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.

This Process Improvement role is responsible for the execution and ongoing management of business excellence initiatives. The role supports strategic, process improvement projects in conjunction with site goals and imperatives. The role is accountable for delivering tactical results from the application of effective change management.

What You’ll Do

• Supports and co-develops new initiatives for the organization that are value added to the Business Excellence Program.​
• Supports project execution by completing tasks, tracking project schedules, identifying risks, and developing and executing strategies to ensure project implementation buy-in.
• Develops change and communication strategies to ensure successful projects and site initiatives.
• Resolves project issues by working with team members, project customers, cross site counterparts and others as appropriate. Supports roll out of projects until fully integrated and handed over to the appropriate group(s).
• Creates, edits, designs and produces a wide range of training and deployment materials or oversees external agencies in the development of such materials.
• Liaises with the different department functions to seek communication effectiveness and helps enhance the excellence culture.
• Assists with the organization of the Exempt and Direct Staff Employee Monthly Meetings and Business Excellence awards program.

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

On-Site position

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related STEM field
• 2-3 years of related experience
• Experience in engineering, operations or managing project related with business improvement initiatives. Demonstrated ability to effectively communicate with a wide range of audiences
• Strong project management, multi-tasking and organizational skills and ability to respond efficiently and effectively in a continuously changing environment
• Strong oral and written communications skills
• 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:

Manufacturing

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