Manufacturing Manager

About this role:

The Manufacturing Manager leads the manufacturing engineering processes and their execution on the floor at a Carrier manufacturing facility. This role ensures processes are capable, efficient, safe and standardized, driving productivity and cost improvements while supporting the industrialization of new products.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manages manufacturing processes to ensure capability, efficiency, repeatability and standardization.

• Leads the manufacturing engineering team in process, tooling and line improvements.

• Drives productivity, cost-reduction and automation projects.

• Ensures successful product industrialization together with NPI and Quality.

• Applies Lean tools (VSM, standard work, kaizen) to eliminate waste.

• Provides technical support to operations to achieve the build plan.

• Owns process documentation, FMEAs and control plans.

• Accountable for manufacturing KPIs, including productivity, quality, cost, safety, and capacity.

• Coaches and develops manufacturing engineers and technicians.

• Drives the execution of manufacturing strategy and supports capital expenditure (CAPEX) initiatives.

• Oversees manufacturing readiness assessments for new product introductions (NPI), production line transfers, and process changes.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree.

• 6+ years of manufacturing engineering or manufacturing management experience, including team leadership.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Bachelor's degree in Mechanical, Industrial or Mechatronics Engineering or a related field. 

• Proven ability to develop capable, standardized and efficient manufacturing processes. 

• Strong knowledge of process documentation, FMEAs, control plans and standard work. 

• Hands-on experience with Lean tools (VSM, standard work, kaizen) and productivity/cost-reduction projects. 

• Experience supporting product industrialization together with NPI and Quality. 

• Demonstrated experience leading and developing engineers and technicians. 

• Experience with line launches and transfers. 

• Lean / Six Sigma certification. 

• Experience leading technical teams.