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This position reports to:
Business Process Manager__
The work model for the role is: Hybrid #LI-Hybird
This role is contributing to the ELDS US Business Line in North America.
Your role and responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop the factory business process management organization across the ELDS North American sites, and related operations.
- Own operational process governance and continuous improvement priorities across factory sites.
- Manage and prioritize the factory business improvement portfolio, ensuring delivery of measurable benefits with the required quality, schedule, and budget discipline.
- Serve as the senior escalation point for cross-functional factory process and systems issues, driving rapid resolution and clear decision paths.
- Partner with plant operations, supply chain, engineering, quality, finance, IS, ERP, MES, and analytics teams to align business requirements and technology roadmaps.
- Drive process standardization, best-practice sharing, change adoption, and reuse of capabilities across sites.
- Provide executive-level visibility to priorities, risks, decisions, dependencies, and realized business value.
- Build succession capability, operating cadence, and performance management across the BPM team
Our Team Dynamics
Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.
Qualifications for the role
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
- 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing operations, business process management, operational excellence and digital transformation preferred.
- 6+ years of leadership experience with managers, project teams, or cross-functional organizations preferred.
- • Demonstrated success leading multi-site transformation, process standardization, change management, and portfolio execution.
- Working knowledge of SAP ECC and S4 ERP environments
- Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Experience with discrete manufacturing environments, specifically preferred NEMA low and medium switchgear and motor control centers
- Working knowledge of SAP ECC, S/4HANA, MES integration with ERP and factory systems, ISA-95 concepts, manufacturing master data, and operational technology governance.
- MES integration with ERP and factory systems, ISA-95 concepts, manufacturing master data, and operational technology governance
- Practical experience operationalizing and implementing AI solutions in a discrete manufacturing environment.
- Strong skill set to elicit the actual needs of stakeholders and facilitate communication between organizational units
- Experience configuring and troubleshooting applications within the SAP ERP and system landscape environment
- Broad and deep knowledge of theories, tools and practices in business improvement projects and change management activities
- Understanding of operational and financial metrics
What's in it for you
We empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You’ll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that’s tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger
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
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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
Paid Parental Leave
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. Vacation is provided based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.
More about us
Building a cleaner, smarter future takes all kinds of minds: the curious, the courageous, and the creative. That's why we welcome people from all backgrounds and experiences.
Ready to make an impact?
Apply today or visit https://www.abb.com to learn more about the impact of our solutions across the globe.
Skills Required
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field
- 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing operations, business process management, operational excellence, and digital transformation
- 6+ years of leadership experience with managers, project teams, or cross-functional organizations
- Demonstrated success leading multi-site transformation, process standardization, change management, and portfolio execution
- Working knowledge of SAP ECC and SAP S/4HANA ERP environments
- Existing US work authorization permitting employment with ABB
- Experience with discrete manufacturing environments, preferably NEMA low- and medium-voltage switchgear and motor control centers
- Knowledge of MES integration with ERP and factory systems, ISA-95 concepts, manufacturing master data, and operational technology governance
- Practical experience implementing AI solutions in a discrete manufacturing environment
- Ability to elicit stakeholder needs and facilitate communication between organizational units
- Experience configuring and troubleshooting applications in SAP ERP and related system landscapes
- Knowledge of business improvement project tools, practices, and change management
- Understanding of operational and financial metrics
ABB Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about ABB and has not been reviewed or approved by ABB.
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Healthcare Strength — Healthcare coverage is described as comprehensive, with medical, dental, vision, mental health support, and disability and life insurance included. Immediate eligibility in some roles reinforces the sense of dependable core coverage.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are described as broad, including paid holidays, sick days, volunteer time, sabbaticals, and, in some cases, 25 days of PTO. Flexible scheduling and remote-work options add to perceived time-off and flexibility value.
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Retirement Support — Retirement benefits are positioned as robust, including a 401(k) with company contributions or matching and, in some cases, profit sharing or pension savings. Stock purchase/share acquisition programs complement longer-term savings options.
ABB Insights
What We Do
ABB is a leading global technology company that energizes the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. By connecting software to its electrification, robotics, automation and motion portfolio, ABB pushes the boundaries of technology to drive performance to new levels. With a history of excellence stretching back more than 130 years, ABB’s success is driven by about 110,000 talented employees in over 100 countries. www.abb.com
