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. **Job Title** **Supervisor, Quality Assurance** **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 (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program, and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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 worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists. **The Opportunity** The position of **Supervisor, Quality Assurance** is within our Toxicology Business Unit located in **Pomona, CA.** This role is responsible for supervising specific quality systems. **WHAT YOU’LL DO** + Supervisors and oversees specific areas of Quality Assurance or Quality Control. + Supervises the activities, manpower and resources within the area to ensure support is provided to meet the department and company goals. + Responds to complaints on parts and work orders, plans and implements projects and procures needed equipment, supplies and spare parts. + May implement policies and procedures to maintain production compliance. + Monitors daily work operations and provides direction to predominantly nonexempt and entry level staff to achieve unit or departmental goals. + Reviews and approves change orders. + Develops and reports batch record review performance indicator metrics to management team. + Monitors compliance with company policies and procedures. + Provides secondary support for other quality subsystems. + Develops work schedules for department by assessing priorities, workload and available resources. + Leads the activities of assigned staff by communicating and providing guidance towards achieving department objectives. + Schedules human and material resources within a department or section in conjunction with near-term plans to ensure their availability; carries out operations within an established budget. + Promotes department goals by selecting, motivating, and training capable staff. + Maintains personnel records (e.g., work schedules, vacation schedules, leaves) and makes or directs modifications in the database to reflect actual changes. + Maintains quality system records through the establishment of a centralized documentation archiving system. + Manages physical quality system records for cataloging, archival, retrieval and scheduled destruction of records in accordance with established procedures. + Assignments are expressed in the form of tasks; generally, makes day-to-day decisions within established policies, procedures and guidelines in order to carry out the operations and processes selected at higher levels; consequences of erroneous decisions or recommendations might include delays in program schedules and result in the allocation of more resources. + Manages performance of staff towards department and Company goals, including feedback on performance, appraisals, recommendations for merit increases or necessary disciplinary actions, communication to employees on performance, etc. + Carries out duties in compliance with established business policies. + Demonstrates commitment to the development, implementation and effectiveness of Abbott Quality Management System per ISO, FDA, and other regulatory agencies. + Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal/external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company’s policies and practices. + Understands and is aware of the quality consequences which may occur from the improper performance of their specific job. Has awareness of device defects that may occur in their area of responsibility, including product design, verification and validation, manufacturing and testing activities. + Perform other duties & projects as assigned. **Required Qualifications** + Bachelor’s degree in related discipline or equivalent experience + A minimum of three to five years of experience with one to three years of progressively responsible positions in Quality Assurance. + Minimum 4 years’ experience in a lead or supervisory position. + Working knowledge of Quality Assurance in a medical device manufacturing environment, preferably in-vitro diagnostics + Excellent written and verbal communication skills. **Preferred** Expert in using computers, specifically MS Office (MS Word/Excel). + Able to understand and adhere to quality documentation. + Position requires ability to jointly develop, implement, evaluate, and/or modify on going “best practices” to assure overall operational effectiveness. + Knowledge of the QSR or ISO 13485 is a plus. + Excellent organization skills – must be able to manage many simultaneous projects. Apply Now (https://www.jobs.abbott/us/en) **Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:** www.abbottbenefits.com (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx) 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. Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott , and on Twitter @AbbottNews. The base pay for this position is $79,500.00 – $138,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted. An Equal Opportunity Employer Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce. We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities. To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email corpjat@abbott.com