Senior Manager- Enterprise Advanced Manufacturing Technology

The Timken Company • North Canton, OH

25d

About The Position

The Senior Manager- Enterprise Advanced Manufacturing Technology will lead strategy, portfolio prioritization, and value realization for our Industry 4.0 program across global plants. This leader will define standards, enable scale, and drive adoption—partnering closely with Operations, Lean/Timken Manufacturing Operating System (TMOS), IT/OT, Engineering, and Finance.

Requirements

• Bachelor's in Engineering or related field
• 15+ years in manufacturing/operations, digital transformation, or industrial engineering
• Demonstrated success scaling digital capabilities across multiple sites
• Strong Lean/continuous improvement fluency (A3/problem-solving)
• Strong cross-functional leadership and influence skills

Nice To Haves

• Working knowledge of OT/IT integration and industrial data ecosystems preferred

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve the enterprise Industry 4.0 strategy aligned to OEE, throughput, quality, cost, delivery, safety, and energy.
• Convert strategy into a prioritized portfolio of high-impact use cases and capability builds across sites.
• Align cross-functional stakeholders, define metrics/ROI, and drive change management to ensure adoption and continuous improvement.
• Brief executives with data-driven recommendations to inform funding and roadmap decisions.
• Lead the Enterprise Digital Manufacturing Council, aligning Ops, Lean/TMOS, and IT/OT to prioritize and oversee digital initiatives.
• Create and maintain standard playbooks for site readiness, training, support, and sustainment.
• Lead regular joint planning sessions with Operations leaders and Plant Leaders, Lean/TMOS leadership, and IT/OT and data platform owners to align priorities and execution.
• Track adoption and impact metrics to validate solution effectiveness and inform ongoing prioritization.
• Define and enforce enterprise standards for data collection and contextualization, visualization, industrial analytics, condition monitoring/predictive maintenance, and OT connectivity with security-by-design.

What This Job Offers

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