Abbott in Ireland

Abbott has maintained a strong presence in Ireland since 1946 and celebrates its 80th anniversary in the country in 2026. The company supports the Irish healthcare sector with a broad portfolio spanning diagnostics, diabetes care, medical devices and nutritional products. Today, Abbott employs more than 6,200 people across ten sites located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo.

About Abbott

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 122,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

Please note any offer of employment for this position is conditional upon the successful completion of a pre-employment medical examination, including drug and alcohol screening, conducted by a medical practitioner designated by the Company.

Abbott Ireland Vascular Division Clonmel

Abbott Vascular is one of the world's leading vascular care businesses. Abbott Vascular is uniquely focused on advancing the treatment of vascular disease and improving patient care by combining the latest medical device innovations with world-class pharmaceuticals, investing in research and development and advancing medicine through training and education.

Our broad line of vascular devices–which includes vessel closure, endovascular and coronary technologies–are used to treat vessel diseases of the heart, carotid arteries and peripheral blood vessels. These vessel diseases can lead to heart attack, stroke, critical limb ischemia and other serious vascular conditions.

Purpose of the Job:

With general guidance from functional management, responsible for providing team leadership to a group of employees committed to increased quality and productivity. Supports demand of the business unit. Identifies and analyses problems, plans tasks and solutions. Provides guidance to team on development, performance and productivity issues. Reports to functional and/or organisation management on team accomplishments, achievements and productivity.

Shift pattern:

Monday to Friday (A/B shift - days and evenings)

As a Production Supervisor, your key responsibilities will be as follows:

1. Implement a staffing plan by identifying resource requirements and co-ordinating the with Operations Management and Planning Schedulers

2. Monitor daily work operations and provide support to team members

3. Develop your team through training and assigning progressively more challenging tasks

4. Develop feasibility and execute continuous improvement projects to improve efficiency or remove waste from the process.

5. Interact with key stakeholders: Quality, Engineering, Human Resources, Supply Chain, EHS, Operations Management, Finance & Operations Excellence.

6. Monitor compliance with company policies and procedures

7. Develop work schedule for department by assessing priorities, workload and available resources

At Abbott, we are committed to fostering an inclusive workplace where everyone’s contributions are valued and respected. We believe that diversity is our strength, and we are committed to creating an inclusive workplace where everyone feels empowered to succeed.

Education and Skills:

Level 7 qualification (full credits) and related work experience. We would be keen to speak with you if you have prior people management experience

We offer:

Competitive salary and benefits package
Opportunities for advancement and professional development: We take pride in filling many of our open roles internally through planned development processes.
A supportive and inclusive work environment where your contributions are valued.
Access to the best-in-class peer groups, leading technology and resources to support your success.
Join a company that is committed to making a positive impact in the community and beyond.

Potential career path:

We are looking for people who want to grow their careers with us. High-performing Production Supervisors will be encouraged to take opportunities that present themselves in other functions. We thrive on people gaining broad experience across our business, and the majority of our leadership team have been Production Supervisors on-site earlier in their careers.

Process/Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Operations Leadership, Supply Chain Planning & Purchasing, Equipment Engineering, Laboratory, Finance to name a few are always on the lookout for talented leaders with a proven ability to deliver in our Production environments.

Production Supervisor

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