Materials Supervisor

Materials Supervisor

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Westfield, IN site, supporting our Structural Heart medical device division. Our business purpose is to restore health and improve quality of life through the design and provision of device and management solutions for the treatment of structural heart disease.

This role will be responsible for managing inventory and controlling the workflow of team efforts within the Warehouse, Kitting, Shipping & Receiving Departments. Oversee GMP and execute inventory control policies ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements. Strives to achieve continuous improvement in productivity and labor costs by setting expectations, providing feedback, establishing improved processes and driving change.

Manages projects and offers innovative & practical solutions to improve day-to-day operations.

What You'll Work On:

• Provides leadership and partners with key stakeholders across the entity to drive process improvement and meet business objectives
• Develops a culture of continuous improvement, professional growth, cross functional/cross divisional collaboration and goal planning and execution
• Track parts, sub-assemblies, and finished goods utilizing the ERP system and ensure material transactions are performed in the ERP system accurately and on time, to achieve and maintain a high level of accuracy between ERP system and audited physical inventory
• Oversee inventory cycle counting and identify and correct root causes of inventory errors
• Oversees kitting of raw materials, components, & sub-assemblies to satisfy Production Scheduling Requirements
• Hires and retains a diverse, highly qualified staff
• Maintains a safe and professional work environment
• Complies with U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regulations, other regulatory requirements, Company policies, operating procedures, processes, and task assignments
• Train, Counsel, and coach employees as required
• Provide timely and constructive feedback on employee performance
• Ability to communicate in a positive and effective manner with subordinates, peers, management and all other department personnel
• Learn and apply 5S & Lean Principals
• Monitor KPI's and Reporting Metrics such as, Inventory Accuracy, Absenteeism & OT Tracking
• Assists in conducting weekly staff and safety meetings
• Performs other duties and tasks as needed upon request.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
• 2 or more years of experience in a Lead, Supervisor or Manager role; 10-20 Team Members
• SAP Experience Preferred
• The ability to analyze metrics via Excel and Warehouse Management Systems
• Ability to lead and motivate in a positive and professional manner
• Ability to communicate both verbally and in writing in the English language
• Basic Math Skills such as foundational math concepts like addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division
• Ability to follow instructions from written, oral, or visual formats

The base pay for this position is $75,300.00 $150,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.