Division Operations Manager

Parker Hannifin; Barnstaple; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Parker Hannifin is seeking a Division Operations Manager to drive operational performance and P&L for IPDE manufacturing operations. You will lead and develop teams to meet and exceed customer expectations while delivering strong financial results.

In this role, you will shape manufacturing strategy, manage budgets, and deploy the Parker Lean System to achieve market-leading lead times and delivery performance across a fast-paced matrix environment.

Qualifications

• Proven significant operations leadership experience in fast-paced, matrix environment.
• Demonstrated ability to build, motivate, and lead high-performing teams.
• Strong relationship-building skills with customers.

Responsibilities

• Deliver 1st quartile operational performance across two valve streams.
• Elevate Safety & Zero Defect culture across the operation.
• Use Parker Lean System to optimize lead times and on-time delivery.
• Develop manufacturing strategy as part of Product Management strategy.
• Develop and manage operating budgets within financial constraints.
• Lead, coach and develop teams via mentoring and training.

Skills

Operations leadership

Team development

Lean manufacturing

Customer focus

Strategic execution

Education

University degree

MBA (preferred)

Job description

Position Summary

We believe the future belongs to those with vision. That’s why we’re looking for collaborative, driven individuals who share our purpose: enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow.

Position Summary

We believe the future belongs to those with vision. That’s why we’re looking for collaborative, driven individuals who share our purpose: enabling engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow.

At Parker, you’ll be part of a passionate, dynamic, and innovative team empowered to make a meaningful impact.

We are seeking a Division Operations Manager to lead operational performance and drive the Division’s success. In this role, you will lead and develop teams focused on continuously meeting and exceeding customer expectations, while managing the profit and loss performance of all manufacturing operations within IPDE.

Your Responsibilities

• Delivering 1st Quartile Operational performance through two Valve Streams.
• Taking the Safety & Zero Defect culture to the next level.
• Daily use of the Parker Lean System to deliver market-beating product lead times and ensure On Time Delivery exceeds the customer expectations.
• Develop the manufacturing strategy as part of the Product Management strategy.
• Develop and manage operating budgets within agreed financial constraints.
• Lead, coach, and develop teams through mentoring, training, talent management, and individual development.
• Build a culture of accountability, engagement, and results through strategy deployment and effective performance management.

Who We Are Looking For

• Proven significant operations leadership experience in fast-paced, matrix environment.
• University degree required, preferably in Business, Engineering, or a related discipline; MBA preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to build, motivate, and lead high-performing teams.
• Strong relationship-building skills with the ability to anticipate and respond to customer needs.
• Knowledge of product and manufacturing technologies, systems integration, and operational improvement practices.
• Demonstrated use and results from Lean Manufacturing principles and continuous improvement.
• Commercially focused, with experience developing and executing business strategy.
• Proven track record of identifying business opportunities, meeting commitments, and delivering measurable results.
• Excellent written, verbal, and interpersonal communication skills for effective interface with all internal and external contacts.

EMEA Business Descr

Parker Hannifin EMEA Sàrl (“PHEMEA”), based in Etoy, Switzerland, is the Principal Operating Company for Parker in the EMEA region. It is supported by a network of Parker Manufacturing Divisions and Sales Company Entities. The Instrumentation Group EMEA is a strategic business Group within PHEMEA. Instrumentation Products Division EMEA (IPDE) is a key service provider to PHEMEA.

Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we’ve enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose — Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow — comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Parker is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on grounds of age, race, religion, ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation or disability in relation to recruitment and employment.