North America MES Program Manager

Are you ready to help shape the future of Factory Automation? We are looking for a strong leader to support the rollout of Manufacturing Execution System software, Factory Automation, and Digitization projects across North America. You'll research and recommend tools to improve efficiency, consistency, and effectiveness across the organization. These programs will work together to create a customer-focused strategy that boosts bookings, enhances customer service, reduces lead times, improves delivery, and streamlines internal processes.

In this Role, Your Responsibilities Will Be:

• Lead the implementation of MES projects across North America, focusing on increasing efficiency, customer focus, and process optimization.
• Champion local site projects, collaborating with multi-functional teams to drive improvements in areas such as Sales Growth, Supply Chain, IT, and Operations.
• Own end-to-end project deployment at sites, ensuring alignment with business goals and improving lead times, service levels, and delivery performance.
• Identify and document automation and digitization best practices, leveraging cross-organization learnings and benchmarking technologies.
• Continuously improve automation processes, tools, and techniques, fostering a culture of innovation and driving Smart Factory and Industry 4.0 adoption.
• Train and inspire the organization on process changes, tools, and new technologies, generating excitement for automation initiatives.
• Identify opportunities for cost reduction, reliability, and quality improvements in manufacturing automation, utilizing structured problem-solving to optimize equipment performance.

Who You Are:

Drive results across the world area by leveraging best practices gathered through interaction with the larger Emerson organization. Create opportunities to deliver the automation and digitization message to key customers and suppliers and collaborate on improvement opportunities. Engage with various levels of leadership to develop long-term relationships with the goal of becoming a trusted advisor. Effectively deals with ambiguity. Action-oriented, self-motivated learner, able to communicate effectively and collaborate with others.

For This Role, You Will Need:

• Bachelor’s degree in technical discipline required.  
• Some combination of a minimum of 5 years’ experience in key functional roles in the areas of manufacturing and software implementation.
• Ability to influence across all levels in an organization
• Knowledge of software deployments
• Demonstrated change management skills
• Experience leading a significant change effort
• Legal Authorization to work in the United States – sponsorship will not be provided for this role

Preferred Qualifications that Set you Apart:

• MBA preferred
• Previous MES experience

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Our Culture & Commitment to You:

At Emerson, we prioritize a workplace where every employee is valued, respected, and empowered to grow. We foster an environment that encourages innovation, collaboration, and diverse perspectives—because we know that great ideas come from great teams. Our commitment to ongoing career development and growing an inclusive culture ensures you have the support to thrive. Whether through mentorship, training, or leadership opportunities, we invest in your success so you can make a lasting impact. We believe diverse teams, working together are key to driving growth and delivering business results.

We recognize the importance of employee wellbeing. We prioritize providing flexible, competitive benefits plans to meet you and your family’s physical, mental, financial, and social needs. We provide a variety of medical insurance plans, with dental and vision coverage, Employee Assistance Program, 401(k), tuition reimbursement, employee resource groups, recognition, and much more. Our culture offers flexible time off plans, including paid parental leave (maternal and paternal), vacation and holiday leave.

WHY EMERSON 

Our Commitment to Our People

At Emerson, we are motivated by a spirit of collaboration that helps our diverse, multicultural teams across the world drive innovation that makes the world healthier, safe