Operations Manager

2 days ago

Modderfontein, South Africa ABB Full time

**Operations Manager**:
**Take your next career step at ABB with a global team that is energizing the transformation of society and industry to achieve a more productive, sustainable future. At ABB, we have the clear goal of driving diversity and inclusion across all dimensions: gender, LGBTQ+, abilities, ethnicity and generations. Together, we are embarking on a journey where each and every one of us, individually and collectively, welcomes and celebrates individual differences.**:
You will be working as Operations Manager and will be the part of Electrification business area for Distribution Solutions division based in Longmeadow, South Africa. In this role you will be reporting to Thomas Thornsson and will be responsible for developing business action plans for the unit(s) aligned with Division/Business Unit/Product Group strategy and targets, monitoring implementation and tracking any deviations for corrective action

**Your responsibilities**:

- Prepareing annual budget, overseeing progress and determining actions to cost issues as necessary in order to manage operations within the budget and resources
- Developing programs, projects, goals, and metrics to lead the organization to the highest level of operational performance while optimizing working capital throughout operations, ensuring that the organization take an overall value chain perspective to meet customer expectations on quality, service levels, lead time and has a full understanding and culture of continuous improvement behaviors, methodology and processes
- Maintaining compliance with health, safety and environmental regulations while monitoring and reporting progress and results, assessing risks and safety hazards and implementing plans to ensure people and equipment safety
- Providing support to sales staff to improve understanding of customer requirements in order to identify both potential constraints and solutions to these requirements from an operational point of view
- Creating and maintaing a positive work environment for the company, ensuring (with HR Manager support) that the area of responsibility is properly organized, staffed, skilled, directed, motivating and developing direct and indirect subordinates within HR policies
- Overviewing procurement processes including guidance to vendor management, logistics optimization, supplier management and audits

**Your background**:

- Bachelor’s degree in engineering
- Minimum 10 years of experience
- Good communication skills
- Conflict resolution management
- Good knowledge of production techniques, processes and philosophies
- Fluency in English

**Benefits**:

- Retirement plan

**More about us**:
ABB's Distribution Solutions Division provides utility, industrial and commercial customers with safe, smart and sustainable technologies for the distribution of electricity. With ABB AbilityTM enabled digital solutions at its core, our extensive portfolio includes distribution automation products, switching, limiting, measuring and sensing devices, switchgear, modular substation packages, and related services Work model: hybrid #LI-hybrid

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