Production Manager

Parker Hannifin; Lexington (KY); On-site; USD 76,000 - 124,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Benefits

KY growth flexibility

Job summary

Parker Hannifin in Lexington, KY seeks a Production Manager who translates strategic aims into actionable recommendations. Expect $76,000–$124,000 with growth potential and mentorship. This role sits in on hiring, improves workflows, and partners across finance, marketing, and product to deliver measurable results.

The position emphasizes ownership, risk awareness, and collaboration, with a clear path to advancement while remaining in KY. No relocation required.

Qualifications

• Must be able to present to manager leadership.
• Ownership mindset toward company money and outcomes.
• APQP depth and Predictive Maintenance curiosity.
• Collaborator who eases the manager review process.
• Ability to surface risk before it becomes a problem.
• Willingness to take ownership and grow into new duties.
• Comfort being new and vocal in notes.

Responsibilities

• Sit in on manager hiring to keep the org chart aligned with strategy.
• Run post-mortems after launches slip to capture lessons.
• Streamline operational workflows to cut costs and boost efficiency.
• Trace a complaint pattern back to the root process.
• Synthesize inputs into clear strategy briefs.
• Partner with finance, marketing and product on outcomes.
• Run discovery with KY operators to find what data won’t show.

Skills

Leadership

Ownership

APQP depth

Predictive Maintenance

Collaboration

Risk Management

Mentorship

Job description

You'll be the Production Manager who turns \"we should look into that\" into a sized, scoped, defensible recommendation for Parker Hannifin. Reduce it to essentials and you have $76,000 - $124,000, a KY Production Manager seat, 8 years asked, and a clear climb ahead.

Key Responsibilities

• Sit in on manager hiring to keep the org chart matching the strategy
• Run the post-mortem after a launch slips and bank the lessons, not the blame
• Streamline operational workflows to reduce cost and improve efficiency
• Trace a complaint pattern back to the process that breeds it
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative inputs into clear strategy briefs
• Partner with finance, marketing, and product to align on shared business outcomes
• Run discovery with KY operators to find what the data won't show

What You'll Bring

• Demonstrated comfort presenting to manager leadership
• The kind of ownership that treats the company's money like your own
• Equal parts APQP depth and Predictive Maintenance curiosity
• A collaborator who makes the manager review feel less like an exam
• The reflex to surface risk before it surfaces itself
• Eagerness to take ownership and run with new responsibilities
• Comfort being the newest person in the room and the loudest in the notes

Parker Hannifin took everything frustrating about business and rebuilt it from scratch in Lexington, KY, with wildly-collaborative attention to Teamwork. Around Parker Hannifin, the loudest voice never automatically wins the business argument.

We start the conversation at $76,000 - $124,000 and end it with mentorship, benefits, and the flexibility to grow without relocating from KY.

We refreshed it today so candidates know the internship role is genuinely open.