Factory Projects Coordinator

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This position reports to: Americas Region Operational Excellence Project Director

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.

The work model for the role is:
Florence, SC

This role is contributing to the EL SERVICE Manufacturing & Parts Operations in Florence SC & Mebane NC.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Escalating to relevant stakeholders, as necessary, to remove roadblocks that prevent the successful implementation and adoption of continuous improvement initiatives at local level and helping facilitate cases of conflicting priorities in collaboration with cross-functional teams.
• Ensuring the continuous improvement approach and strategy deployed at local ABB unit level is aligned with the global strategy.
• Facilitating significant improvements with respect to safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and/or cost targets, meeting customer and stakeholder commitments in collaboration with local leadership.
• Providing training support by developing and maintaining training modules and toolkits aligned with business needs in collaboration with management at local level.

• Partners with business leadership to define and execute operational strategies that advance organizational performance and support long-term business objectives.
• Follow up to implement cross-functional initiatives to identify performance gaps, analyze root causes, and design scalable solutions that elevate service quality and drive measurable business impact.
• Support and drive continuous transformation and optimization across operations delivering quantifiable results against agreed KPIs and quality targets.
• Establishes and governs strategic frameworks for functional collaboration and ownership ensuring alignment with organizational goals, performance standards and guidelines.
• Generates actionable intelligence through rigorous research, data analysis, and interpretation to inform senior leadership decision-making and strategic planning.
• Leads change management and capability‑building programs that support organizational transformation and workforce readiness.
• Proactively identifies emerging business requirements and champions innovative enhancements to processes, tools, and service delivery models in manufacturing environment.
• Accountable for end‑to‑end operational performance, delivering against regional / globally agreed operational standards with an owner's mindset and a commitment to excellence.

• Data Analysis & Interpretation
  - Super user of MS office
  - Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Project, Visio and other business tools.
• SAP experience
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Employee Experience & Engagement
• Learning & Development
• Process Improvement & Optimization
• Strategy & Planning
• Change Management
• Talent Management
• Budget & Performance Management
• Quality & Service Excellence
• Regulations, Legal & Compliance
• Workforce Planning & Organizational Design
• Performance Management
• Employee Reward Strategy

• Bachelor's degree in business, operations management, engineering, or a related field.
• Strong oral and written communication skills. Super user of MS
  - Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Visio.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing process.
• Strong presentation skills.
• Strong creative problem‑solving skills.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills.
• Strong customer mindset.
• Ability to communicate at all levels of the organization.

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