Plant Manager

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This position reports to:
Americas Operations Manager

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Your role and responsibilities:

As the Plant Manager, you will be responsible for overseeing all aspects of multiple US Manufacturing sites, specifically, the Modernization and Parts business unit within the Electrification Service Division in Florence, SC. This role includes production, engineering, procurement, quality, continuous improvement and logistics, in multiple locations.

This is an on-site position based in Florence, SC.

This role is contributing to the Electrical Service Division in the Americas Region.

You will be mainly accountable for:

• Drive manufacturing strategy by implementing global/local plans, improving technology and capabilities, and executing continuous improvement to boost profitability, quality, and operational effectiveness.
• Lead multi‑site operations to achieve targets for revenue, EBITA%, cash flow, OTD, productivity, cost optimization, and customer satisfaction while ensuring strong sourcing, logistics, and supplier performance.
• Champion safety, compliance, and standards by embedding HSE, integrity, and quality requirements across all sites and ensuring adherence to global/local policies, tools, and processes.
• Build and develop high‑performing teams through effective organizational design, talent development, leadership appointments, and participation in strategic planning, budgeting, and long‑term capability building.

Qualifications for the role:

• Bachelor's degree in engineering or business administration or technical field, advanced degree desirable, with 15+ years of experience in operations, with experience in manufacturing and multiply lines in production.
• Experience in service business, specific knowledge of Electrification business and products.
• Prior experience with high mix, low volume product lines in a manufacturing environment.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Demonstrated leadership capability with a history of change management.
• Ability to travel to multiple sites around 25% of the time, or as needed.

More about us:

ABB's Service Division partners with our customers to improve the availability, reliability, predictability and sustainability of electrical products and installations. The Division's extensive service portfolio offers product care, modernization, and advisory services to improve performance, extend equipment lifetime and deliver new levels of operational and sustainable efficiency. We help customers keep resources in use for as long as possible, extracting the maximum value from them, and then recovering and regenerating products and materials at the end of their useful life.

What's in it for you:

We want you to bring your full self to work-your ideas, your energy, your ambition. You'll have the tools and freedom to grow your skills, shape your path, and take on challenges that matter. Here, your work creates impact you can see and feel, every day.

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ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

[excludes ABB E-mobility, Athens union, Puerto Rico]

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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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