Continuous improvement specialist

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In this role, you will have the opportunity to deploy and support the continuous improvement strategy for a local organizational unit, including creating a culture of continuous learning and improvement. Each day, you will provide the necessary support required to achieve operational excellence and drive improved results. You will also showcase your expertise by supporting programs and projects to improve and sustain local business performance.

The work model for the role is: Hybrid (must be in Houston, TX)


This role is contributing to the Process Automation Energy Industries in United States Local Division. Main stakeholders are Operations/Sales and Finance.


You will be mainly accountable for:

• Identifying and working to remove roadblocks that prevent the successful implementation and adoption of continuous improvement initiatives and overseeing cases of conflicting priorities.

• Promoting and supporting improvement programs and projects within your own area of responsibility, with a hands-on (Gemba) and problem-solving approach.

• Supporting a systematic fact-based approach to identify and evaluate opportunities for future improvement within the local organization.

• Providing guidance and support towards disseminating a continuous improvement mindset and culture at all levels, activities, and functions to promote behavioral change for continuous performance improvement at local level.

Our team dynamics
You will join a talented, high performing team, where you will be able to thrive.



Qualifications

• Highly skilled in end to end process improvement, change management process and rolling new and best practices and the Energy Industry market

• Have a minimum of 2+ years of experience in quality, operational excellence, process improvements, implementing projects, etc.

• Leadership experience or background as a role mode with initiative in driving automation, tools and technology

• Experience with SAP, as well as Black Belt certification, Microsoft Project Planning, Project Management, SQL

• Critical thinking, analytical, organized, problem solver and inspire in influencing change into the organization, good communication

• Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration, Economics, Finance, or Engineering

• Extensive knowledge of End to end process improvements in Project business, manufacturing or service

• Strong verbal and written communication skills

More about us

ABB is an Equal Employment Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer for protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities at ABB.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to their- sex (gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation), marital status, citizenship, age, race and ethnicity, inclusive of traits historically associated with race or ethnicity, including but not limited to hair texture and protective hairstyles, color, religious creed, national origin, pregnancy, physical or mental disability, genetic information, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal and state law.

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Health, Life & Disability

• 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

Retirement

• 401k Savings Plan with Company Contributions

• Employee Stock Acquisition Plan (ESAP)

Time off

ABB provides 11 paid holidays. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

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