Robotics

• Own coverage of manufacturing innovation and industrial transformation
• Break exclusive news on manufacturing strategy, factory investments, supply chain developments and emerging technologies.
• Cover how AI is transforming engineering, design, purchasing, logistics and production operations.
• Report on advances in robotics, automation, autonomous systems and next-generation manufacturing technologies.
• Examine how digital twins, simulation, additive manufacturing, software-defined production systems and advanced analytics are changing vehicle development and production economics.
• Track the evolution of supply chain strategies, sourcing decisions, reshoring efforts and critical materials procurement.
• Analyze how geopolitical shifts, trade policy and industrial policy affect manufacturing footprints and investment decisions.
• Explain the implications of automation and technology adoption for labor, skills, productivity and competitiveness.
• Identify emerging startups, technologies and business models influencing the future of automotive manufacturing.
• Deliver differentiated journalism
• Produce exclusive news, enterprise reporting, investigations, profiles and explanatory journalism.
• Translate complex technical and industrial topics into clear, actionable insights for automotive decision-makers.
• Help readers understand not just what happened, but why it matters and what comes next.
• Develop a strong network of sources across automakers, suppliers, technology companies, startups, universities, investors, consultants and policymakers.
• Create multi-platform journalism
• Collaborate with video, audio, social media and data teams to extend reporting across platforms.
• Contribute to newsletters, podcasts, video programs, data products and live journalism experiences.
• Work with colleagues in North America, Europe and Asia to identify global trends and produce coordinated coverage.
• Serve as an on-camera or on-stage representative of Automotive News when appropriate.
• Events & Industry Engagement
• Moderate panels, interviews and discussions at Automotive News events.
• Represent Automotive News at industry conferences, manufacturing facilities and technology showcases.

Automotive Manufacturing Journalist, Robotics

• Identify and engage with potential end users, system integrators, machine builders, and channel partners to promote ABB’s collaborative robot portfolio in the warehousing, logistics, and food & beverage environments.
• Collaborate closely with ABB’s robotics channel partners and territory sales teams to support robotics opportunity development and qualification, and conduct technical discovery sessions and product demonstrations to showcase robotics capabilities and value propositions.
• Partner with marketing to implement targeted campaigns, regional events, and webinars to raise awareness of ABB's offerings, and represent ABB at industry trade shows, expos, and automation events to increase ABB Robotics visibility and market share.
• Provide voice-of-customer feedback to global product management and engineering teams to support portfolio evolution, and maintain deep knowledge of competitive offerings and industry trends in all robotics.

Robotics Business Development Manager, Consumer Industries

• The Director, AI-Enabled Workplace Process Automation is responsible for designing, building, and deploying AI-powered automation systems.
• This role eliminates manual tasks and processes that limit transformation velocity.
• Develop autonomous workflows and agents for recurring operational tasks.
• Partner with JLLT to build and maintain multi-agent orchestration systems for complex workflows.
• Own the quality, reliability, and governance of all AI automation systems.

Director – AI-Enabled Workplace Process Automation

• Take over from Sales and Sales Engineering and lead kick off meetings
• Be the single point of contact for the integrator customer throughout the project lifecycle
• Collaboratively create material schedules based on the customer’s timeline
• Communicate progress, roadblocks and suggested solutions proactively to the customer and internal stakeholders at all stages of the project
• Develop the project budget with assistance from management
• Issue purchase orders for locally sourced products, equipment, services, etc.
• Collaborate with Project Engineering and Supply Chain regarding transport planning
• Ensure that building specs are confirmed in an initial site survey
• Present the project plan to the end-customer and integrator
• Create project schedules
• Secure installation contractors and share instructions/drawings
• Initiate change orders
• Initiate customer invoicing at key milestones in SAP
• Keep track of project spend
• Identify project risks or uncertainties, escalate issues to the relevant project stakeholders, take mitigative action to stay within the project timeline
• Be accountable for the automation installation with the assistance of a lead commissioning engineer
• Work with a stow US Racking Project Manager to insure racking is installed on time and within the needed automation specification

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Automotive Manufacturing Journalist, Robotics

Robotics Business Development Manager, Consumer Industries

Director – AI-Enabled Workplace Process Automation

Project Manager, Robotics