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This position reports to:

Americas Region Operational Excellence Project Director

Your role and responsibilities

In this role, you will have the opportunity to support the deployment of the continuous improvement strategy for a local organizational unit, including promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Each day, you will mentor and coach teams to achieve operational excellence and drive improved results. You will also showcase your expertise by deploying and leading projects to improve and sustain local business performance.

The work model for the role is: Florence, SC

This role is contributing to the EL SERVICE Manufacturing & Parts Operations in Florence SC & Mebane NC.

You will be mainly accountable for:
- Escalating to relevant stakeholders, as necessary, to remove roadblocks that prevent the successful implementation and adoption of continuous improvement initiatives at local level and helping facilitate cases of conflicting priorities in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
- Ensuring the continuous improvement approach and strategy deployed at local ABB unit level is aligned with the global strategy.
- Facilitating significant improvements with respect to safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and/or cost targets, meeting customer and stakeholder commitments in collaboration with local leadership.
- Providing training support by developing and maintaining training modules and toolkits aligned with business needs in collaboration with management at local level.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

- Partners with business leadership to define and execute operational strategies that advance organizational performance and support long-term business objectives.
- Follow up to implement cross-functional initiatives to identify performance gaps, analyze root causes, and design scalable solutions that elevate service quality and drive measurable business impact.
- Support and drive continuous transformation and optimization across operations delivering quantifiable results against agreed KPIs and quality targets.
- Establishes and governs strategic frameworks for functional collaboration and ownership ensuring alignment with organizational goals, performance standards and guidelines.
- Generates actionable intelligence through rigorous research, data analysis, and interpretation to inform senior leadership decision-making and strategic planning.
- Leads change management and capability-building programs that support organizational transformation and workforce readiness.
- Proactively identifies emerging business requirements and champions innovative enhancements to processes, tools, and service delivery models in manufacturing environment.
- Accountable for end-to-end operational performance, delivering against regional / globally agreed operational standards with an owner's mindset and a commitment to excellence.

Qualifications for the role

- Data Analysis & Interpretation - Super user of MS office - Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio and other business tools.
- SAP experience
- Stakeholder Engagement
- Employee Experience & Engagement
- Learning & Development
- Process Improvement & Optimization
- Strategy & Planning
- Change Management
- Talent Management
- Budget & Performance Management
- Quality & Service Excellence
- Regulations, Legal & Compliance
- Workforce Planning & Organizational Design
- Performance Management
- Employee Reward Strategy

Qualifications for the role

Bachelor’s degree in business, operations management, engineering, or a related field.

• Strong oral and written communication skills. Super user of MS - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing process
• Strong presentation skills
• Strong creative problem-solving skills
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Strong customer mindset
• Ability to communicate at all levels of the organization

What's in it for you? (Optional)

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer for Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, applicants may request to review the plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762.

Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities may request a reasonable accommodation if you are unable or limited in your ability to use or access ABB's career site as a result of your disability. You may request reasonable accommodations by calling an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762 or by sending an email to US-AskHR@abb.com. Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner.

ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

[excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]

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Health, Life & Disability

- Choice between two medical plan options: A PPO plan called the Copay Plan OR a High Deductible Health Plan (with a Health Savings Account) called the High Deductible Plan.
- Choice between two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus
- Vision benefit
- Company paid life insurance (2X base pay)
- Company paid AD&D (1X base pay)
- Voluntary life and AD&D – 100% employee paid up to maximums
- Short Term Disability – up to 26 weeks – Company paid
- Long Term Disability – 60% of pay – Company paid. Ability to “buy-up” to 66 2/3% of pay.
- Supplemental benefits – 100% employee paid (Accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, pet insurance)
- Parental Leave – up to 6 weeks
- Employee Assistance Program
- Health Advocate support resources for mental/behavioral health, general health navigation and virtual health, and infertility/adoption
- Employee discount program

Retirement

- 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
- Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays.

At ABB, we welcome people from all backgrounds and believe that diverse perspectives help us build a cleaner, smarter future.

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