ABB Ltd

Business Process Manager - Digital Operations Transformation

ABB Ltd$110K — $130K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
  • 10+ years in manufacturing operations, process management, or digital transformation.
  • 6+ years of leadership experience in multi-site environments.
  • Proven track record in transformation, process standardization, and portfolio execution.
  • Familiarity with SAP ECC and S4 ERP environments.

Responsibilities

  • Lead and develop the business process management organization across North American sites.
  • Own process governance and continuous improvement across factory operations.
  • Manage and prioritize the business improvement portfolio to ensure delivery and quality.
  • Act as the senior escalation point for cross-functional process and systems issues.
  • Collaborate with various teams to align business needs and technology roadmaps.
  • Promote process standardization and best practices across sites.
  • Provide visibility into project priorities, risks, and business value.

Benefits

  • Choice between two medical plan options: PPO or High Deductible Health Plan.
  • Two dental plan options available: Core and Core Plus.
  • Vision benefit included.
  • Company-paid life and AD&D insurance at two times base pay.
  • Short and long-term disability paid by the company.
  • Supplemental benefits available for employee purchase.
  • Paid parental leave offered.
  • Access to an Employee Assistance Program.
Full Job Description
This position reports to:
Business Process Manager

In this role, you will have the opportunity to be responsible for analyzing, managing, and improving global and integrated end-to-end business processes. Each day, you will guide the Business Process Owner and IS team for the implementation of the business process application solution. You will also showcase your expertise by working closely with all process stakeholders.

The work model for the role is: Hybrid #LI-Hybird

This role is contributing to the ELDS US Business Line in North America.

Your role and responsibilities
  • Lead, coach, and develop the factory business process management organization across the ELDS North American sites, and related operations.
  • Own operational process governance and continuous improvement priorities across factory sites.
  • Manage and prioritize the factory business improvement portfolio, ensuring delivery of measurable benefits with the required quality, schedule, and budget discipline.
  • Serve as the senior escalation point for cross-functional factory process and systems issues, driving rapid resolution and clear decision paths.
  • Partner with plant operations, supply chain, engineering, quality, finance, IS, ERP, MES, and analytics teams to align business requirements and technology roadmaps.
  • Drive process standardization, best-practice sharing, change adoption, and reuse of capabilities across sites.
  • Provide executive-level visibility to priorities, risks, decisions, dependencies, and realized business value.
  • Build succession capability, operating cadence, and performance management across the BPM team


Our Team Dynamics

Our teams support each other, collaborate, and never stop learning. Everyone brings something unique, and together we push ideas forward to solve real problems. Being part of our team means your work matters - because the progress we make here creates real impact out there.

Qualifications for the role
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, or a related field.
  • 10+ years of progressive experience in manufacturing operations, business process management, operational excellence and digital transformation preferred.
  • 6+ years of leadership experience with managers, project teams, or cross-functional organizations preferred.
  • Demonstrated success leading multi-site transformation, process standardization, change management, and portfolio execution.
  • Working knowledge of SAP ECC and S4 ERP environments
  • Candidates must already have work authorization that would permit them to work for ABB in the US.


Preferred Qualifications:
  • Experience with discrete manufacturing environments, specifically preferred NEMA low and medium switchgear and motor control centers
  • Working knowledge of SAP ECC, S/4HANA, MES integration with ERP and factory systems, ISA-95 concepts, manufacturing master data, and operational technology governance.
  • MES integration with ERP and factory systems, ISA-95 concepts, manufacturing master data, and operational technology governance
  • Practical experience operationalizing and implementing AI solutions in a discrete manufacturing environment.
  • Strong skill set to elicit the actual needs of stakeholders and facilitate communication between organizational units
  • Experience configuring and troubleshooting applications within the SAP ERP and system landscape environment
  • Broad and deep knowledge of theories, tools and practices in business improvement projects and change management activities
  • Understanding of operational and financial metrics


What's in it for you

We empower you to take initiative, challenge ideas, and lead with confidence. You'll grow through meaningful work, continuous learning, and support that's tailored to your goals. Every idea you share and every action you take contributes to something bigger

ABB Benefit Summary for eligible US employees

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

Go to MyBenefitsABB.com and click on "Candidate/Guest" to learn more

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


  • Paid Parental Leave


  • 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. Vacation is provided based on years of service for hourly and non-exempt positions. Salaried exempt positions are provided vacation under a permissive time away policy.

About ABB Ltd

ABB Ltd is a Swiss multinational corporation that specializes in electrical equipment. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. ABB operates in a variety of industries, including power generation, transmission, and distribution, as well as automation and robotics. The company's products and services are used in a range of applications, from electric vehicles to renewable energy systems. ABB has a global presence, with operations in more than 100 countries. The company is committed to sustainability and has set ambitious targets for reducing its environmental impact.
Learn more about ABB Ltd
Size
104,400 employees
Market Cap
$59.8 billion
Industry
Net Income
$5.1 billion
Founded
1988
5 Year Trend
+3%
Revenue
$26.1 billion
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