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Abbott

Makes heart devices, glucose sensors and lab tests

Team Lead Analytisch Laboratorium

Regulatory & Quality (Life Sciences)Confirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeZwolle, NetherlandsNo salary listedIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A completed higher professional or university degree in Analytical Chemistry, Chemistry, Life Sciences, Pharmaceutical Technology, Food Technology, or a comparable field.
  • Demonstrable leadership experience in a laboratory, quality, or production environment.
  • Experience directing, coaching, and developing employees.
  • Preferably, prior work experience in an analytical laboratory.
  • Knowledge of laboratory processes, laboratory equipment, and analytical techniques.
  • Experience with laboratory investigations and quality processes.
  • Knowledge of ISO 17025 and relevant quality systems.
  • Experience in stakeholder management within a complex organization.
  • Ability to communicate in both Dutch and English.
  • Ability to motivate and develop employees as a coaching leader.
  • Ability to maintain a visible presence on the work floor and understand the day-to-day operations of an analytical laboratory.
  • Ability to set priorities and maintain oversight in a dynamic environment.
  • Strong communication skills and ability to connect people.
  • Strong analytical skills and ability to translate complex issues into practical solutions.
  • Ability to take ownership and promote continuous improvement.
  • Ability to build relationships with internal and external stakeholders.

Responsibilities

  • Lead a team of approximately 15 to 20 laboratory analysts.
  • Coach, guide, and develop employees in their professional and personal growth.
  • Conduct performance, evaluation, and development conversations.
  • Create a work environment centered on safety, quality, collaboration, and ownership.
  • Promote knowledge development and professional competence within the team.
  • Ensure optimal staffing within the shift-work operation.
  • Guide organizational changes and improvement initiatives.
  • Manage the laboratory's daily operational activities.
  • Monitor planning, capacity, turnaround times, and priorities.
  • Ensure efficient allocation of work within the team.
  • Follow up on deviations, CAPAs, and quality issues.
  • Guide laboratory investigations into out-of-specification results.
  • Act as a subject-matter sparring partner for analysts on complex issues.
  • Ensure timely and reliable reporting of analysis results.
  • Ensure compliance with quality standards, procedures, laws, and regulations.
  • Oversee compliance with ISO 17025 and other relevant quality systems.
  • Support internal and external audits.
  • Ensure correct documentation, data integrity, and traceability of laboratory activities.
  • Identify and implement improvements in quality processes.
  • Collaborate closely with Production, QA, QC, Planning, and other support departments.
  • Serve as a point of contact for internal customers and stakeholders.
  • Maintain contact with external laboratories and suppliers.
  • Align analyses, capacity, and priorities with internal and external partners.
  • Work closely with the other Team Lead in the department.
  • Initiate and implement improvements in quality, efficiency, and cost control.
  • Promote a proactive improvement culture within the team.
  • Identify risks and opportunities in laboratory processes.
  • Contribute actively to business continuity and capacity management.
  • Support implementation of new equipment, analytical methods, and processes.

Desired Qualifications

  • Prior work experience in an analytical laboratory is preferred.

About the Company

Abbott

Makes heart devices, glucose sensors and lab tests

Abbott makes medical devices, diagnostic tests, nutrition products and branded generic drugs for hospitals, laboratories, pharmacies and patients. Its best-known product is the FreeStyle Libre, a coin-sized sensor worn on the upper arm that tracks blood sugar around the clock without routine finger pricks. Its other lines run from heart valves, pacemakers and brain stimulators to lab analyzers, rapid tests and mail-in colon cancer screening kits, and Abbott earns money by selling these products to health systems, labs, retailers and consumers. The company was founded in 1888 by Chicago physician Wallace Abbott and is based in Abbott Park, Illinois.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Abbott Park, IL
Founded
1888

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