Specialist, Quality Assurance

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 115,000 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.

The Opportunity

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people.

The Specialist, Quality Assurance will manage purchasing controls and supplier quality activities related to commodities and consumables used within the manufacturing of Core Dx final material. The role conducts supplier evaluations, approval of design changes/verifications, specifications and material qualifications.

This individual will sit at our Lake Forest, IL office.

What You’ll Work On

• Contributes to defining and timely achievement of overall project goals.
• Provides compliant solutions to a variety of problems of moderate scope and complexity.
• Interacts constructively with employees, managers and cross-functional peers.
• May lead a project with a limited scope, but usually a contributor on broader projects.
• Provides guidance to other Professionals and Technicians.
• Quality System Compliance - Maintains awareness of standards that regulate our industry.
• Ensures compliance to site level policies and procedures by promptly reporting non-compliance issues to management within Division and Corporation as appropriate.
• Maintains vigilance to ensure adherence to Quality Policy and Quality system procedures by promptly reporting noncompliance issues to management.
• Risk Management - Applies basic Risk Management principles to work.
• Participates in the development or modification of Risk Management files.
• Complaint Evaluation - Investigates complex complaints with management oversight.
• Provides compliant solutions to a variety of complex problems.
• Ensures compliant documentation related to area of responsibility.
• Design Control / Documentation & Change Control - Identifies areas for process improvement.
• Provides supporting information for change including reasons and justifications.
• Quality Engineering - Coordinates quality decisions between different quality and engineering groups.
• Participates in the development or modification of validation packages, design plans, and risk management deliverables (e.g. FMEAs). Team member helping and interfacing with suppliers to deliver product meeting our quality requirements.
• Validation - Participates in the development or modification of validation records.
• Receives general direction and exercises considerable discretion to own work detail.
• Recommends possible solutions.
• Ensures compliant documentation; carrying out tasks related to area of responsibility with management oversight.
• Decisions may have short and long term impact.

Education and Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree in Life Science, Engineering, or closely related field OR equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Minimum 3 years of work experience in Quality or related area; Less experience may be appropriate with advanced degree.
• Demonstrates understanding of how their function supports the business.
• Demonstrates technical and business competencies that drive results and continuous improvement.

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

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 $68,000.00 – $136,000.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.