Supervisor, Quality Laboratories

Company Description

AbbVie's mission is to discover and deliver innovative medicines and solutions that solve serious health issues today and address the medical challenges of tomorrow. We strive to have a remarkable impact on people's lives across several key therapeutic areas - immunology, oncology, neuroscience, and eye care - and products and services in our Allergan Aesthetics portfolio. For more information about AbbVie, please visit us at Follow @abbvie on Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and LinkedIn.

Job Description

Purpose

Manages and provides strategic direction to team of individuals supporting Quality Control laboratory operations. Ensures effective and efficient utilization of laboratory resources through management of equipment and general laboratory support activities

Responsibilities

• Manage a team and is responsible to hire, lead and develop team members to ensure that the department has the appropriate talent and level of performance to meet business objectives. Assure training and development of subordinates. Assist subordinates in problem solving. Identify and resolve people issues without direct supervision.
• Assure conformance of equipment validation, calibration and maintenance procedures/requirements to all government and corporate regulations. Act as a subject matter expert for all customer and regulatory inspections for laboratory validation, calibration and maintenance program deliverables.
• Manages internal and external service providers ensuring timely completion of activities in support of commissioning or maintenance/calibration of laboratory equipment.
• Investigates equipment failures and identifies impact on product and patient safety. Applies systematic corrections and/or corrective actions that mitigate risk of recurrent failures
• Manages general laboratory support responsibilities, including but not limited to; reagent preparation, sample management and sample logistics, lab consumable supply.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Required - BS degree in Science or equivalent + 7 years of relevant experience
• Must be experienced and demonstrate high level of technical knowledge of analytical laboratory equipment, laboratory operations and good understanding of related business processes.
• Ability to work independently to meet operational goals and business needs.
• Ability to make operational and business decisions with minimum direction from immediate manager. Must have knowledge and skill in personnel management, and develop and managing budget.
• Ability to interact and establish positive relationship with internal/external customers.
• Shows broad understanding of the issues relevant to technical/science and business.

Additional Information

Applicable only to applicants applying to a position in any location with pay disclosure requirements under state or local law:

• The compensation range described below is the range of possible base pay compensation that the Company believes in good faith it will pay for this role at the time of this posting based on the job grade for this position. Individual compensation paid within this range will depend on many factors including geographic location, and we may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range. This range may be modified in the future.
• We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off (vacation, holidays, sick), medical/dental/vision insurance and 401(k) to eligible employees.
• This job is eligible to participate in our short-term incentive programs.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, incentive, benefits, or any other form of compensation and benefits that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole and absolute discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole and absolute discretion, consistent with applicable law.

AbbVie is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to operating with integrity, driving innovation, transforming lives, serving our community and embracing diversity and inclusion. It is AbbVie's policy to employ qualified persons of the greatest ability without discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy), physical or mental disability, medical condition, genetic information, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, status as a protected veteran, or any other legally protected group status.

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