JOB DESCRIPTION:

Abbott is a global healthcare company devoted to improving life through the development of products and technologies that span the breadth of healthcare. At Abbott, we're committed to helping you live your best possible life through the power of health. For more than 125 years, we've brought new products and technologies to the world -- in nutrition, diagnostics, medical devices and branded generic pharmaceuticals -- that create more possibilities for more people at all stages of life.

Today, 109,000 of us are working to help people live not just longer, but better, in the more than 160 countries we serve.

Our mission is to understand that the first step to living your best life is good health. Everything we make is designed to help you do just that. That’s our commitment to building life-changing technologies that keep your heart healthy, nourish your body at every stage of life, help you feel and move better, and bring you information, medicines and breakthroughs to manage your health www.abbott.com

QA Operations Specialist 

The QA Operations Specialist is responsible for managing the process of Corrective Actions and Preventive Actions within Abbott Zwolle and is responsible for the Corrective Actions and Preventive Actions within the QA Operations department.

Tasks and responsibilities

• Primary contact to Operational Groups for quality incidents and events; representing QA departments.
• Perform administrative tasks and activities related to Batch Review and Batch Release process.
• Develop, plan, implement and monitor the QA continuous improvement portfolio using trends, complaint data, and analyses of product- and process quality.
• Actively participate in KSIs (Key Site Initiatives), company targets and QA initiatives.
• Project management and specialized support for complex and high impact quality issues.
• To ensure and consolidate Abbott Laboratories quality systems specific for CAPA / QR / AMS/ Material Review Board and Management Review Metrics.
• Responsible for the quality of the continuous improvement portfolio and the successful implementation of projects.
• To create the QA improvement portfolio trends, complaint data, and analyses of product- and process quality.
• Planning of the portfolio with QA department, Production, Logistics, Purchase and Maintenance considering the business targets.
• Facilitate and manage projects of the focus areas.
• Report departmental and operational performance results to management.
• Support Operations, QA and Material Management with technical and professional expertise within the field areas of quality achievements.
• Primary contact for Operational Management for tactical and complex quality issues.
• Responsible for Abbott Laboratories policies and procedures related to CAPA, QR and Management Review.
• Project management and external coordinator in specialized support for complex and high impact quality issues.
• Review of QR’s as a Qualified Person (QP).
• Responsible for training employees at Abbott Laboratories on CAPA and QR related subjects.
• Together with the Compliance team responsible for implementation of new and changed procedures.
• Proactively observe, analyze, identify trends bottlenecks in the field area.
• Report trends and bottlenecks to Management and responsible for follow up.
• Updating processes and systems policy QA department.
• Realization of QA annual plans & business targets.
• Communication in Abbott Laboratories worldwide correctly and on time.
• Documentation CAPA / QR on time and correct.
• Registration and report of the assigned achievement indicators.

Knowledge

• HBO + level e.g. Food Technology / Chemistry/ Microbiology.
• 3+ year of experience in an operational QA environment.
• Project management Methods and techniques.
• Standards for nutritional production.
• CAPA surveys, analyses, and statistics trends.
• (International) Stakeholder management.
• Process Control Systems.
• Quality Assurance.
• Good knowledge of the English language, spoken and written (knowledge of Dutch is a huge plus)

What do we offer?

Abbott provides a varied, challenging and international position in a dynamic and pleasant working environment. In our organization, you can count on excellent primary and secondary benefits (for example: holiday bonus, 13th month salary, etc.) a positive working atmosphere, a personal growth plan, extensive training opportunities and good career perspective.

HOW TO APPLY? 

If you are appealed by Abbott, looking for a job with meaning and recognize yourself in the outlined profile, please make your interest known. You can apply via our website (https://www.jobs.abbott/) with your resume and letter of application. Please let me know if you have any questions or comments referring this job profile to Linh Pham, recruitment.netherlands@abbott.com.

The base pay for this position is

N/A

In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

JOB FAMILY:

Manufacturing

DIVISION:

ANSC Nutrition Supply Chain

LOCATION:

Netherlands > Zwolle : Building 1

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable