Senior Manager – Global Manufacturing Process Improvement
About the role
Reporting to the Sr. Director – Global Quality, the Senior Manager – Global Manufacturing Process Improvement builds the systems that improve how JLG factories build product, and deploys them across our global manufacturing footprint. This is an enterprise role: you will design the improvement methodology, prove it at the sites, and then standardize and scale it worldwide. The role owns the improvement approach for First Pass Yield (FPY) and Defects Per Unit (DPU) and leads the shift from catching defects to preventing them. You will work on the floor with Manufacturing Engineering, Operations, and Quality to find where processes lose capability and stability, lead the teams that fix them, and turn what works into a repeatable global standard. You will bring the same discipline into new product and manufacturing launches, designing problems out early so that every machine we ship leaves the line defect free. This is a leadership role for someone who has run improvement projects themselves and can now set the direction, build the system, coach the teams, and hold the results.
Responsibilities
- Design, build, and deploy global manufacturing process improvement systems, standards, and playbooks — then drive consistent adoption across sites, regions, and business units.
- Own the enterprise improvement approach for First Pass Yield and Defects Per Unit — set targets, prioritize the work by business impact, and drive it to closure with site teams.
- Lead the deployment of a zero-defect, prevention-first approach across manufacturing, translating it into practical methods, standards, and site-level execution plans.
- Partner with global Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Operations, and Quality teams to identify and eliminate sources of process variation.
- Serve as the senior escalation point for complex manufacturing