Business HR Manager

Abbott 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. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Working at Abbott
At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• Employees can qualify for free medical coverage in our Health Investment Plan (HIP) PPO medical plan in the next calendar year.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution.
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide 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 the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity
Our Molecular Diagnostics division currently has an opportunity for a Business HR Manager to provide strategic HR leadership and coaching to our Americas Commercial, Regulatory Affairs, and Global Support Functions based in Lake Forest, IL.

What You’ll Work On

• Partners with leadership teams to drive business objectives and deliver strong results.
• Influences and collaborates with Leadership teams, implementing programs related to developing our people, organizational design and development, and employee relations and ensuring all timelines set by Corporate programs are met and adhered to throughout the year.   
• Provides consultative guidance and coaching to managers and employees on human resources and business-related matters.
• Collaborates closely with business leaders to define and implement business-specific programs to ensure a culture of high performance and ethics, high engagement and enablement, and overall org effectiveness.
• Gathers and analyzes workgroup data analysis for leaders and provides recommendations for improvement.  
• Provides guidance and interprets policies for leaders and employees on best practices in HR and while prioritizing the many organizational and workgroup priorities. 
• Provides HR expertise and guidance to ensure compliance with HR Employment Law and Employee Relations matters working with In-house Counsel, to mitigate business risk. 
• Identifies and implements change initiatives required to ensure successful delivery of business strategy.
• Identifies gaps within management teams and facilitates training and team development sessions as needed to ensure development with first-line managers.  
• Facilitates the Human Resources (HR) needs around hiring, management, training, compensation, and benefits aligned with best practices partnering with our CoE’s.
• Serves as a resource for managers in maintaining a positive and rewarding work experience for employees, and builds consultative relationships, demonstrating the value of HR as a consistent knowledgeable, trusted, go-to resource.
• Opportunity to engage in Division BHR programs and initiatives to drive self-development and build internal networks.
• Ensures compliance with all federal, state, and local employment laws.
• Other duties as assigned, according to the changing needs of the business that business decisions and actions are fully executed per the agreed upon plans.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in human resources or a related business field.
• Minimum 5 years of HR experience across multiple functions, including talent acquisition, employee relations, compensation, talent management, training, and employee development.
• Proven track record in developing HR solutions for business challenges and building strong client relationships.
• Ability to influence others to achieve desired results, even without direct supervision.
• Travel approximately 10%.
• Eligible to work in the U.S. without Abbott sponsorship.

Learn more about our health and wellness benefits, which provide the security to help you and your family live full lives: https://abbottbenefits.com/

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.

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

Divisional Information

Diagnostics 

We’re empowering smarter medical and economic decision-making to help transform the way people manage their health at all stages of life. Every day, more than 10 million tests are run on Abbott’s diagnostics instruments, providing lab results for millions of people. 

Our Point of Care diagnostic portfolio spans key health and therapeutic areas, including infectious disease, cardiometabolic, informatics, and toxicology.  

Our diagnostic solutions are used in hospitals, laboratories, and clinics around the globe. The crucial information derived from our tests, instruments, and informatics systems is often the first step in patient care decision-making for hundreds of health conditions from heart attacks to blood disorders to infectious diseases and cancers. 

Our rapid diagnostics solutions are helping address some of the world’s greatest healthcare challenges.  

Our molecular division delivers best-in-class innovative testing solutions for people around the world to provide answers to life’s critical health decisions.  We help people live full and healthy lives through our accessible, molecular-based solutions.  

     

The base pay for this position is

$99,300.00 – $198,700.00

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

     

JOB FAMILY:

HR Consultant

     

DIVISION:

CHR Corporate Human Resources

        

LOCATION:

United States > Lake Forest : J55

     

ADDITIONAL LOCATIONS:

     

WORK SHIFT:

Standard

     

TRAVEL:

Yes, 5 % of the Time

     

MEDICAL SURVEILLANCE:

Not Applicable

     

SIGNIFICANT WORK ACTIVITIES:

Continuous sitting for prolonged periods (more than 2 consecutive hours in an 8 hour day), Keyboard use (greater or equal to 50% of the workday)

     

Abbott is an Equal Opportunity Employer of Minorities/Women/Individuals with Disabilities/Protected Veterans.

     

EEO is the Law link - English: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_English.pdf

     

EEO is the Law link - Espanol: http://webstorage.abbott.com/common/External/EEO_Spanish.pdf