Aerospace Plant Manager: P&L, Lean Ops & Continuous Improvement

Eaton; Havant; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Eaton Aerospace Group seeks a Plant Manager for its Bedhampton, UK facility, a 130-person site designing, assembling and testing hydraulic and electric system components for global aerospace OEMs.

The role carries full P&L accountability and leads manufacturing, materials, quality, EHS and HR with a focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement to meet delivery, quality and cost targets.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree from an accredited institution.
• Minimum 7 years' experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Minimum of 3 years of supervisory/managerial experience.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall leadership and direction for plant operations, including manufacturing, materials management, quality, EHS, human resources, and operational excellence.
• Foster a culture of employee engagement, accountability, continuous improvement, and high performance consistent with Eaton's Culture Model.
• Drive operational performance by improving customer satisfaction, quality, productivity, delivery, inventory, cost, and profitability metrics
• Strong knowledge and experience with process tool
• Maintain full profit and loss accountability, monitoring financial performance, implementing corrective actions, and ensuring achievement of business objectives.
• Champion continuous improvement initiatives through the Eaton business System, Lean Six Sigma, Eaton Quality System, Balanced Scorecard, and other business operating processes.
• Ensure compliance with Eaton policies and all applicable government, financial, environmental, safety and labor regulations.
• Partner with division leadership to support strategic business decisions and enterprise-wide initiatives sharing best practices across Eaton operations.
• Represent Eaton within the local community, industry organizations, and customer engagements.
• Proven Ability to lead organizational change, drive performance improvements and deliver sustainable business results.
• Develop and execute short- and long-term business plans to achieve plant and division objectives including strategic plans, profit plants, organizational capability plans and forecasts.

Skills

MRP/ERP systems

Lean Six Sigma

Cross-functional leadership

Manufacturing technologies

Financial acumen

Strategic planning

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MRP/ERP software

Job description

Eaton Aerospace Group seeks a Plant Manager for its Bedhampton, UK facility, a 130-person site designing, assembling and testing hydraulic and electric system components for global aerospace OEMs.

The role carries full P&L accountability and leads manufacturing, materials, quality, EHS and HR with a focus on operational excellence and continuous improvement to meet delivery, quality and cost targets.