Manager Industrial Readiness

Schneider Electric • Red Oak, TX

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About The Position

The Manager, Industrial Readiness & Facility Capability leads industrialization and manufacturing readiness efforts for new products, manufacturing capabilities, capacity expansions, and major operational changes. The role evaluates manufacturing feasibility, identifies readiness risks and capability gaps, and develops recommendations for safe, scalable, and efficient production deployment.

This position partners with Engineering, Operations, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Deployment, and Program Management teams to incorporate manufacturing considerations early in planning and decision-making. It provides readiness leadership and recommendations but does not own implementation or production execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Operations Management, Supply Chain, or a related technical field.
• At least 7 years of experience in manufacturing, industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, industrialization, operations excellence, or related disciplines.
• Experience leading cross-functional manufacturing improvement, readiness, or industrialization initiatives.
• Knowledge of manufacturing systems, processes, and industrialization methodologies.
• Knowledge of manufacturing readiness assessments, facility planning, and capacity analysis.
• Ability to evaluate workflow, material flow, manufacturability, and buildability.
• Knowledge of risk identification, mitigation planning, and continuous improvement methodologies.
• Strong stakeholder management, influencing, facilitation, and executive communication skills.
• Ability to lead through collaboration without direct authority.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and decision-support capabilities.

Nice To Haves

• MBA or advanced degree.
• Experience supporting new product introductions, manufacturing capability deployments, facility expansions, or operational transformations.
• Experience within engineer-to-order (ETO), configurable manufacturing, data center infrastructure, electrical equipment, industrial manufacturing, or similar environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead industrialization activities for new products, first-of-kind builds, manufacturing capability introductions, and significant production changes.
• Conduct manufacturing readiness assessments across processes, equipment, facilities, staffing, systems, supply chain, and infrastructure.
• Evaluate manufacturability, buildability, capacity, and operational readiness, identifying risks, constraints, and improvement opportunities.
• Develop readiness plans, mitigation strategies, and recommendations to support successful production deployment.
• Lead studies related to capacity planning, throughput optimization, facility capability, workflow design, material flow, equipment utilization, and production scalability.
• Facilitate readiness reviews and support data-driven decision-making with stakeholders and leadership teams.
• Drive cross-functional alignment on readiness requirements, risks, and mitigation plans.
• Capture lessons learned and promote standardized industrialization, readiness assessment, and governance practices across manufacturing sites.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, and basic life insurance.
• Benefit Bucks and member reward points for medical benefits.
• Flexible work arrangements.
• Paid family leaves.
• Well-being programs.
• 12 holidays per year.
• 15 days of paid time off per year.
• Incentives and company share ownership.
• 401(k) with match.
• Performance discussions, global opportunities, the Schneider Career Hub, and learning platforms such as Coursera.
• Volunteer leave, programs with the Schneider Electric Foundation, youth education initiatives, and military leave benefits.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager