Quality and Continuous Improvement Manager, Marine and Ports US

Description

• Establish a closed-loop quality cycle from product development to customer feedback.
• Execute and prepare audits to verify compliance and identify improvement opportunities.
• Act as a trusted advisor to local leadership, influencing design and development to improve organizational performance incl. employee engagement.
• Promote health, safety, and environment (HSE) excellence and continuous improvement.
• Use analytics to identify risks, failures, and non-conformances.
• Ensure adherence to ABB’s Code of Conduct, safety, integrity, and regulatory requirements.
• Ensures effective internal controls are in place to verify that processes continue to meet customer and stakeholder requirements.
• Benchmark internally and externally to challenge the status quo and adopt best practices.
• Ensure effective internal and external communication on quality matters.
• Define and implement quality management strategy aligned with ABB’s global standards, business needs, local objectives and customer requirements.
• Inspire collaboration across divisions and functions to maximize results.
• Act as process owner for assigned systems/tools, ensuring documentation, implementation, and continuous improvement.
• Drive resolution of customer cases using robust root cause analysis and preventive actions.
• Maintain and enhance the local quality management system through risk-based planning and continuous improvement.
• Promote zero-defect vision and proactive risk management.
• Partner with local business lines and global teams to ensure voice-of-the-customer and employees is represented.
• Align local needs and requirements with Global.
• Drive leadership commitment and ownership to quality and continuous improvement.
• Coach and guide stakeholders to build competence and quality mindset.
• Govern local quality-related systems in collaboration with Continuous Improvement and other functions.

Requirements

• Strong knowledge of ISO standards and quality systems.
• 5+ years’ of proven experience in quality and continuous improvement within industrial or marine sectors.
• Ability to lead initiatives without direct reports and influence across functions.
• Lean Six Sigma certification
• Highly organized, proactive, and optimistic problem solver.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and stakeholder management skills.

Benefits

• Opportunity to shape quality and improvement strategies in a global organization.
• Collaborative and innovative work environment.
• Competitive compensation and benefits package.
• You will join a top performing team in a growing business, where you will be able to thrive.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance