Continuous Improvement Leader

About ABB

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About the Role

This position reports to: Continuous Improvement Manager

This role is contributing to the Electrification Distribution Solutions division in San Luis Potosi. The work model for the role is:

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.

Responsibilities

• Escalate to relevant stakeholders, as necessary, to remove roadblocks that prevent the successful implementation and adoption of continuous improvement initiatives at local level and help facilitate cases of conflicting priorities in collaboration with cross-functional teams
• Ensure the continuous improvement approach and strategy deployed at local ABB unit level is aligned with the global strategy
• Facilitate significant improvements with respect to safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and/or cost targets, meeting customer and stakeholder commitments in collaboration with local leadership
• Provide training support by developing and maintaining training modules and toolkits aligned with business needs in collaboration with management at local level
• Promote and implement improvement programs and projects within your own area of responsibility
• Track programs, initiatives, projects, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to demonstrate progress and value, enabling decision-makers to allocate resources and recognize success

Qualifications

• 5+ years of Continuous Improvement leader or similar position
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering
• Expertise on detecting, developing and reporting 30+ L6S Improvement Projects per year in a manufacturing and/or transactional environment, with relevant bottom-line savings
• 6S Green Belt Certification is a must (6S Black Belt preferred)
• Advanced English is a must (American Visa desirable)
• Expertise on providing training & coaching to hourly and salary staff
• Results oriented and work towards objectives
• High sense of urgency
• Collaborative and Teamwork booster

Benefits

• Life Insurance
• Retirement plan
• Accident Insurance
• Wellbeing program
• Dental insurance
• Flex days
• Development platforms: Spark, Harvard Manager Mentor and English Learning EF English Live School (EF)

Why ABB

Working at ABB gives you the opportunity to contribute to a healthier and more prosperous world. Add to your story by joining a passionate team, focused on pushing the boundaries of technology to drive performance, shape new business models and find new ways of working that benefit our customers, partners and society. We want you to be proud of being part of ABB.

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We help our people succeed and develop, and we empower them to create their own careers at ABB. Our benefits, reward and development programs encompass a wide array of offerings.

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