Group Leader - Supplier Quality

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JOB DESCRIPTION: About Abbott 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 113,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries. MAIN PURPOSE OF ROLE: Lead and Manage Supplier QA Team supporting TPMs and suppliers to deliver the following: Managing Third Part Manufacturers, which are suppliers that procure, assemble, test, accept and package products for distribution. Ensuring that the supplier performs and documents the appropriate engineering approach to activities such as qualification and validation and provides assistance in these efforts, as appropriate. Evaluation and approval of supplier requested changes or improvements. This activity may also include the identification and/or approval of a new supplier to provide an alternate material. Area audit readiness for internal and external Quality System audits. MAIN RESPONSIBILITIES: Manages a staff of Supplier Quality Engineers in order to support the supplier management program fo...