Warehouse & Material Handling Supervisor

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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. Youll 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 student debt program and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelors 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.

Main Purpose of the Role

This position works out of our Minnetonka MN location in the Cardiac Rhythm Management division.

As a global leader in Cardiac Rhythm Technologies we focus on innovative technologies that can improve the way doctors treat people with heart arrhythmias or irregular heartbeats. With general guidance from functional management responsible for providing team leadership to a group of employees responsible for activities related to the receipt storage and movement of materials throughout the facility. Supports the needs of production. Identifies and analyzes problems plans tasks and solutions. Provides guidance to team on development performance & productivity issues. Strives to increase quality and productivity. Reports to functional and/or organization management on team accomplishments achievements & productivity.

Main Responsibilities

• Responsible for compliance with applicable Corporate and Divisional Policies and procedures.
• Direct and oversee activities related to the receipt storage and movement of materials throughout the facility.
• Determine and direct manpower to meet site needs and minimize overtime.
• Assists Material Handlers in performing their tasks.
• Assists in completion of projects and achievement of departmental goals.
• Ensures that customer needs are met.
• (Influence/Leadership) Promotes department goals by selecting motivating and training capable staff.
• Leads the activities of assigned staff by communicating and providing guidance towards achieving department objectives.;
• (Planning/Organization) Schedules human and material resources within a department or section in conjunction with near-term plans to ensure their availability; carries out operations within an established budget.;
• (Decision Making/Impact) Assignments are expressed in the form of tasks; generally makes day-to-day decisions within established policies procedures and guidelines in order to carry out the operations and processes selected at higher levels; consequences of erroneous decisions or recommendations might include delays in program schedules and result in the allocation of more resources.

Qualifications

• Bachelors Degree ( 16 years) or An equivalent combination of education and work experience
• Minimum 2 years experience in materials handling inventory control warehousing and cycle counting.

* Participants who complete a short wellness assessment qualify for FREE coverage in our HIP PPO medical plan. Free coverage applies in the next calendar year.

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The base pay for this position is

In specific locations the pay range may vary from the range posted.

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