Dubai Campus CI Manager

Eaton Corporation; Dubai; On-site; AED 160,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation and benefits

Challenging projects in dynamic teams

Internal promotion opportunities

Ongoing learning and development

Focus on health and safety

Job summary

Eaton Corporation is seeking a Dubai Campus CI Manager to lead Continuous Improvement across manufacturing operations. This role requires defining and deploying a CI strategy aligned with the Eaton Business System, implementing Lean principles, and improving manufacturing processes.

The successful candidate will have a degree in engineering and 10 years of hands-on experience with Lean and Six Sigma methodologies. This position offers competitive compensation and a commitment to employee development.

Qualifications

• 10 years' experience in industry focusing on process improvement using Lean and Six Sigma.
• Hands-on experience in driving Lean and Six Sigma projects.

Responsibilities

• Define and deploy Continuous Improvement strategy for Dubai Campus.
• Lead Lean Manufacturing implementation and CI principles.
• Drive cost effectiveness and productivity improvement initiatives.
• Analyze and improve processes using ECIS methods.

Skills

Lean production system

Six Sigma

Problem-solving techniques

Interpersonal communication

Change management

Education

Degree in engineering or science

Job description

Dubai Campus CI Manager provides leadership for Continuous Improvement across the Dubai Campus manufacturing operations. Dubai Campus CI Manager is responsible for deploying the Eaton Business System (EBS), via OPA, with a focus on ECIS deployment to drive safety, quality, delivery, cost and growth performance from factory startup through serial production. The role leads and/or facilitates ECIS projects, EBS Strategy Deployment, OpA and other EBS-related activities, deploying ECIS through tactical initiatives and Kaizen events. It ensures standardization, capability building and a strong continuous improvement culture across all Campus workstreams (MCB, PCBA, Plastic Injection, Shared Functions), while supporting the development of site ECIS knowledge and coaching leaders and teams to grow sustainable CI capability.

What you’ll do:

• Define, deploy and sustain the Continuous Improvement (CI) strategy for the Dubai Campus, in alignment with the Eaton Business System (EBS), OPa, ECIS, and business priorities.
• Lead the implementation of Lean Manufacturing and CI operating principles, including Standard Work, 5S+, VSM, Flow, Pull, SUR, TPM, DAP, including Hour by Hour accountability and daily management systems.
• Establish, deploy and drive A3 Structured Problem Solving across the organization using root cause analysis and real-time problem-solving techniques.
• Develop and maintain the CI governance system, including CI Annual Plan, ECIS deployment cadence, and structured Kaizen and improvement pipeline management.
• Lead, facilitate, coach, or support CI initiatives and improvement projects, including Needle Mover projects, Rapid Improvement Events (RIE), Business Process Improvement (BPI) projects, cost-out and non-cost-out CI initiatives, as well as special or turnaround CI projects.
• Drive cost effectiveness, product cost reduction and productivity improvement initiatives, ensuring achievement and tracking of defined business benefits for each project in collaboration with Finance and Operations.
• Analyze and improve manufacturing, functional and business processes using ECIS methods, statistical analysis tools and quality improvement techniques to improve process reliability, performance and sustainability.
• Coach and develop leaders, manufacturing engineers, supervisors and operators on CI tools, behaviors and mindsets, embedding a strong continuous improvement culture across all value streams and functions.
• Prepare, conduct and support ECIS–related training activities, mentoring and supporting candidates in ECIS / Six Sigma certification programs and building site‑level ECIS knowledge, talent and competency.
• Support EBS Strategy Deployment, OpA, EBSA, ECIS assessments and other EBS initiatives, including follow‑up, calibration and alignment with Opportunities for Action (OFAs).
• Drive standardization and best practice sharing across all Campus workstreams (MCB, PCBA, Plastic Injection, Shared Functions) and, where applicable, across selected EMEA sites.
• Support new line, process and product ramp‑up activities to ensure stable start of production (SOP), built‑in quality and sustainable performance.
• Track, validate, and report CI performance, savings and maturity progress through structured management review, ensuring accountability and sustainability of improvements.

Qualifications:

• Degree in technical field, industrial, mechanical, or electrical engineering or equivalent in Engineering or science field.
• 10 years’ experience in industry focus on process improvement using Lean and Six Sigma methodology with hands‑on experience in driving and facilitating Lean and Six Sigma improvement projects/activities.

Skills:

• Expert knowledge of Lean production system and Six Sigma with the ability to develop programs.
• Demonstrated hands‑on experience using Lean and Six Sigma tools and delivered successful projects in an operational environment.
• Subject matter expert in specified manufacturing process such as Metal Stamping, Plastics injection, system assembly and electronics/electrical manufacturing process will be a plus.
• Understanding of resource, capacity planning, and MRP system.
• Experience of Business Processes improvement in facilitating projects for IT, HR, Finance, SCM, Sales & Marketing and other non‑manufacturing functions is preferred.
• Effective interpersonal communication skills with the ability to lead team sessions and interface with cross functional teams.
• Change Management skills and experience.

What We Offer:

• Competitive compensation and benefits package
• Challenging projects in dynamic collaborative team
• We make your aspirations matter – Eaton encourages internal promotion, whenever possible
• We make your growth matter - We invest in our employees for the long term – not just with salary and benefits, but with ongoing learning and development opportunities made available through Eaton University
• We make your contributions matter - reliability, safety, efficiency, and sustainability are at the core of our dedication to improving people’s lives and the environment through power management technologies.
• We make your wellbeing matter – We put your health and safety first. Wellness at Eaton is more than a program, it’s about changing the environment by offering the right tools to help empower employees to make that happen

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.