assist with interviewing of medical device candidates

Education

High School Diploma / GED

an equivalent combination of education and work experience

Experience/Background

Minimum 5 years preferred

Related Experience

Experience with assembly, manufacturing, and have basic computer skills (e.g. Outlook, Microsoft Office (Word, Excel))