Continuous Improvement Leader

Your role and responsibilities:
As the Continuous Improvement Leader, you will have the opportunity to deploy and lead the continuous improvement strategy for a local organizational unit, including creating 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 leading programs and projects to improve and sustain local business performance.
This is an on-site position based in Florence, SC.
This role is contributing to the Electrification Service division, Modernization & Parts business in the Americas.
You will be mainly accountable for:

• Drive Operational Excellence: Develop and execute strategies that enhance efficiency, reduce waste, improve quality, and align operations with organizational goals through Lean, Kaizen, and continuous improvement methodologies.

• Lead Change & Cross‑Functional Collaboration: Champion change management efforts, partner with business leaders, and foster a culture of collaboration, innovation, and performance improvement across all functions.

• Manage Improvement Portfolio & Performance Insights: Oversee business improvement projects, track KPIs and value delivery, assess risks, and provide clear reporting and analysis to guide decision‑making and resource allocation.

• Build Capability & Sustain Improvements: Train, coach, and equip employees with tools for continuous improvement; ensure process changes are implemented, evaluated, documented, and refined to maintain long‑term operational excellence.

Qualifications for the role:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Engineering. Master’s degree preferred.

• Proven experience in operational excellence, process improvement, or related roles, with a minimum of 5 years in leadership positions.

• Strong knowledge of operational excellence methodologies, such as Lean, Six Sigma, and Total Quality Management.

• Knowledge and ability to implement basic Lean/Flex Flow concepts: 5S, Standard Work, One Piece Flow, Kanban, Poka Yoke, Value Added activity, and the seven forms of waste

• Leadership experience, either as a line manager, or working with management and strategy. This includes a collaborative, solution-focused approach and strong written and spoken communication skills.

• Hands on approach, a solid understanding of different functions within a business to provide a holistic view to stakeholders.

• Willingness to travel occasionally as per business needs, around 20%.

• Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the United States.

More about us:

ABB's Service Division partners with our customers to improve the availability, reliability, predictability and sustainability of electrical products and installations. The Division’s extensive service portfolio offers product care, modernization, and advisory services to improve performance, extend equipment lifetime and deliver new levels of operational and sustainable efficiency. We help customers keep resources in use for as long as possible, extracting the maximum value from them, and then recovering and regenerating products and materials at the end of their useful life.

What's in it for you:

We want you to bring your full self to work—your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You’ll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

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.

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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

• 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. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

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