Integrated Production Unit Leader
About The Position
The Integrated Production Unit Leader (IPU) ensures efficient and cost-effective production results that meet order demand, specifications, quality, and planning targets. The role coordinates and manages plant equipment, personnel, and production processes, including quantity, quality, budgeted costs, and productivity. It covers planning and fulfillment, assembly, packaging, and testing for both in-house production and contract manufacturing. The role leads a team within a production unit or line, executing processes that transform parts and raw materials into ABB products in a timely and cost-effective manner. The leader ensures continuous, efficient operations according to volumes, schedules, procedures, drawings, and quality and safety standards, and organizes and allocates resources to meet production targets. This position is onsite in Richmond, Virginia, and reports to the Operations Manager.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, or a related field.
- At least 8 years of experience in manufacturing and production.
- Demonstrated leadership of production teams and fulfillment teams.
- SAP experience.
- Candidates must already have work authorization permitting them to work for ABB in the United States.
Nice To Haves
- Manufacturing experience localizing new products.
Responsibilities
- Ensure production scheduling and plans meet volume requirements agreed upon in the demand plan and defined inventory service levels.
- Drive a strong health and safety culture.
- Recommend technical equipment and facility improvements as necessary.
- Identify deficiencies in the production area, propose improvement activities, and oversee actions to improve production performance.
- Manage resolution of critical product or equipment issues with relevant internal teams.
- Own material fulfillment activities.
- Support the Sales team during customer visits, as required, by explaining manufacturing facility capabilities.
- Collaborate with Operational Excellence teams to integrate lean manufacturing principles into production processes.
- Coordinate and manage plant equipment, personnel, and production processes to achieve production, quality, cost, and productivity targets.
Benefits
- Choice of two medical plan options: PPO Copay Plan or High Deductible Plan with a Health Savings Account.
- Choice of two dental plan options: Core and Core Plus.
- Vision benefit.
- Company-paid life insurance (2x base pay).
- Company-paid AD&D insurance (1x base pay).
- Voluntary life and AD&D insurance, employee-paid.
- Company-paid short-term disability, up to 26 weeks.
- Company-paid long-term disability at 60% of pay, with an option to buy up to 66 2/3% of pay.
- Supplemental employee-paid benefits, including accident insurance, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and pet insurance.
- Paid parental leave.
- Employee Assistance Program.
- Health Advocate support resources for mental and behavioral health, general health navigation, virtual health, and infertility and adoption.
- Employee discount program.
- 401(k) Savings Plan with company contributions.
- Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP).
- 11 paid holidays.
- Vacation under a permissive time away policy for salaried exempt positions.
- Short-term incentive plan/annual bonus eligibility.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
