Production Development Manager

ABB Inc; Arecibo (PR); On-site; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

ABB in Puerto Rico is seeking a Production Technology Leader to optimize assembly methods, processes, and equipment in collaboration with Production management and R&D.

You will drive cost-efficient production, support Supply Chain decisions, and work with global teams on standards while mentoring engineers.

Qualifications

• Leads optimization of assembly methods, processes, and equipment.
• Defines production costs and minimizes cost while maximizing quality.
• Supports the Supply Chain Management department in supplier evaluation and capacity decisions.

Responsibilities

• Aligns production with project targets, approves designs, and performs final tests per project data.
• Ensures the efficiency of external production processes.
• Defines production costs and sequencing for new processes to reduce cost and boost quality.
• Prepares and proposes investment budgets for new products and processes.
• Supports Supply Chain in supplier evaluation, tech assessment, and capacity decisions.
• Collaborates with R&D and international teams to optimize standards and design rules.
• Evaluates new process technologies to improve productivity, quality, and cost.

Skills

Budget & Performance Management

Strategy & Strategy Implementation

Data Analysis & Reporting

Project Management

Supplier Relationship Management

Supply Chain Management

Engineering & Manufacturing Processes

Planned Maintenance & Backlog

Customer Satisfaction

Specialist Technical & Engineering

Job description

At ABB, we help industries run leaner and cleaner—and every person here makes that happen. You’ll be empowered to lead, supported to grow, and proud of the impact we create together. Join us and help run what runs the world.

This position reports to:

Manufacturing Unit Manager

Job Profile Summary

Leads a function focused on the optimization of the Production organizations' assembly methods, processes, and equipment in cooperation with Production management and Research and Development (R&D).

Roles & Responsibilities

• Ensures that the production process aligns with the project targets, approves the design, both for internal or external developed processes and performs the final test in accordance with the project's data.
• Ensures the efficiency of all external production processes.
• Defines production costs and the sequence of the working phases of a new production process to minimize cost and maximize quality.
• Develops and proposes the estimated budget of investments necessary for the development of new products and processes.
• Supports the Supply Chain Management department in selecting suppliers, evaluating the technology and capacity, and determining the best option.
• Cooperates with R&D or international teams in the optimization of technical standards and supports engineers in the definition or configuration of new design rules.
• Evaluates new process technologies to improve productivity, quality, and cost.

Job Skills

• Budget & Performance Management
• Strategy & Strategy Implementation
• Data Anlaysis & Reporting
• Project Management
• Customer Satisfaction
• Engineering & Manufacturing Processes
• Planned Maintenance & Backlog
• Supplier Relationship Management
• Supply Chain Management
• Specialist Technical & Engineering Skills

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.

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.

For more information regarding your (EEO) rights as an applicant, please visit the following websites: https://www.eeoc.gov/sites/default/files/2023-06/22-088_EEOC_KnowYourRights6.12ScreenRdr.pdf

As an Equal Employment Opportunity and affirmative Action Employer for Protected Veterans and Individuals with Disabilities, applicants may request to review the plan of a particular ABB facility between the hours of 9:00 A.M. - 5:00 P.M. EST Monday through Friday by contacting an ABB HR Representative at 1-888-694-7762.

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