IPU Manager

Your role and responsibilities
In this role, you will have the opportunity to ensure efficient and cost-effective production results. Each day, you will be responsible to meet order demand, specifications, quality, and planning targets through the coordination and management of plant equipment, personnel, and production processes (quantity, quality, budgeted costs, and proper productivity level). You will also showcase your expertise by developing programs, projects, goals, and metrics to lead the organization to the highest level of operational performance while optimizing working capital throughout Operations.
This role is contributing to the EL Smart Power business in Xiame China.
You will be mainly accountable for:

• Implement MU priorities in the IPU within the area of responsibility and
  contribute to increasing business profit, customer satisfaction and 
  operational effectiveness.
• Ensure that responsible area is properly organized, staffed and directed by the collaboration with functional managers. Build an effective, capable and high performing team. Respond to resource issues as necessary. Lead
  capacity planning and resource optimization for the assigned unit.
• Ensure production scheduling and production plan meets the volume
  requirements agreed in the demand plan and defined inventory service 
  levels to achieve established targets.
• Lead and manage manufacturing function and operation teams and 
  processes. Implement localization plan. Improves manufacturing technology
  and competence in line with MU priorities.
• Execute quality management for monitoring and validating day to day
  control of processes. To maintain the effective running of production 
  system and QPR in assigned unit. To chair regular quality circle meeting (level 1&2) and Gemba meeting. Ensure manufacturing operations are in compliance with applicable standards.
• Drive quality improvement through target setting, monitoring and benchmarking to continuously improve processes. Drive continued
  improvements in productivity, delivery performance and cost optimization. 
• Identifies and recommends technical equipment and facility improvements
  as necessary to ensure production resilience.
• Living ABB’s core values of safety and integrity, which means ensuring a
  safe working environment and caring for your team and the integrity of your business.
• Establish and implement talent development and succession plans to
  identify and cultivate high-potential employees for key positions.
• Proactively shape a customer-centric, continuous improvement, and
  accountability-driven culture within IPU.
• Lead the digital transformation of IPU, promoting advanced technologies
  such as data analysis and automation/intelligence.
• Deepen the lean production system, systematically eliminating waste. It includes strengthening collaboration with departments like planning and
  procurement to optimize end-to-end supply chain processes.

ABB Smart Power provides energy distribution solutions for data centers, industrial and manufacturing plants, critical infrastructure and commercial buildings. The Division’s technical teams work closely with industry partners, delivering advanced solutions that support rapid growth, energy transition, and sustainability objectives. The Division’s portfolio includes industrial circuit breakers, low-voltage systems, motor starting applications, and safety devices like switches and relays. Its Power Protection unit supports the world’s largest data center companies with advanced energy-efficient UPS solutions. The Division’s ABB Ability™ Energy Manager provides a scalable, easy-to-use platform that helps organizations save energy and reduce CO2 emissions.