Continuous Improvement Specialist - Supply Chain

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This position reports to

Supply Chain Manager

Your role and responsibilities

In this role you will be responsible for deployment of the continuous improvement strategy for our Electrification Services business in Florence, SC. This includes promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement while ensuring the approach and strategy deployed at local ABB unit level is aligned with the global strategy. You will mentor and coach to achieve operational excellence and drive improved results. You will also use your expertise by deploying and leading projects to improve and sustain local business performance. This is an on-site position based in Florence, SC. 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. • Using various systems and tools, along with your analytical mindset, you will develop interactive dashboards that provide insights and visualization into performance relative to KPIs, projections and historical performance. • 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.

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor's degree in business, operations management, or a related field from an accredited college or university preferred, however candidates with commensurate experience in continuous improvement and supply chain will be considered.
• Minimum 2 years of experience in supply chain with experience in ERP systems and tools.
• Lean Six Sigma belt or equivalent strongly preferred.
• Sound knowledge of continuous improvement and end-to-end supply chain in the electrification services preferred.
• Knowledge of MS Office (specifically Excel), Ariba, Celonis, Power BI, Sales force, etc. preferred.
• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

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. We value people from different backgrounds. Apply today for your next career step within ABB and visit www.abb.com to learn about the impact of our solutions across the globe. #MyABBStory We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action at ABB ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and Affirmative Action Employer encouraging diversity in the workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their race, creed, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, citizen status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, marital status, family medical leave status, or protected veterans status. For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2022-10/EEOC_KnowYourRights_screen_reader_10_20.pdf https://www.dol.gov/sites/dolgov/files/OFCCP/pdf/pay-transp_%20English_formattedESQA508c.pdf As an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer, applicants may request to review the Affirmative Action 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 qualified individuals with a disability 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. #LI-Onsite myBenefitsABB.com