Continuous Improvement Specialist

ABB•Senatobia, MS

28d•Onsite

About The Position

At ABB, we help industries outrun - leaner and cleaner. Here, progress is an expectation - for you, your team, and the world. As a global market leader, we’ll give you what you need to make it happen. It won’t always be easy, growing takes grit. But at ABB, you’ll never run alone. Run what runs the world. This Position reports to: Quality Control Specialist Your role and responsibilities In this role, you will s upports the deployment of the continuous improvement strategy for a local organizational unit, including promoting a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Mentors and coaches teams to achieve operational excellence and drive improved results. Deploys and leads projects to improve and sustain local business performance. The work model for the role is: #LI - Onsite This role is contributing to the Electrification Smart Power Division in Senatobia, MS area. You will be mainly accountable to: Supports the deployment of strategy and objectives for continuous improvement at a local organizational level. Escalates to relevant stakeholders, as necessary, to remove roadblocks that prevent the successful implementation and adoption of continuous improvement initiatives at local level and helps facilitate cases of conflicting priorities in collaboration with cross-functional teams. Facilitates significant improvements with respect to safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and/or cost targets, meeting customer and stakeholder commitments in collaboration with local leadership. Provides training support by developing and maintaining training modules and toolkits aligned with business needs in collaboration with management at local level. Tracks programs, initiatives, projects, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to demonstrate progress and value, enabling decision-makers to allocate resources and recognize success. Drives/supports systematic benchmarking of external processes and techniques, incorporating relevant learnings into local ABB practices. Our Team Dynamics Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Similar.
2-3 years’ experience in production planning, material planning or similar role (ETO manufacturing experience is a plus)
Material Logistics: Knowledge in managing internal and external logistics, including Kanban systems, material picking, and coordination with suppliers.
Production Logistics : Experience in line balancing, waste elimination, standard work, and creating work instructions.
Quality Process Reengineering : Implementation of Quality Gates, improving First Pass Yield, reducing PPMs, and Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ).
Leadership and Change Management, Critical Thinking and Problem Solving, Specialist Technical & Engineering Skills, Continuous Improvement Methodologies, Project Management are must have skills.
Candidates must already have a work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.

Responsibilities

Supports the deployment of strategy and objectives for continuous improvement at a local organizational level.
Escalates to relevant stakeholders, as necessary, to remove roadblocks that prevent the successful implementation and adoption of continuous improvement initiatives at local level and helps facilitate cases of conflicting priorities in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
Facilitates significant improvements with respect to safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and/or cost targets, meeting customer and stakeholder commitments in collaboration with local leadership.
Provides training support by developing and maintaining training modules and toolkits aligned with business needs in collaboration with management at local level.
Tracks programs, initiatives, projects, and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to demonstrate progress and value, enabling decision-makers to allocate resources and recognize success.
Drives/supports systematic benchmarking of external processes and techniques, incorporating relevant learnings into local ABB practices.

Benefits

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
401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions
Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)
ABB provides 11 paid holidays.
Vacation is provided based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions.
Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.