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At Abbott, you will play a crucial role to help people live more fully at all stages of their lives. Abbott is a global healthcare leader and our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritional products and branded generic medicines. Our 113,000 colleagues have a daily impact on the life of people in more than 160 countries.

Abbott Ireland

In Ireland, Abbott employs over 5,000 people across nine sites. We currently have six manufacturing facilities located in Clonmel, Cootehill, Donegal, Longford and Sligo and a third-party manufacturing management operation in Sligo. Abbott also has commercial, support operations and shared services in Dublin and Galway. We have been making a difference in the lives of Irish people since 1946.

Abbott Diabetes Care Kilkenny

Abbott Diabetes Care is opening a new site, in Kilkenny, that will be at the forefront of Diabetes care with the latest technology, to manufacture

FreeStyle blood glucose test strips and FreeStyle Sensors for use in diabetes management. Among Abbott Diabetes Care leading brands are the FreeStyle Precision, FreeStyle Lite and FreeStyle Libre systems.

Primary Job Function

As IT Team Lead - Applications for the site you will have primary responsibility for the IT Support effort of the Manufacturing Execution System (MES) - POMSnet & all auxiliary systems. Managing a team of highly skillful IT Specialists & will play a key role in the delivery of the sites overall IT business objectives. The role will Interface with all areas of the business & participate in all aspects of the MES project through implementation.

Major Responsibilities

• Ability to work successfully to manage a team supporting manufacturing applications.
• Ability to investigate/ troubleshoot MES and control systems to support optimization of system operations.
• Support IT maintenance schedules
• Support the site, critical MES rollout project. Interface with the business assist with change control documentation and participate in testing schedules, recipe delivery and testing coordination.
• Supports system software upgrades including planning and scheduling & testing with operations.
• Ability to assist with new machine integrations, configurations & peripheral devices setups.
• Ensures policies and standards adherence is consistent with Corporate/ Division standards.
• Manage a team to provide 24 x 7 production support
• Ensures that IT applications meet the needs of the organization.
• Able to execute IT projects working with cross functional teams.
• Communicate effectively with team members and all areas of the Business.
• Monitors IT processes to ensure compliance with corporate, divisional and local policies and procedures.
• Supports and enforces audit compliant policies and standards.
• Provide IT and Business Process technical expertise to support Manufacturing Operations.
• Communicate with project teams for regular updates, reports, and project escalations.
• Assist in defining standards, guidelines, best practices, metrics KPIs
• Ensures Local IT has business continuity/disaster recovery plans and participates in testing of plans, as necessary and monitors results of business continuity testing.
• Act as the primary liaison between the IT and business areas, supporting applications, in areas such as Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Labelling, and general manufacturing control systems.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computing or equivalent in Manufacturing, Quality or Engineering discipline
• Experience with ERP systems POMSnet preferable & integrations with applications such as SAP, OSI-PI, Kepware advantageous
• Experience in Oracle Databases, SQL scripting, Label printers, Scanners Configuration and support
• Experience with Software Lifecycle Validations in a regulated industry is desirable
• Successful candidate will have demonstrated the ability to work in a fast paced, team environment with strong attention to detail and quality results.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, written & verbal communication skills are essential.
• 5 years plus experience working in IT / MES environment preferably with direct manufacturing exposure
• Experience working with operating procedures, policies and processes in a GMP environment.