Quality Assurance Specialist

Title: Quality Assurance Specialist

Location: Columbus, OH, 100% Onsite

Duration: 11+ months

Responsibilities

• Support coordination of event management activities to document supplier processing or ingredient issues.
• Support data management to monitor supplier performance and coordinate updates on supplier improvement activities.
• Provide support to Abott Nutrition manufacturing plants by coordinating and documenting incoming material issues in a timely manner.
• Ensure that proposed changes to supplier processes or ingredients are assessed, approved and compliant to specifications, and make changes when necessary
• Maintain/control the status of ingredient suppliers and support supplier certification program activities
• Analyze data and generate reports on quality metrics and project progress.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in physical or life science, engineering or related degree
• 1-3 years or more of experience in supplier quality assurance programs or related experience in operations or quality assurance in the food manufacturing industry
• Knowledge of raw ingredient or CPG manufacturing processes and quality assurance principles
• Technical understanding of different technologies, product quality systems and supplier programs, and be able to provide consultation and recommendations to help suppliers improve their performance
• Ability to work independently and/or function with minimal supervision
• Ability to manage several activities/projects at once, to organize/prioritize work, to meet deadlines and to prepare plans and reports
• Ability to maintain a high degree of accuracy and analytical thinking
• Ability to successfully interact and communicate with internal and external cross-functional teams, and all organizational levels.

Consultants Eligible Benefits Upon Waiting Period:

• Medical and Prescription Drug Plans
• Dental Plan
• Vision Plan
• Health Savings Account (for High-Deductible Health Plans)
• Flexible Spending Accounts (Health, Limited Purpose, Dependent Care, Commuter Parking and Commuter Transit)
• Supplemental Life Insurance
• Short Term Disability (coverage varies by state)
• Long Term Disability
• Critical Illness, Hospital coverage, Accident Insurance
• MetLife Legal, MetLife ID Fraud, and MetLife Pet Insurance
• 401(k)

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, nutritional and branded generic medicines.

Working together, Abbott and Talent Solutions partner to deliver top talent for contingent roles at Abbott, building better and healthier lives. Abbott believes all employees are essential to creating life-changing breakthroughs, performing key duties to create life-changing breakthroughs.