Production Supervisor - Casa Grande, AZ

Abbott Laboratories; Casa Grande (AZ); On-site; USD 78,000 - 156,000; Full time

Job summary

Abbott is seeking a capable manufacturing supervisor at our Casa Grande, AZ site within the Nutrition division. You will oversee production staff, coordinate shifts, and drive continuous improvement to ensure safety, quality, and on-time delivery of products such as Similac and Pedialyte.

The role requires a BS or BA and at least 4 years of manufacturing experience with demonstrated people management abilities. Base pay ranges from $78,000 to $156,000 per year, with location-specific variations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field required.
• Minimum 4 years of experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading teams and driving results is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Oversee production staff to meet the daily customer demand schedule.
• Develop and disseminate information via dashboards, presentations, and meetings for cross-functional teams.
• Lead continuous improvement activities to boost production effectiveness.
• Build high-performance teams with strong morale and output.
• Escalate unresolved issues to engineering or management as needed.
• Coordinate shift starts and daily team activities to meet targets.
• Ensure quality standards and a safe, compliant work environment.
• Report KPI trends and opportunities for improvement to leadership.

Skills

People management

Manufacturing experience

Education

BS or BA Degree

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.
• 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.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Casa Grande, Arizona 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.

Casa Grande, AZ., is one of Abbott’s leading nutrition manufacturing plants in the U.S., reflecting our commitment to innovation and excellence. But we’re more than just a company, we’re a family. Working here you’ll be part of a family that works together to make a difference and enhance the lives of millions worldwide.

Main Responsibilities

• Provide oversight of production staff that meets customer demand schedule.
• Develop, manage, and routinely disseminate information in the form of communication via dashboards, presentations, and meetings that appropriately keeps the cross functional workforce updated.
• Effectively manage continuous improvement activities that will progressively increase the effectiveness of the production operations.
• Develop a high-performance work team with high levels of worker morale, satisfaction, and performance
• Provide next level troubleshooting support for issues that are not able to be resolved by the frontline team and escape issues to engineering or management when necessary.
• Leadership in this role will primarily be focused on the direct reporting group with support from the direct manager, as required. Focus is on day to day operations, with short term focus based on meeting requirements that are tactical versus strategic.
• Manage and guide a team(s) of operators to improve quality and increase productivity on the line. Communicates to line personnel daily while maintaining a constant line presence. Maintains a safe work environment with 100% training and compliance to applicable procedures.
• Coordinates activities related to shift starts and changes. Leads and coordinates daily activities of the shift team to meet daily requirements that positively impact the rest of the multi-shift line results.
• Manages personnel and processes to ensure production meets all associated quality standards.
• Promote team, department and site goals through team communications and providing direction and guidance towards achievement.
• Active participation in team and department projects including responsibility for execution of assigned actions.
• Track, trend & report on established KPI's; communicating to functional manager and site leadership team on accomplishments, opportunities for improvement and planned actions.
• Follows escalation reporting process with inputs from peers/manager for decision making as required. Make and communicate decisions that are appropriate for level of accountability.

You’ll be accountable for meeting our compliance standards including FDA, OSHA and Abbott policies and procedures.

Required Qualifications

• BS or BA Degree
• 4 years of experience in a manufacturing environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing people
• Manufacturing experience
• Batch making experience

The base pay for this position is $78,000.00 – $156,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.