Manager, Gross Margin Improvement - Westbrook, United States - Abbott Laboratories

Abbott Laboratories Westbrook, United States

3 weeks ago

Description

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.

About Abbott
The key to successful treatment and full recovery is often fast, accurate diagnosis.

Abbott's life-changing tests and diagnostic tools provide insights that enable smarter, faster decisions and transform the way the world is managing health.

Abbott Rapid Diagnostic

s

is part of

Abbott's Diagnostics family of businesses, bringing together exceptional teams of experts and indus

try leading technologies

to support diagnostic testing which provides

important information

for treatment and management of diseases and other conditions.

The

Westbrook, Maine

location has an opening for a

Manager

, Gross Margin Improvement

within our

Infectious Disease

– Lateral Flow

business

.

This role

m

anages the development and implementation process of

the site's

products and services involving departmental or cross-functional teams focused on the delivery of gross margin improvement projects

.

R

ESPONSIBILITIES:

Operational leader with experience in product cost, operational excellence, and program leadership to prioritize and drive implementation of GMI projects in the US manufacturing facilities.

Develop alternatives to major business problems.

Assist

management in selecting the specific action plans that will best meet the identified long-term business issues. Anticipate long-term future problems, resolve current issues,

learn

and adjust based on prior results and prior project leadership experience.

Estimates project levels of effort and resource requirements by using standard estimating techniques and tools, and by working with

appropriate staff

to understand scope of effort.

Prepares project plans,

schedules

and budgets by using project management tools such as Microsoft Project and by working with

appropriate staff

to understand tasks necessary to complete project.

Assure that projects will effectively integrate with existing programs and strategies so that

long and short term

business goals are attained.

Recognize the broader implications of actions and proposals on the final project outcome, related systems and activities, and general business strategy.

Prepare and present project progress reports to keep management and team informed.

Identify

problems, their resolution, trends, and their impact on project success; propose recommendations for management action.

Directs project execution by assigning tasks, tracking project schedules,

identifying

risks, and developing and executing contingency plans.

Assures project quality by using standard development methodologies and by working with SQA to develop and execute project quality plans.

Communicates project status by preparing standard status reports, and by

participating

in departmental and customer project status update meetings.

Resolves

project issues by working with team members, project customers, and others as

appropriate

.

Consults with internal project groups by sharing project management knowledge and

assisting

or mentoring more junior project leaders in project management processes and techniques.

Understands business environment and relates extensive knowledge of internal and external technological activities to trends.

Interfaces with senior management on significant matters, often requiring the coordination of activity across organizational units.

Participates in the development of other technical contributors by

facilitating

training and providing feedback and guidance.

May lead a project team. Acts as a mentor to less-experienced staff and may provide work direction or supervise other technical employees.

Provides technical leadership to business units.

Exercises judgment independently.

Plans and organizes project assignments of substantial variety and complexity.

Initiates or

maintains

schedule for projects and project milestones. Establishes priorities of individual or project assignments. Selects methods and techniques to lead a project to completion.

Erroneous decisions or recommendations would typically result in failure to achieve major organizational

objectives

.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE YOU'LL BRING
Bachelor's degree in science or engineering

plus on the job experience in project management

7-9

years

of related work experience with a complete understanding of specified functional area

.

PREFERRED
Master's degree in science, Engineering or another technical field.

Project Management Certification (PMP)

C

OMPETENCIES:
Comprehensive knowledge of a particular technological field.

Uses in-depth knowledge of business unit functions and cross group dependencies/ relationships.

Is recognized as an expert in work group and across functions.

Will perform this job in a quality system environment.

Failure to adequately perform tasks can result in noncompliance with governmental regulations.

Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of

various factors

.

Exercises judgment within broadly defined practices and policies in selecting methods,

techniques

and evaluation criteria for obtaining results.

Has broad knowledge of various technical alternatives and their potential impact on the business.

WHAT WE OFFER
At Abbott, you can have a good job that can grow into a great career

We offer:
Training and career development

, with onboarding programs for new employees and tuition assistance
Financial security

through competitive compensation, incentives and retirement plans
Health care and well-being programs

including medical, dental, vision, wellness and occupational health programs.

An equal opportunity employer, Abbott welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

The base pay for this position is $95,000.00 – $190, In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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