Manufacturing Unit Manager

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This position reports to

Operations Manager

Your role and responsibilities

Reporting to the Regional Director of Operations, ELIP, the Manager of the ABB Iberville and Edmonton factories is responsible for planning, organizing, directing, and controlling overall operational activities. With relevant industry experience, the Unit Manager ensures the necessary activities and project management related to process planning to optimize resource utilization and achieve overall objectives. As a motivational leader with strong leadership skills, the Unit Manager guides their team to foster the development and implementation of a culture that continuously optimizes processes to improve factory performance in terms of health and safety, quality, supply/planning, service, and productivity. The work model for the role is #LI-Onsite. This role is contributing to the Electrification, Installation Products division and is located in Iberville. Responsibilities: • Plan and direct operational activities, including, among others, the departments of production, supply/planning, quality, health and safety, manufacturing engineering, technical services, and logistics. • Guide and lead the team in developing and managing performance indicators (KPIs) for the various factory departments to ensure competitive, stable, and reliable results. • Ensure the achievement of established objectives through the sound management of improvement opportunities. Focus on meeting deadlines, project costs, on-time delivery, and reducing operational costs. • Work closely with different sectors to ensure close collaboration with the departments of research and development, customer service, products, and marketing. • Support and develop talent to foster a competent, efficient, and engaged team. • Ensure resource alignment with the overall strategic vision and ensure its deployment throughout the organizations. • Adhere to ABB's core values of safety and integrity, taking responsibility for your own actions while caring for your colleagues and the company.

Qualifications for the role

• Bachelor's degree and 7 to 10 years of relevant experience.
• Experience in the manufacturing field.
• Knowledge of various principles: lean manufacturing, lean office, 6 Sigma, material and component flow, information management (4.0).
• Developed leadership sense, respect, integrity.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and work under pressure.
• Communication skills and bilingualism (French and English, both oral and written).

Benefits

More about us

We look forward to receiving your application. If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. For the ninth consecutive year, ABB Canada has been recognized as one of Canada's Best Employers by Forbes magazine. Consistently ranked as one of Canada's Top 100 Employers, Montreal's Best Employers, Canada's Best Employers for Young People, Canada's Greenest Employers and a long-time recipient of the Women in Governance Parity Certification, ABB's culture and commitment is to provide a caring workplace where everyone collaborates, feels valued, respected, included and supported. Also committed to ensuring that all policies and practices respect the Employment Equity Program, we aim for our workforce to be truly representative of the four designated groups; women, aboriginal people, members of visible minorities, and/or persons with disabilities. ABB will provide reasonable accommodation to the applicant with disabilities and encourage applicants to self-identify in the application process. ABB's Military Reservist Policy offers Canada's Reserve Force members the flexibility to undergo military training and activities while maintaining job security, seniority, pay, benefits, and privileges as ABB employees, including up to 15 paid working days per year for training, as well as extended leave for operations both in Canada and abroad, ensuring seamless career integration with our nation's defense forces.