Analytical Laboratory Supervisor - (Night Shift - 6:30pm - 7:00am, rotating weekends)

Abbott (abbottcareers2 board); Tipp City (OH); On-site; USD 85,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free medical coverage

Tuition reimbursement

Retirement plan

Job summary

Abbott Nutrition in Tipp City, OH seeks an Analytical Chemist Laboratory Supervisor (Night Shift) to manage a multi-shift lab, ensuring quality, safety, and regulatory compliance. This on-site role leads a small team, drives KPIs, and collaborates with cross-functional stakeholders to sustain high performance.

Responsibilities include staffing, training, CAPA implementation, budget awareness, and maintaining a safe, efficient laboratory environment aligned with Abbott policies and product

Responsibilities

• Oversee shift operations for a multi-shift analytical lab open 7 days a week.
• Coordinate team activities to meet Environmental, Health & Safety, Quality, Finance and Productivity KPIs.
• Lead quality and compliance efforts; initiate decisions impacting product quality and CAPA.
• Supervise 3-6 lab personnel; manage staffing, training, performance reviews and development.
• Ensure test results comply with plant, division, and corporate guidelines and procedures.
• Engage stakeholders to meet EHS requirements and regulatory objectives.

Job description

JOB 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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

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 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.

This position works out of our Tipp City, OH location in the Abbott Nutrition division. Our Nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands - including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® - to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

Tipp City, Ohio, is one of Abbott's newest nutrition manufacturing facilities with technology that enhances production efficiency and product quality. Join us and you'll be part of a family that's dedicated to innovation and excellence and dedicated to nourishing millions of families around the world.

THE OPPORTUNITY:

The Analytical Chemist Laboratory Supervisor (Night Shift, 6:30pm - 7:00am EST - with alternating weekends) is responsible for implementing and maintaining the effectiveness of the quality system for our Tipp City, Ohio location. The position is based on-site (Tipp City, Ohio).

• Responsible for the overall results for a single shift of a multi-shift laboratory operation that is open 7-Days per week
• Coordinate activities for the shift team to ensure delivery of all key performance metrics including those in Environmental, Health and Safety (EHS), Quality, Finance, Productivity and People
• Lead efforts required to deliver quality and compliance performance for the shift. Initiate, manage, and make decisions which impact product quality.
• Drive a culture of engagement through the team and department. Directly supervise a team of 3-6 employees and participate in staffing activities. Develop all line personnel by securing appropriate staffing, training, mentoring, performance reviews, and assigning progressively challenging stretch responsibilities within the scope of the team and department accountabilities. Maintain a safe lab environment.
• Assure lab test results reflect compliance to plant, division, and corporate guidelines and procedures and that test methods are followed
• Engage with employees and other key stakeholders to ensure all EHS requirements are met inclusive of internal and external regulatory objectives and direction
• Promote behaviors that ensure delivery of high-quality products for our customers while maintaining compliance with Abbott policies and procedures, meeting all local and statutory requirements, and adhere to the regulatory requirements of countries to which products are shipped
• Prepare and actively participate in internal and external Quality audits and incident investigation and reporting; coupled with timely implementation of CAPA activities
• Model and promote a thorough understanding of what drives product costs, profitability, and cash flow for the shift and within the department, while operating within budget material utilization and Cost Improvement Program goals. Manage budget accountability for Headcount, Overtime, and direct expenses for a shift and/or line. Track, trend and continuously improve budgetary performance for direct expenses, headcount overtime (OT), and Scrap and Cost Improvement Projects (CIP).
• Manage and guide a team(s) of lab associates to improve quality and increase productivity of the lab
• Coordinate activities related to shift starts and changes. Lead and coordinate daily activities of the shift team. Work with their direct manager, other Front Line Leaders and other management, and establish the right team culture where people feel empowered, are accountable, and continuously improve the shift and the lab.
• Track, trend & report on established Key Performance Indicators (K