Analytical Lab Manager

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JOB DESCRIPTION: Abbott is a global healthcare leader, creating breakthrough science to improve people’s health. We’re always looking towards the future, anticipating changes in medical science and technology. 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 get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest life. 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 will have access to: • Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of. • Benefits that support you and your family to stay healthy, financially secure, and supported throughout life's journey, including comprehensive medical insurance coverage, wellbeing support, and competitive rewards that recognize your contributions. • 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. The Opportunity As the Laboratory Manager - Analytical, you will be responsible for leading the analytical laboratory function to ensure accurate, timely, scientifically valid and compliant testing services that support manufacturing operations, product quality, customer requirements, Abbott Global Quality Standards, ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation requirements and New Zealand regulatory obligations. What You’ll Do • Lead and manage laboratory operations to ensure analytical testing services are delivered safely, accurately efficiently and within agreed service levels. • Maintain compliance with ISO/IEC 17025 accreditation, Abbott quality standards and applicable regulatory requirements, ensuring ongoing laboratory accreditation. • Act as the laboratory representative during accreditation assessments, regulatory inspections, customer audits and external reviews. • Provide technical leadership and oversight of analytical methods, specifications, testing protocols and scientific decision-making. • Ensure analytical methods, validation, verification, measurement uncertainty, proficiency testing and quality control programmes are effectively implemented and maintained. • Provide governance and oversight of the LIMS, ensuring system compliance, validation, security, data integrity, user access controls and alignment with ISO/IEC 17025, regulatory and business requirements. • Review and approve laboratory investigations, technical assessments, analytical results and quality decisions within delegated authority. • Develop and maintain laboratory capability through effective competency, training, qualification and authorization programmes. • Manage laboratory resources, facilities, equipment and systems to ensure they remain calibrated, maintained and fit for purpose. • Oversee the qualification, governance and performance monitoring of contract laboratories and external testing providers. • Monitor laboratory performance, trends, OOS/OOT results, non-conformances and risks, ensuring effective investigation, CAPA implementation and risk mitigation. • Support compliance with MPI requirements, Dairy Processing Specifications, export certification obligations and other applicable regulatory frameworks. • Provide analytical expertise to support product development, process improvement, validation, innovation and business improvement initiatives. • Drive a culture of quality, operational excellence and continuous improvement by identifying opportunities to enhance laboratory performance, efficiency, compliance, ca

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