Operations Manager - Fluid Systems Division

Parker Hannifin • Irvine, CA

4d • Onsite

About The Position

The Operations Manager is accountable for leading a major Division operation responsible for ensuring approximately $330M of annual revenue/product is delivered to customers. This role oversees end-to-end operational execution across three OEM value streams: Pneumatics, Fuel, and Inerting, including planning, scheduling, production, facilities support, logistics, inventory control, and shipping. Provides direct leadership to Value Stream Managers, Production Managers, Facilities leadership, hourly team members, and dotted-line support functions.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a technical or business discipline is required.
• Minimum of five years of related experience in Manufacturing, Operations, or a related function.
• Demonstrated ability to lead manufacturing or operations teams in a complex, customer-driven environment.
• Demonstrated understanding of operational performance metrics, including cost, quality, delivery, inventory, and productivity.
• Demonstrated capability to develop people, manage performance, and build effective teams.
• Strong business acumen and ability to evaluate operational decisions in the context of customer, financial, and strategic impact.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree in business, engineering, operations management, or a related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end operational performance across the Pneumatics, Fuel, and Inerting OEM value streams, ensuring delivery of approximately $330M in annual revenue/product through effective planning, scheduling, production, logistics, inventory control, and shipping execution.
• Provide leadership to Value Stream Managers, Production Managers, Facilities, hourly team members, and cross-functional support teams, including Manufacturing Engineering, Quality, Scheduling, Logistics, Sales, Applications Engineering, and Inventory Control.
• Drive achievement of Business Unit, Division, and Corporate goals through strategy deployment, operating cadence, performance management, and disciplined execution within budgetary expectations.
• Improve customer and business performance by focusing on safety, on-time delivery to customer request, turnaround time, quality, responsiveness, production schedule adherence, and inventory intensity.
• Lead margin expansion and operational improvement initiatives, including cost-out projects, PI&R activities, Lean implementation, OpEx improvements, productivity gains, waste reduction, and cost-of-poor-quality reduction.
• Build organizational capability and employee engagement through coaching, mentoring, training, retention, talent management, and individual development.
• Represent the operation in Business Unit, Division, customer, and cross-functional reviews as required.
• Ability to manage multiple priorities and travel up to 25%

Benefits

• Comprehensive coverage for medical, prescription drugs, dental, vision, voluntary optional life, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance and critical illness insurance with competitive premium cost.
• 401(k) Plan with company matching contributions at 100% of the first 5% of pay.
• Company provided defined-contribution retirement plan with annual contribution equal to 3% of pay.
• Career development and tuition reimbursement.
• Paid parental leave, short and long-term disability programs, adoption assistance, a Care.com membership and financial planning assistance are provided at no cost to you.
• Supplemental benefit programs including identity protection, legal protection, and pet wellness are available at competitive rates.
• Paid Time Off and Company-Paid Holidays.

What This Job Offers

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