About Abbott Laboratories
Abbott Laboratories 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. We have a diverse team of approximately 114,000 colleagues serving people in more than 160 countries.
Our Presence in Ireland
Abbott has been operating in Ireland since 1946 and serves the Irish market with a range of healthcare products including diagnostics, diabetes care, medical devices and nutritional products. In Ireland, we currently employ around 6,000 people across ten sites located in Dublin, Donegal, Clonmel, Cootehill, Galway, Kilkenny, Longford and Sligo.
Abbott's Global Hub in Galway
Our international hub in Galway serves as the center for Abbott's Rapid Diagnostics business, which delivers over 2 billion tests annually. As the global leader in point-of-care diagnostics, we offer a comprehensive portfolio of best-in-class rapid tests, services, and handheld devices across various healthcare settings. These include the lab, clinic, remote healthcare outposts, retail outlets, patient's bedside, and home. Our industry-leading near-patient tests and services are unmatched across key health and therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, cardiometabolic & informatics, toxicology, and consumer diagnostics.
One of the key functions in Galway is Global Business Services, which provides shared services activities across finance, purchasing, quality, technical, and customer services for Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA). Various global and EMEA commercial and operational management teams across our infectious disease and cardiometabolic businesses are also based in Galway, overseeing the supply of millions of rapid tests from HIV to diabetes to COVID-19, to patients in many regions across the world.
Purpose of the Job
The Product Stewardship specialist will be responsible for executing elements of the Divisional Product Stewardship strategy across the Infectious Disease business to ensure compliance with Product Stewardship regulations, internal policies, and procedures. This role will provide technical expertise to cross-functional partners within the businesses as part of the Product Stewardship Team. Please note this position is a 12-month Fixed-Term Contract.
Key Responsibilities
1. Carries out duties in compliance with established business policies and procedures.
2. Assesses products for compliance with applicable Product Stewardship legislation, including EU REACH and RoHs and similar global regulations, EU CLP, EU MDR/IVDR, EU BPR, EU POPs, CA Prop 65, US Conflict Minerals, and EPR (WEEE, Battery, Packaging).
3. Provides expert regulatory support and interpretations within a Cross Functional Project team.
4. Assesses the impact of new and emerging regulations on products and processes and guides the implementation of appropriate compliance measures.
5. Develops a working knowledge of business information systems (e.g. SAP, Agile, eVitality, Ensur) to support management of product data in CMap.
6. SUPPORTS Extended Producer Responsibility data gathering and processing at a business unit level to support annual filing.
7. Regularly communicates a high-level summary on status of the areas of responsibility to management.
Education & Competencies
1. A Bachelor's or higher in Toxicology, Chemistry, Engineering, or other science-related field.
2. Minimum of 5 years' experience in Product Stewardship or a related field such as R&D, operations, technical support, quality, or regulatory within the Pharma or Medical Device industries.
3. High proficiency in MS Office software.
4. In order to interact with sites on different time zones, occasional out-of-hours working may be required.
5. Working knowledge of relevant regulations including REACH and/or other global REACH-like Regulations, RoHS, CLP, Conflict Minerals, and Extended Producer Responsibility requirements.
6. Ability to coordinate meetings (by phone, video conference, and face-to-face) to drive results and build relationships.
7. Demonstrated administrative, written, and verbal communication, negotiation, and influencing skills.
8. A track record of supporting multifunctional teams.
9. Organized, detail-oriented, with a high level of confidentiality, and ability to work under pressure with changing priorities and deadlines.
10. Ability to be resourceful and proactive when issues arise.
11. Excellent organizational skills.
12. Multitasking and time-management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks.