Internal Auditor

Working at Abbott

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• 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.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as a best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

What You’ll Do

• Lead assigned internal audits to maintain timely closure of the audit cycles.
• Support Audit Readiness activities for external audits including training staff / guidance in preparation of external audits.
• Support compliance gap management activities e.g. compliance risk management. Identifies risks to the business and resolutions to address compliance gaps.
• Strategize and prioritize the compliance gaps and track them to the closure.
• Provides guidance to the subject matter experts (SMEs) in closing the compliance gaps.
• Assist management of near miss program.
• Track regulations and industry standards revisions. Evaluate and communicate the impact of these revisions with the related departments and follow up compliance to these revisions.
• Prepares, reviews and analyses the metrics data.
• Promotes awareness and understanding of quality & compliance within the division. Provide training to the division to increase compliance awareness.
• You may be required to work outside of your ordinary hours of work to participate in essential training, team meetings, customer events or trade shows/conferences. These events may take place on an evening and/or weekend.
• Attend regular departmental meetings with relevant manager/supervisor to build in continuous feedback mechanisms.
• Meet the requirements of ISO by complying with all relevant Quality policies and procedures to ensure the Quality objectives of the business are met.
• Comply with all relevant company Occupational Health, Safety and Environmental policies, procedures, and work practices with the intent of preventing or minimising accidental exposures to self, colleagues and/or the environment.
• Ensure any PPE provided by Abbott is worn.
• Report any accidents or incidents within 24 hours and notify your manager.
• Ensure all activities carried out by self and others are in accordance with legislative employment policies, health & safety requirements and global policy.
• Promote a standard of excellence for quality and customer focus at Abbott.
• Uphold the Abbott Code of Business Conduct.
• Live our Abbott Values – Pioneering, Achieving, Caring, Enduring.
• Maintain up-to-date knowledge of Abbott standard operating procedures and policies and always ensure compliance.
• Ensure your company-related activities comply with relevant Acts, legal demands and ethical standards.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in scientific or technical discipline OR an equivalent combination of education and work experience.
• Minimum 5 years Quality Assurance, Internal Auditing, Quality Compliance management or related experience.
• Demonstrates strong judgment, problem-solving, and decision-making skills.
• Communicates effectively (written and verbal) with strong interpersonal and consulting ability.
• Well-organized and tech-savvy.
• Excellent technical and regulatory local knowledge as it relates to the role.

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