Head of Center of Excellence PLC Products, Drive Products, Motion in Heidelberg bei ABB

Head of Center of Excellence PLC Products, Drive Products, Motion (m/f/d)

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We are looking for a Head of Center of Excellence PLC Products at Drive Products Division located in Heidelberg, Germany. In this key-leadership role you will lead PLC Product Business meet its strategic targets and ambitions, living by ABB values, code of conduct and integrity. You will drive health and safety agenda, profitable growth, and superior customer experience in assigned market. You will have end-to-end responsibility for business activities including operations and portfolio (products, research & development activities) and commercial (sales, product management and marketing). You will report to Division President of Drive Products and be part of Division Leadership team.

This position reports to

Division President Drive Products

Your responsibilities

• Responsible for PLC Products P&L. Drive profitable growth and superior customer experience in alignment with business strategy
• Accountable for leading PLC Products operations and value chain with end-to-end mindset
• Accountable for leading Center of Expertise (CoE) ensuring excellent customer & market support, successful delivery of new product development projects as well as active product life cycle management
• Drive HSE, quality and continuous improvement development and execution in PLC Products. Ensure alignment with strategic plan
• Execute global projects and activities together in line with global plans
• Implement and ensure business compliance with ABB Corporate and Country standards, rules, and processes
• Ensure that the Product Line is properly organised, staffed, skilled and directed

Your background

• Minimum of Bachelor’s degree and minimum 10 years work experience in senior leadership roles in various functions
• Proven leadership track record of leading people and organizations with P&L responsibility
• Good understanding of PLC as a product, relevant markets, customers, and competition
• Customer-oriented & strategic mindset with passion to drive business results through people
• A people leader & developer, good communicator and collaborator
• Excellent written and spoken communication skills in English and good German skills. Finnish skills are advantage

More about us

We look forward to receiving your application (documents submitted in English are appreciated). If you want to discover more about ABB, take another look at our website www.abb.com. ABB is able to offer you an interesting role within a highly motivated team, together with open communication structures. On the basis of a personal, practice-oriented induction programme, you will be given the opportunity to acquire the confidence needed to work independently and self-reliantly within your assigned area. Even after the joining phase, ABB offers a wide range of individual career development opportunities and supports you in realising your career goals with targeted training measures. At ABB you will find an attractive working environment in all phases of life - including mobility services such as bicycle leasing, policies for sabbaticals and home office, the ABB children's vacation camp and taking care of family members. Interested in joining our team? We are looking forward to receiving your complete application through our online tool. In the case of equal suitability, people with severe disabilities and their equals are given preference. ABB AG Your contact is: ABB PersonalDirekt +49 (0) 621 381 3500 ABB Data Privacy Statement: https://new.abb.com/privacy-notice/candidate