Business Operations Manager

Eaton Corporation•Asheville, NC

13h•$165,000 - $242,000•Onsite

About The Position

Eaton’s Power Distribution Controls & Assemblies business (PDCA) is seeking a Business Operations Manager for its Low Voltage Assemblies (LVA) business, based in Arden, North Carolina. Reporting to the PDCA Operations Director, this leader owns the operating mechanisms connecting LVA product line strategy with multi-site manufacturing execution. The role simplifies processes, establishes a common business rhythm, clarifies decision rights, and helps plants and functions execute high-value priorities with speed and accountability. The position combines business operating system leadership with manufacturing strategy deployment. Working across Product Line, Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, and plant leadership, the manager removes systemic barriers, standardizes critical workflows, strengthens ETO, Large Project, and Programmatic execution, and enables profitable growth. Success is measured by simpler ways of working and improved business results. The role also translates growth plans, product roadmaps, customer priorities, and lifecycle decisions into manufacturing priorities; maintains a multi-year manufacturing roadmap; develops decision-ready investment cases; improves end-to-end order flow; and leads complexity reduction and network-level performance improvements. Eaton describes the compensation package as including base salary, employee incentive compensation, and benefits. The expected annual salary range is $165,000–$242,000, and the role is eligible for a variable incentive program. Benefits eligibility and available programs may depend on factors such as location, hire date, and collective bargaining agreement applicability.

Requirements

Progressive leadership experience in manufacturing, operations, engineering, supply chain, product line, or industrial strategy roles.
Demonstrated ability to lead complex, multi-site transformation or strategic initiatives without relying solely on direct authority.
Experience with manufacturing network design, capacity planning, footprint optimization, industrialization, or product transfers.
Legally authorized to work in the United States without company sponsorship.
An undergraduate degree is required.

Nice To Haves

A Master’s degree.
Experience in high-mix, configurable, or engineered-to-order manufacturing.
Experience improving ETO, Large Project, and Programmatic operating models.
Demonstrated success in complexity reduction, product and process standardization, or modularization.
Lean, operational excellence, or structured problem-solving experience.

Responsibilities

Design, deploy, and continuously improve the LVA business operating system, including operating cadence, management system, standard work, scorecards, visual management, action tracking, and escalation mechanisms.
Identify and eliminate redundant reviews, reports, approvals, handoffs, and conflicting processes across the Product Line, functions, and manufacturing sites.
Create a connected review structure linking daily and weekly execution with monthly, quarterly, and annual priorities.
Partner with LVA Product Line and ARS Strategy leadership to translate growth plans, product roadmaps, customer priorities, and lifecycle decisions into executable manufacturing priorities.
Maintain an integrated three- to five-year manufacturing roadmap covering capacity, footprint, technology, talent, industrialization, and investment requirements.
Build decision-ready business cases for capacity additions, automation, product moves, outsourcing, insourcing, and other strategic investments.
Map and improve end-to-end ETO, Large Project, and Programmatic order flow from demand signal and configuration through engineering, planning, sourcing, production, test, shipment, and post-launch learning.
Define and deploy fit-for-purpose operating models for each segment, including planning logic, governance, capacity strategy, material readiness, engineering engagement, change control, and escalation.
Lead a prioritized complexity-reduction roadmap across processes, product configurations, components, suppliers, systems, equipment, material flows, and plant operating models.
Lead evaluations of product transfers, plant specialization, support insourcing and outsourcing, and make-versus-buy decisions.
Drive network-level improvements in conversion cost, total delivered cost, productivity, inventory, working capital, space utilization, asset effectiveness, and resilience.
Improve execution and customer performance across ETO, Large Project, and Programmatic value streams.