Job Description

Abbott Abbott

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. In Germany, Abbott has approximately 4,500 employees working in manufacturing, research and development, logistics, manufacturing, sales and marketing. Abbott's European headquarters is located in Wiesbaden and its sites in Neustadt am Rübenberge, Wetzlar, Eschborn, Cologne, Jena, Hamburg and Munich.

The Neustadt am Rübenberge site (Abbott Laboratories GmbH –1701) is a strategic manufacturing location within Abbott's medicines business and is the global manufacturing home of Creon, a market-leading pancreatic enzyme replacement therapy. The site combines complex pharmaceutical manufacturing, technical innovation, operational excellence, and continuous improvement to ensure reliable global patient supply.

The Opportunity

We are seeking an experienced Manager, Manufacturing Science & Technology (MS&T) - Creon to provide technical and operational leadership across the Creon manufacturing value stream. This leader will drive process robustness, supply reliability, operational excellence, productivity improvements, and cost competitiveness while ensuring the highest standards of quality, compliance, safety, and environmental stewardship.

This highly visible leadership role combines people leadership, pharmaceutical process expertise, operational excellence, and cross-functional influence. You will play a critical role in supporting ongoing site expansion efforts while ensuring the continued delivery of high-quality products to patients worldwide.

What You’ll Do

• Lead the Manufacturing Science & Technology (MS&T) organization supporting commercial Creon manufacturing, ensuring technical excellence, manufacturing reliability, and continuous improvement across the product lifecycle
• Drive manufacturing performance through yield improvement, scrap reduction, process optimization, and productivity initiative
• Own technical strategies to improve API recovery, formulation performance, encapsulation efficiency, and packaging effectiveness
• Lead technical investigations and structured problem-solving activities related to manufacturing deviations, process variability, quality events, recurring production losses, and supply risks
• Support capital expansion projects, process modernization initiatives, and technology implementation
• Provide technical leadership for process validation, continued process verification, lifecycle management, and change control activities
• Partner closely with site and global leadership teams to evaluate, prioritize, and implement investments in manufacturing processes, technologies, equipment, and technical capabilities that strengthen long-term site competitiveness
• Ensure compliance with GMP, regulatory requirements, and site quality systems

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred in Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Chemistry, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, or a related discipline
• Proven people leader with experience building, developing, and leading high-performing technical, scientific, or engineering teams within a pharmaceutical manufacturing environment
• Experience leading cross-functional improvement programs within a GMP-regulated environment
• Strong expertise in process validation, root cause analysis, CAPA management, and statistical process monitoring
• Proven success delivering productivity, yield, quality, and cost-improvement initiatives.
• Lean Six Sigma or continuous improvement experience preferred

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.

We ask for your understanding that we only consider online applications via our online application portal. Applications by email or post cannot be processed. Original documents will not be returned

Connect with us at www.abbott.com, on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/company/abbott-/

The base pay for this position is

N/A

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

JOB FAMILY:

Manufacturing

DIVISION:

EPD Established Pharma

LOCATION:

Germany > Neustadt am Rübenberge : 210

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

TRAVEL:

Yes, 25 % of the Time

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Not Applicable