Manufacturing Performance Manager

Trelleborg Group•Fort Wayne, IN

About The Position

The Manufacturing Performance Manager drives sustained delivery, quality, capacity, and growth performance across assigned manufacturing locations. The role provides cross-factory performance governance and works with factory leadership and functional teams to achieve operating targets, align resources with demand, and launch growth programs successfully. The manager leads regular business reviews, turns performance gaps into time-bound recovery and improvement plans, and escalates risks that could affect customer commitments, profitable growth, or production-rate readiness. The role coordinates factory performance management, forecasting and operating plans, capacity and resource planning, continuous improvement, and manufacturing readiness for new product introductions, product transfers, growth programs, and production-rate increases. It maintains visibility of factory risks and dependencies and communicates performance updates and recommendations to H&A, Engines & Space leadership. The position also promotes the spread of proven practices across manufacturing sites and partners with Quality and Operations to ensure corrective actions address root causes and deliver sustainable results. A bachelor's degree in a related discipline and at least seven years of progressive experience in aerospace or another highly regulated manufacturing environment are required. The position requires U.S.-person status as defined by ITAR because it involves information subject to ITAR. The application deadline is November 13, 2026.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering, manufacturing, operations, supply chain, business, or a related discipline.
At least 7 years of progressive experience in aerospace or another highly regulated manufacturing environment.
Demonstrated experience managing delivery, quality, capacity, resource planning, forecasting, and operational improvement across a factory or multi-site network.
Experience leading new product introduction, industrialization, product transfer, capacity expansion, or production-rate-readiness activities.
Strong financial and commercial awareness, including budgeting, forecast translation, capital justification, and business-case evaluation.
Experience influencing plant and functional leaders without relying solely on direct reporting authority.
U.S. citizen, U.S. permanent resident, political asylee, or refugee status, as required by ITAR.
Competence in factory performance management and KPI governance; delivery recovery and quality improvement; capacity planning and resource modelling; forecasting, budgeting, and operational planning; continuous improvement and structured problem solving; program and project management; risk mitigation; financial analysis and data-driven decisions; stakeholder leadership; executive communication; and cross-cultural collaboration.

Nice To Haves

Familiarity with AS9100 and AS13100.
Working knowledge of aerospace quality expectations and structured problem-solving methods.

Responsibilities

Monitor factory delivery and quality performance against targets, customer commitments, and business plans; identify adverse trends and ensure recovery actions are owned and completed.
Facilitate structured monthly and quarterly business reviews using scorecards covering safety, quality, delivery, cost, capacity, people, cash, and growth execution.
Challenge and support factory leadership in continuous improvement, execution discipline, and sustained operating-performance gains.
Coordinate with Sales, Finance, and factory teams on annual forecasts, budgets, and operating plans, translating demand assumptions into production, capacity, and resource requirements.
Assess capacity, staffing, skills, equipment, tooling, supplier, and facility constraints; track gaps and drive mitigation before customer delivery is affected.
Lead cross-functional manufacturing readiness for new product introductions, product transfers, growth programs, and production-rate increases at designated sites.
Establish program-readiness reviews with milestones, owners, due dates, risks, and escalation paths from opportunity award through stable serial production.
Align industrial plans with commercial priorities, customer timing, quality requirements, capital needs, and expected financial returns.
Support factories in developing action plans for delivery recovery, quality improvement, productivity, cost reduction, and capacity expansion.
Maintain a consolidated view of factory risks, dependencies, and resource needs; provide performance updates and recommendations to H&A, Engines & Space leadership.
Promote replication of proven practices between manufacturing sites and strengthen standard work for factory performance management.
Partner with Quality and Operations to ensure corrective actions address root causes and produce sustainable improvement.
Perform other related duties as required to meet the organization’s ongoing needs.