Woodward is committed to creating a great workplace for all team members. Our company and its members are committed to acting with integrity, being respectful and accountable to one another, and staying humble and driven, while maintaining the highest professional and ethical standards.
We are steadfastly committed to attracting the best talent across our communities, creating a rewarding workplace. Together we are fulfilling our purpose to design and deliver energy control solutions our partners count on to power a clean future.

Woodward supports our members’ wellbeing and regularly benchmarks with other companies in our industry to offer an extensive Total Reward package for this position. Salary will be determined by the applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities, as well as internal equity and alignment with market data.

• Estimated annual base pay: $164,000 (minimum) - $205,000 (midpoint) - $246,000 (maximum)
• All members included in annual cash bonus opportunity
• 401(k) match (4.5%)
• Annual Woodward stock contribution (5%)
• Tuition reimbursement and Training/Professional Development opportunities for all members
• 12 paid holidays, including floating holidays.
• Industry leading medical, dental, and vision Insurance upon date of hire
• Vacation / Sick Time / Vacation Buy-up / Short Term Disability / Bereavement leave.
• Paid parental leave.
• Adoption Assistance
• Employee Assistance Program, including mental health benefits.
• Member Life & AD&D / Long Term Disability / Member Optional Life
• Member referral bonus
• Spouse / Child Optional Life / Optional AD&D / Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending
• Voluntary benefits, including:
• Home / Auto Insurance discounts
• Whole Life Insurance / Critical Illness Insurance / Legal Assistance / Military Leave

Are you ready to make your mark? If you’re a Manufacturing Operations Professional, we have an exciting opportunity for you. Reporting to the Group CoE Vice President or General Manager, or Group Director this position is responsible for multi-product family scope with high business complexity as defined by multiple products, customers and broad product mix. This position accomplishes objectives through leading a multi-disciplined team to achieve operational excellence in support of company visions, including On time Delivery, Delivered Quality, productivity improvement/cost reductions, purchased goods quality and delivery and OEM and aftermarket lead-time requirements.

EDUCATION:

• US – Master’s degree in Arts/Sciences (MA/MS)
• US – Bachelor’s Degree in Arts/Sciences (BA/BS)

EXPERIENCE:

• Experience of prior product family leadership experience in manufacturing environment

• Oversees the order fulfillment process through a group of leaders in a product family structure, which may include any of all of the following functions: Assembly and Test, Planning, Product Support Engineering, Assembly and Test Process Engineering, Tactical Purchasing (Supplier Management, Supplier Quality Engineer and Supplier Quality Techs) Product Quality Assurance/Black Belts and Stock room.
• Accountable for product family metrics and performance (Quality, Delivery, Responsiveness and cost)
• Responsible for product family budget, capital plans and staffing requirements
• Collaborates with, and may lead, multi-disciplined teams comprised of Systems Engineering, Development Engineering and Sales, Service and Marketing organization to optimize strategy and approaches to life cycle management, field reliability, customer issues and product improvement
• Accountable for product family maintenance and adherence to all related work instructions (i.e. safety rules, BDDS, etc.) and Documentation
• Primary representative for product family with internal and external customers and suppliers
• Coordinates strategy activities with other product families and operational units to meet top-level goals
• Implements continuous improvement to achieve departmental and company goals
• Ensures compliance with company policies and procedures
• Supports Quality System requirements: AS9100/ISO9000
• Accountable for financial performance (margins, operating earnings, inventory) through collaboration with sales and strategic purchasing organizations
• Works closely with Sales, Service and Marketing organization to synchronize customer requirements/demand, new product introduction and operations planning and production
• Leads talent management initiatives (development plans, succession planning, performance management)
• Participates as a key member of the CoE Leadership team
• Enlists support from external departments as needed (i.e. development engineering, manufacturing engineering, HR, finance, etc)
• Participates in the Product Life Cycle process including Independent Research & Development, Platform Development, Proposals, Business Cases Analysis, Product Design and Development, and Production Aftermarket Support.
• Participates in or leads proposals of product design