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.
Abbott serves the Irish market with a diverse range of healthcare products including diagnostics, medical devices and nutritionals products. In Ireland, Abbott employs over 6,000 people across ten sites. We have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been operating in Ireland since 1946.
Abbott Ireland Nutrition Division Cootehill Cavan
Abbott Nutrition produces a range of infant formulae in all pack sizes under the brand name “Similac”. To complement the range of “Similac” infant formulae, the facility also manufactures a range of follow on formulae under the brand name of “Gain”. The essential ingredient is liquid skim milk and this is combined with carbohydrate, vegetable oils, vitamins and minerals. The product is blended, pasteurised, dried and packaged at the site and once packaged, is distributed to Europe, South East Asia, the Middle East, Latin America and Canada.
Established in 1975, Abbott Nutrition in Ireland is the largest powder manufacturing facility for the production of infant formulae within the Abbott Corporation worldwide. Approximately 1,000 dairy farms in Ireland and Northern Ireland supply quality milk to the Cootehill facility which processes 500,000 litres per day. This secure supply together with Ireland’s reputation as a green, clean environment is of significant strategic importance to Abbott Nutrition.
The Warehouse Team Leader’s main responsibilities will include;
MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES
- Maintain, monitor and report Warehouse Key Performance Indicators.
- Responsible for management of the Warehouse direct headcount.
- Meet target project dates and achieve budget targets for the warehouse area including control of the external warehouse costs
- Manage and report on cycle counting and inventory accuracy with root cause analysis and corrective actions for discrepancies.
- Support and maintain AEO (Authorised Economic Operator) status and Known Consignor Status for internal and external warehouse.
- Support management of the external Third-Party Warehouse Operations performance including audits, reviews and inventory monitoring.
- Monitor the sales and disposal of Feed Material and report and control according to associated legislation.
- Support the Planning team in relation to Supplier performance and manage the external Third-party warehouse to ensure timely arrivals and departures of trucks in line with agreed schedules.
- Ensure all warehouse equipment is maintained on plant PM system and review periodically with Engineering.
- Assist the Planning function in preparation of intake and shipping schedule.
- Support any Business Excellence projects and plant CIP targets.
- Support the Warehouse Manager in budgetary spend controls in relation to Financial Performance versus Plan and LBE. Take corrective action as necessary in order to meet financial targets for throughput, payroll and operating expenses.
- During validation activities and engineering studies, play a key role to ensure all actions are completed in line with validation plans.
- Track all corrective actions/preventative action plans to ensure effectiveness and implementation to associated deadlines within the Quality system.
- Complete all plant audit readiness actions and support plant in all internal and external audits.
- Participate in Materials department projects and plant cross functional team projects.
- Manage training and development requirements and Compliance wire requirements for your direct staff.
- In the absence of the Warehouse Manager, ensure Warehouse operations are managed effectively in accordance with company requirements.
- Follow all Health and Safety Rules and Regulations in the plant. Maintain plant safety at the highest level with a zero-accident target and with immediate response, thorough investigation and corrective action for all hazardous occurrences and accidents.
- Constantly work to improve the compliance culture with respect to quality, housekeeping, cGMP and food safety requirements, utilizing plant systems such as CAPA, GQMS and ABTRAQS
- Maintain a positive employee relations atmosphere within your team. Ensure that there is good communication and co-operation across all Warehouse shifts through strong teamwork and communication standards and by encouraging knowledge sharing and open exchange of ideas.
- Undertake any special arrangements, tasks or assignments as directed by the Warehouse Manager.
SUPERVISORY / PEOPLE MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBIITIES
- Responsible for the management of the Warehouse direct headcount.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE
- Third Level Qualification preferably in a Logistics/ Distribution/Warehousing/ Business/Food Science /Engineering e.g Cert/Dip/Degree in Supply Chain Management or supported by APICs (American Production and Inventory Control) examinations or equivalent
- Minimum 3 years technical experience preferably in Dairy Food or Pharmaceutical Industry. Previous experience as a people manager would be an advantage
KEY SKILLS
- Working knowledge of cGMP regulated environment and demonstrate good organizational and people management skills.
- Experience of manufacturing environment is essential
- Ability to multi-task.
- Good problem-solving skills.
- Ability to evaluate and make effective business decisions in order to achieve the department performance target levels.
- Good interpersonal skills with the ability to work with all employees to include Internal/External Customers.
- Ability to motivate and direct others.
- Strong level of flexibility to support shift cover and changing priorities.
- Strong level of computer skills and aptitude to changing technologies
- Good demonstration of the Abbott Leadership Competencies.
- Problem Solving
- Applies statistical techniques to assist in analysing issues. · Good problem-solving skills are essential for meeting compliance, quality, safety standards and manufacturing schedules
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