Distribution 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.

Distribution Supervisor, 2nd Shift

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve peopleâs health. Weâre always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self and live a full life. Youâll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

• Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

• An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution

• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelorâs 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 North Chicago, IL location in the Core Lab Division. Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments and informatics systems are often the first step in patient care decision making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers.

As the Distribution Supervisor, 2nd Shift youâll be responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system. Manage the direct activities of an area within a department or function. Provides direct supervision to professional, direct, or indirect labor staff. Ensure that plans are implemented, and milestones are achieved. Direct the activities of staff to achieve objectives at lowest cost.

What Youâll Work On

• Gather and prepare trend information and recommend areas of focus.

• Assist in the preparation of the financial plan, gather financial and other data to support the plan.

• Assist in the development of the capital plan by identifying projects to improve processes, reduce costs, and maintain operations.

• Sets standards and monitors staff performance, provide performance feedback, write, and conduct appraisals for employees, recommend merit increases and promotions, deliver rewards and sanctions.

• Provide technical expertise and guidance.

• Understand detailed area operations (function specific).

• Regularly makes decisions which impact quality, time or cost, timely decisions are required regarding issues such as to proceed or abort, work overtime, etc. Manages assigned projects, work cross functionally to identify changes and necessary resources.

• Ensure all daily domestic and international orders are picked, packed, and shipped accurately via parcel, LTL, FTL and via ocean.

• Develop and recommend departmental reward and recognition programs.

• Assist employees in the creation of development plans, work with employees to meet their development needs.

• Establish the motivational climate for the group.

• Communicate work center/department objectives and results.

• Uses time effectively, both for self and others, identifies appropriate meeting participants and uses meetings effectively.

• Coach teams, provide guidance, direction, training, resources, and time.

• Direct supervision of workforce.

• Create a climate of trust and respect within the group. Exchanges information with employees, peers, and management regarding operations.

• Conducts individual discussions with employees, including performance reviews, and development, discipline, and staffing interviews.

• Interviews candidates for positions on the direct staff.

• Interact with peers in operations and within other cross-functional groups.

• Responds directly to on- site requests for information from internal and external regulatory agencies.

• Makes plans to accomplish assigned activities and projects, establishes priorities to handle competing demands, optimizes use of available resources, estimates time and resources necessary to complete tasks or projects, establishes follow up systems.

• Tracks and reviews daily indices (e.g., line outputs, labor efficiency, reject rates) and regulatory requirements to identity gaps between current and desired performance, applies standard problem solving tools (e.g., fishbone diagrams, Pareto analysis),recommends and implements corrective action so that the impact of the problem is minimized, interfaces with other areas to identify and solve problems.

• Collects, analyzes, and transmits financial and technical data and information, forecasts future performance based on history and environmental changes, assesses impact of decisions and actions on own and other areas of the organization, Staffs Positions: Recruits, interviews, and selects candidates to fill current position openings., Utilizes Financial Information: Makes day-to-day decisions which demonstrate a basic understanding of the financial business drivers (e.g., Rol, factory costs, cost reductions) and their inter-relationships.

• Adjusts communication style and medium (oral, written, or electronic) to meet the needs of the receiver (direct reports, peers, customers, managers), delivers only important information, uses appropriate level of language and detail for the receiver.

• Shares information with appropriate timeliness, accuracy, and frequency so as to meet the needs of the receiver, distributes background information prior to meetings and conferences, allows adequate response time when making requests and promptly responds to requests for information, keeps parties potentially affected by decisions apprised of events.

• Receives and interprets both verbal and non-verbal messages, confirms understanding of message before responding, asks for help and ideas when appropriate.

• Promotes productivity and morale by treating others with respect and dignity, listening to different points of view, taking ownership and responsibility for own actions, displaying consistency between words and actions, following through on commitments, being available to answer questions, providing positive feedback on individual and team accomplishments, and providing and receiving developmental feedback in a timely and non-threatening manner.

• Provides on-the-job guidance, instruction, training, and resources.

• Translates changes in business goals and objectives into the skills, knowledge and experience needed for future work, and establishes appropriate development goals.

• Assesses strengths, development needs, and promotability of direct reports and provides feedback, gives input into development plans, provides opportunities for growth and learning, provides career guidance and support.

• Contributes to the creation of the team's mission, objectives, and strategies, accepts team decisions, and works toward their implementation.

• Establishes and supports the norms and conditions for a work environment that supports team productivity, draws on the strengths of each team member, seeks input of team members, works cross functionally to resolve issues.

• Determines if the team approach is warranted, identifies talents necessary for team success, ensures all relevant functional areas are represented on the team, recruits team members.

• Recognizes risk relative to procedures and takes appropriate action.

• Identifies and quantifies the financial, quality, regulatory, and human considerations associated with decisions.

• Demonstrates awareness of the changing competitive, technological, healthcare, and regulatory environments, and demonstrates a perspective beyond one's own function.

• Utilizes information from seminars, benchmarking, focus groups, etc..., to identify trends and generate recommendations for continuous process improvements in such areas as reduced costs, new technologies, and reject rates.

• Understands functional strategy and carry out responsibilities in line with functional priorities.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree or equivalent operations experience.

• 3-5 years in Supply Chain, Distribution or Operations. Experience may include manufacturing or distribution environment.

• Fork-lift certification required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Knowledge of materials and inventory computer systems

• Experience with CAPA and Change control preferred.

• Able to gather, compile and clean data using PowerBI, Tableau, or other resources.

• Knowledge of warehouse management systems (SAP and Manhattan preferred).

• Experience working with 3PLâs.

• Thorough understanding of Abbott planning / inventory management or distribution systems.

* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:  www.abbottbenefits.com

Follow your career aspirations to Abbott for diverse opportunities with a company that can help you build your future and live your best life. Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer, committed to employee diversity.

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The base pay for this position is $72,700.00 â $145,300.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.