JOB DESCRIPTION:

About Abbott

Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology.

Working at Abbott

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and family, be your true self, and live a full life. You will have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Health plan, life insurance, tuition, stock purchase plan, Asociación Solidarista, cafeteria subsidy, free parking lot, among others.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries around the world 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 a best place to work for diverse, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Alajuela, Coyol location in the Vascular division that provides innovative, minimally invasive, and cost-effective products for the treatment of vascular disease.

What You’ll Do

• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.

• Recruits, coaches and develops organizational talent.

• Fosters a diverse workplace that enables all participants to contribute to their full potential in pursuit of organizational objectives.

• Creates an entrepreneurial environment.

• Provides direction and guidance to exempt and/or supervisory staff. May supervise non-exempt employees.

• Keeps the organization's vision and values at the forefront of decision making and action.

• Demonstrates effective change leadership.

• Builds strategic partnerships to further departmental and organizational objectives.

• Develops and executes organizational and operational policies that affect one or more groups by utilizing technical/professional knowledge and skills.

• Monitors compliance with company policies and procedures (e.g. compliance with FDA, BSI, EEO regulations, etc.).

• Makes decisions regarding work processes or operational plans and schedules in order to achieve department objectives.

• Develops, monitors and appropriately adjusts the annual budget for department(s) with assistance from management.

• Incorporates business policies and procedures into task completion. Understands the business needs of the company, and has knowledge of the customer needs of our business.

• Cultivates internal and external network of resources to complete tasks. Interacts with internal and external customers, by meeting regularly, responding to requests and explaining procedures. Interacts cross functionally and with internal and external customers. Serves as a consultant for supply chain, engineering or scientific interpretations and advice on significant matters.

• Mentors employees by sharing technical expertise and providing feedback and guidance.

• Acts as a spokesperson to external suppliers.

• Implements a staffing plan by identifying resource requirements, writing justifications for additional personnel, obtaining approval for changes, and coordinating the selection process with Human Resources.

• Develops direct reports by securing appropriate training, assigning progressively challenging tasks, applying progressive disciplinary action as appropriate and conducting formal written and verbal performance reviews.

• Monitors daily work operations and provides direction and guidance to lower-level supervisors, experienced exempt employees, or skilled nonexempt staff to achieve unit or project goals.

• Interacts with internal and external customers, by meeting regularly, responding to requests and explaining procedures.

• Interprets and executes policies that affect work processes and personnel within the assigned organizational unit.

• Contributes to the development of operational policies and procedures that affect personnel within the assigned organizational unit.

• Monitors internal and external indicators by reviewing reports and newsletters, reading organizational literature, meeting with peers and reading departmental reports.

• Contributes to the development and monitoring of area budget through regular analysis of cost and spending.

Shift:

Admin (Monday – Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00 pm)

On-Site position Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related careers.

• 7+ years of related experience

• Fully Bilingual (English and Spanish)

Apply Now

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

N/A

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

JOB FAMILY:

Operations Quality

DIVISION:

AVD Vascular

LOCATION:

Costa Rica > Alajuela : AVCR-1

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Cr09Sal (Costa Rica)

TRAVEL:

Not specified

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Yes

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Work in a clean room environment