Global Manufacturing Engineering Manager- Golf Pride

Eaton Corporation; Pinehurst (NC); On-site; USD 130,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health and Welfare benefits

Retirement benefits

Paid time off

Flexible working options

Job summary

Eaton Corporation is seeking a Global Manufacturing Engineering Manager to lead manufacturing engineering across the Golf Pride network. This senior role involves defining capabilities and strategies to enhance product commercialization and manufacturing efficiency.

The ideal candidate will have a Bachelor’s degree and a deep expertise in rubber and polymer processing, along with significant leadership experience in manufacturing engineering. The position offers an expected salary of $130,000 - $190,000 per year and variable incentives.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in manufacturing engineering, process development, or operations engineering; 5+ years leading engineering teams.
• Technical expertise in manufacturing processes with rubber or similar materials.
• Proficient in CAD/CAM tools and standard business tools.

Responsibilities

• Define a multi-year manufacturing capability roadmap.
• Lead design for manufacturability and automation strategy.
• Drive manufacturing process development for new products.

Skills

Leadership presence

Business acumen

Strong communication skills

Process design

Rubber/polymer processing

Diagnostic skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering

Tools

CAD/CAM tools

Process simulation software

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Job description

Golf Pride is currently seeking a Global Manufacturing Engineering Manager.

The expected annual salary range for this role is $130,000 - $190,000 a year. This position is also eligible for a variable incentive program.

What you’ll do:

PRIMARY FUNCTION — The manufacturing engineering manager is the senior‑most leader of the manufacturing engineering function and a member of the Global Operations Leadership Team, reporting to the Director of Global Operations. They set the manufacturing engineering function’s vision, standards, and capability roadmap across the entire Golf Pride manufacturing network. Plant teams rely on this role for functional direction; the manager owns what the plants need to be capable of.

The role focuses on the future: expanding the network’s capabilities, deepening process capabilities, accelerating commercialization, building technical depth, and ensuring readiness for future product complexity. The manager owns design for manufacturability, automation strategy, capital planning, and make/buy decisions that optimize quality, cost, and speed to market.

What you can expect:

• Build Manufacturing Capability Roadmap: define a multi‑year plan that expands plant capabilities.
• Lead Design for Manufacturability: serve as the manufacturing engineering voice in product development.
• Define and Execute Automation & Digital Manufacturing Strategy: develop a multi‑year automation roadmap.
• Own Capital Strategy & Make/Buy Decisions: manage the CapEx plan and balance cost, quality, IP, capacity, and risk.
• Drive Manufacturing Process Development: lead validation and deployment of processes for new products and platform extensions.
• Build the Manufacturing Engineering Function: grow the function globally and partner with plant engineering teams.
• Partner Across Functions to Drive Business Impact: collaborate with Commercial, Innovation, Operations, HR, Finance, Legal.

Who you are:

• A manufacturing engineering transformation leader who builds capabilities.
• Equally comfortable troubleshooting process issues on the plant floor and presenting strategy to senior leadership.

You bring:

• A capability‑builder mentality — design and implement better systems.
• Deep technical expertise in manufacturing processes, especially rubber/polymer processing and molding.
• A global perspective with experience working across geographically and culturally diverse teams.
• Strong leadership presence and the ability to build trust, develop talent, and hold teams accountable.
• Business acumen: connect engineering investments to commercialization speed, customer value, and competitive advantage.
• Strong communication skills: translate engineering data into clear business cases.
• A bias for action with strong diagnostics and pragmatic decisions.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Manufacturing, or Industrial Engineering.
• 10+ years in manufacturing engineering, process development, or operations engineering; 5+ years leading engineering teams.
• Technical expertise in manufacturing processes with expertise in rubber, polymer or similar materials; experience with DFM/DFA, automation strategy (robotics, advanced process controls, Industry 4.0), capital project management, make/buy analysis, production tooling, fixture design, and process validation (PPAP or equivalent).
• Proficiency with CAD/CAM tools, process simulation software, and standard business tools (Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint).
• Knowledge of Six Sigma, Lean, VA/VE, and structured problem‑solving (8D, 5‑Why, A3, FMEA).
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and partner cross‑functionally.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s degree or MBA.
• Multi‑site experience.
• Rubber and/or polymer material processing experience.
• Ability to travel internationally approximately 25% of the time.
• Passion for golf and understanding of the golfer’s experience.

Equal Employment Opportunity

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Benefits

Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. The specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.