Regional MES Manager, Americas
On-siteSimpsonville, South Carolina, United States
Job Summary
Own the regional MES roadmap, governance, and team leadership across U.S. and Mexico sites. Ensure high availability, performance, and support of MES systems for 24/7 manufacturing operations. Manage the regional project portfolio, including new plant deployments, system upgrades, and digitalization initiatives. Partner with manufacturing, quality, engineering, and supply chain teams to drive process improvement and automation. Coordinate resources across multiple sites to ensure successful project execution and operational support. Lead incident, problem, and change management processes to minimize production disruption while ensuring compliance with IT standards, cybersecurity policies, and SOX requirements.
Required Qualifications
- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes including production, inventory, quality, and traceability
- Proven experience leading multi-site MES projects and application support organizations
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and leadership skills, with ability to collaborate across functions
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities
- Ability to travel within the Americas region as required
- Proactive thinking and initiative in execution
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Industrial Engineering, Automation, or related technical field
- Minimum 8 years of experience supporting manufacturing systems in a discrete manufacturing environment
- Minimum 5 years of leadership experience managing technical teams
- Minimum 5 years of hands-on experience with enterprise-scale MES platforms in a large manufacturing organization
Desired Qualifications
- Knowledge of ISA-95 standards and manufacturing system integration
- Experience with SAP/Oracle, SCADA, PLC, and IoT integrations
- Familiarity with Lean Manufacturing and Six Sigma methodologies
- Experience with Azure DevOps, CI/CD pipelines
- Experience with cloud-native architectures and container platforms such as OpenShift or Kubernetes
- PMP or equivalent project management certification
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