Continuous Improvement Specialist

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As a Continuation Improvement Specialist, you will be establishing and maintaining a continuous improvement culture in ABB, utilizing Lean Six Sigma methodology and creating transparency to monitor progress. In this role, you will typically be implementing continuous improvement projects in the local organization and/or mastering multiple projects.

This position reports to

Quality & Continuous Improvement Manager

Your responsibilities

• Executing continuous improvement and strategy deployment and working with other CI (Continuous Improvement) leaders to standardize processes and develop best practices
• Working in cross functional teams to execute the strategy and escalate as necessary to remove roadblocks
• Identifying key team members in each function to support projects within the location and encourage key individuals to develop their skills
• Mentoring and coaching continuous improvement candidates and developing a pipeline of team members able to drive business results
• Understanding the organization’s vision, objectives and needs, and suggesting projects, actions and tools achieve them
• Providing organization wide visibility of the current portfolio of continuous improvement efforts and tracking progress and value from these efforts
• Providing training and coaching to people and teams so that they are better equipped to drive their improvement efforts for themselves and drive standardization and consistency
• Driving transformational projects with a hands on (“Gemba”) and problem solving approach

Your background

• Bachelors degree in Industrial, mechanical, electronics, engineering or operations/business administration management and minimum 5 years of experience in a Continuous Improvement (CI) role in a manufacturing plant environment
• Sound knowledge in Lean Six Sigma with a minimum Greenbelt Certification
• Knowledge of SAP & MS Soft Suite
• A collaborative, solution focused approach and strong written and spoken communication skills
• Demonstrated leadership capabilities, with a collaborative, solution focused approach and strong written and spoken communication skills
• Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US

Benefits

• Retirement plan
• Life insurance
• Disability insurance
• Wellbeing program
• Healthcare plan

More about us

ABB's Measurement & Analytics division is among the world's leading manufacturers and suppliers of smart instrumentation and analyzers. With thousands of experts around the world and high-performance digital technology, ABB's team is dedicated to making measurement easy for its industrial and energy customers to let them operate more efficiently and profitably. 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: http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/upload/eeoc_self_print_poster.pdf http://www1.eeoc.gov/employers/poster.cfm. http://www.dol.gov/ofccp/regs/compliance/posters/pdf/OFCCP_EEO_Supplement_Final_JRF_QA_508c.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 [email protected] Resumes and applications will not be accepted in this manner. #LI-Hybrid