• Quality Training Specialist

    Abbott (Alameda, CA)


    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.

     

    Quality Training Specialist

     

    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’ll also have access to:

     

    + Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.

    + Free medical coverage for employees* via the Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO

    + An excellent retirement savings plan with high employer contribution

    + Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/tackling-student-debt-for-our-employees.html) student debt program and FreeU (https://www.abbott.com/corpnewsroom/strategy-and-strength/college-degree-for-free-its-possible-with-freeu.html) 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 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 diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

     

    The Opportunity

     

    The role for the Quality Training Specialist provides training support and expertise to employees to ensure continued compliance with Quality System and administration of the divisional Learning Management System.

     

    This position will be based out of our Abbott Diabetes Care in Alameda, CA and the individual will be expected to be onsite Monday-Friday.

    What You'll Work On

    + Supports the administration of the Learning Management System (LMS) and management of the Quality System Training processes to ensure employees are trained to perform their activities.

    + Provides Subject Matter Expertise on the learning process including learning management system to other functional areas.

    + Ensures effective communication, monitoring and promotion of learning activities.

    + Liaises with Division, Managers and Team Leaders to continuously improve learning processes and / or systems.

    + Establishes and maintains a direct and proactive relationship with internal and external customers.

    + Has a strong understanding of current customer needs, anticipates and addresses issues, escalating as applicable.

    + Authors and reviews learning documentation/material.

    + Supports audit readiness to ensure successful audit inspection results related to the Learning system and / or processes.

    Required Qualifications

    + Bachelor’s degree preferably in Education, Science, Engineering, HR or Instructional Design

    + Equivalent combination of education and work experience (Minimum 15 yrs) will be considered.

    + Strong presentation skills required.

    + Proficiency with Microsoft Office - Word, Excel and PowerPoint

    Preferred Qualifications

    + Minimum 2 yrs in medical device industry or other FDA regulated industry experience.

    + Some knowledge of adult learning delivery techniques and general principles of adult learning a plus.

    **Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives:** www.abbottbenefits.com (http://www.abbottbenefits.com/pages/candidate.aspx)

     

    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.

     

    Connect with us at www.abbott.com , on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Abbott , and on Twitter @AbbottNews.

     

    Divisional Information

     

    Medical Devices

    General Medical Devices:

    Our medical devices help more than 10,000 people have healthier hearts, improve quality of life for thousands of people living with chronic pain and movement disorders, and liberate more than 500,000 people with diabetes from routine fingersticks.

     

    Diabetes

     

    We’re focused on helping people with diabetes manage their health with life-changing products that provide accurate data to drive better-informed decisions. We’re revolutionizing the way people monitor their glucose levels with our new sensing technology.

     

    The base pay for this position is $79,500.00 – $138,700.00. In specific locations, the pay range may vary from the range posted.

     

    An Equal Opportunity Employer

     

    Abbot welcomes and encourages diversity in our workforce.

     

    We provide reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities.

     

    To request accommodation, please call 224-667-4913 or email [email protected]