Job Description

Job Description

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 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Working at Abbott

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

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Altavista, VA location in the Abbott Nutrition division.  Our Nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

Altavista, Va. , is one of Abbott’s largest nutrition manufacturing plants equipped with advanced technology to ensure efficient production. Working here will make you feel like you’re part of a family that works together to make a difference and help nourish millions of families around the world.

The Food Safety Manager will be responsible for establishing and maintaining best-in-class food safety culture and risk management through implementation and adherence of food safety plans and programs, quality system compliance, preventative controls of hazards, and investigation management. The Food Safety Manager will develop strong partnership with supply chain in conjunction with R&D and regulatory and other departments to provide guidance and assure implementation and adherence to programs. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO  

• Provide functional leadership of food safety, quality system compliance and investigation management for the site. Manage programs and support effective and compliant implementation of changes within the site quality system.
• Collaboratively support Directors, Quality Subsystem Owners, and other internal and/or external stakeholders with organizational, project/program management.
• Direct responsibility for Food Quality and Food Safety Plans and risk management lifecycle process through the evaluation of site processes, assessing risk based on food safety and public health principles, prioritizing corrective actions, and verifying activities and validation testing. Ensure all HACCPs are appropriate and records are complete and accurate. Monitor CAPA Programs to ensure Root Cause analysis is performed and timely closure.
• Assure that product food safety is monitored via appropriate metrics and effectiveness of actions through all phases of sanitation, pest control, microbiological and cleaning programs for the site.
• Work with site departments to develop and implement programs to continuously improve food safety risk reduction, enhance cGMP best practices and requirements to achieve desired performance results.
• Provide management and development of the quality personnel.
• Support implementation of Divisional initiatives as identified by management and in support of Quality Management Systems (QMS), Environmental Management Systems (EMS), and other regulatory requirements.
• Develop and support a successful compliance strategy that supports Abbott’s growth objectives, including coordination and facilitation of external and non-site internal audits of the facility, provide inspection administration support during these inspections/audits/ and coordinate the development and implementation of applicable CAPA's.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE, YOU’LL BRING:  

Required  

• Bachelor’s Degree: Biology, microbiology, chemistry or technical field
• 10 years Food manufacturing industry experience.
• Minimum 5 years thorough knowledge of and experience in application of FDA/GMP regulations
• Understanding and application of microbiological principles with in-depth food borne pathogen knowledge.
• In depth knowledge of HACCP, Sanitation principles and Food Safety Preventive Controls (FSPC)
• 5 years supervisory experience

Preferred

• Master’s degree

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:

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 and a Military/Veteran Friendly employer. Connect with us at on Facebook at and on Twitter @AbbottNews and @AbbottGlobal.

The base pay for this position is $127,300.00 – $254,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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