If you desire to be part of something special, to be part of a winning team, to be part of a fun team – winning is fun. We are looking forward to a Plant Manager in Eaton Golf Pride Business, based in Tainan, Taiwan. In Eaton, making our work exciting, engaging, meaningful; ensuring safety, health, wellness; and being a model of inclusion & diversity are already embedded in who we are - it’s in our values, part of our vision, and our clearly defined aspirational goals. About Golf Pride® Grips For five generations, Golf Pride® has been the global leader in golf grips. Throughout our history, Golf Pride® has believed in the importance of developing the best performing, most innovative grips for the world’s best golfers and amateurs alike. As the only brand that touches every golfer, we are obsessed with the connectedness of the hands to the club, and this inspires every Golf Pride employee in everything we do. Combine that passion with the resources of Eaton, a $20B global leader that powers businesses worldwide, and it makes for an exciting place to work. This role has two complementary responsibilities: Site Executive Responsibilities: Golf Pride Extended Senior Leadership Team Member: Actively participates in the Golf Pride Extended Senior Leadership Team to help guide and direct the overall business. This includes passing input up from the Tainan site to the SLT to incorporate into the global plan, and it also includes communicating down Golf Pride’s overall business objectives to all employees at the site. In this role, the senior site leader needs to be comfortable participating in the development of the division strategic plan, and communicating Golf Pride’s overall goals and objectives. Overall Site Planning: Creates and deploys a multi-year vision for the Tainan site in the context of Golf Pride’s overall growth strategy. Identifies the main organizational gaps (people/process/systems) needed to support the visition, and creates an action plan to address needed improvements. This plan will have a heavy focus on manufacturing but will also include other functions at the site (e.g., new product development, customer service, sales etc.). Cross Functional Leadership: Models, coaches, and actively promotes productive cross-functional relationships and communication that supports Golf Pride’s overall business goals at the site. Most importantly, this includes consistent collaboration with on-site customer service, new product development, and sales teams. Site Morale & Culture: Build organizational capability by providing leadership in recruiting, goal alignment, employee development, performance management and communication. Ensure motivation and retention of a high-performance plant leadership team and workforce. Manufacturing Operations Leader Responsibilities: Safety: Proactively champion a culture focused on Environmental, Health & Safety (EHS), driving a zero-incident culture. Empower employees and drive accountability for EHS to all levels in the organization. Quality: Create a culture of exceeding customer expectations, ensuring that the organization is highly responsive to customer needs and issues. Work with key stakeholders across Marketing, Sales, New Product Development and Operations to ensure achievement of end-to-end quality goals. Service: Develops a leadership model and a culture that delivers superior service levels to our customers and differentiates Golf Pride against its other competitors. Works actively to manage sure that SIOP and New Product Development (NPD) activities at the site set the manufacturing operations up to successfully deliver product to customers on time. Cost: Effectively manages manufacturing costs and eliminates waste through the development of a Continuous Improvement culture. Develops and maintains a “hopper” of cost out initiatives at the site in support of the Golf Pride division’s annual and strategic planning cost out goals. Plans and implements cost out projects to meet or exceed savings targets. Supply Chain: Responsible for creating and maintain supply chain excellence at the site which includes on-time delivery of component materials at the lowest total cost, along with annual material cost improvements. P&L Management: Develops profit plan objectives for the site and proactively manages all spending to support those objectives. Culture: Clearly communicates expectations, continually raises the bar, and consistently holds self and employees accountable for performance. Cross Site Coordination: As the senior most manufacturing operations leader at the site, communicate and coordinate with the other Golf Pride operations leaders to develop a global operations system that differentiates Golf Pride in the marketplace against its competitors. Process Compliance: Responsible for compliance with all Eaton Business, Finance, HR and all other functional policy and procedures at site Qualifications Basic Qualifications: Bachelor’s degree from an accredited intuition required Minimum 10 years of experience with progressive levels of accountability and responsibility in Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Finance, OPEX and/or related support functions in a manufacturing environment is required Minimum 5 years of managing people in a manufacturing environment Preferred Qualifications: Master’s degree in Business Administration Experience in a multi-site, global business Experience in consumer products business Knowledge of golf industry Technical knowledge： Knowledge of current technologies in manufacturing, engineering, materials management/inventory control, distribution and logistics, purchasing, quality assurance systems processes and practices Strong financial and business acumen Strong collaborative skills with proven ability to drive change and leadership ownership/accountability Ability to build high performance teams, lead cross-functionally, develop & train employees Ability to provide leadership, performance results, org development and operational improvement Soft Skills: Strong interpersonal and planning skills with proven ability to lead change through both direct and indirect (influencing) abilities. Natural leader and driver with the confidence and conviction to successfully and diplomatically challenge the status quo. Can effectively and comfortably speak to different levels of the organization; senior leaders to the factory floor. Strong communication skills with the ability to present and discuss both strategy and analysis. High EQ to manage change across multiple functions Yes! Because you are the one we are looking for, we hope to hear from you now! Eaton is an intelligent power management company dedicated to improving the quality of life and protecting the environment for people everywhere. We are guided by our commitment to do business right, to operate sustainably and to help our customers manage power ─ today and well into the future. By capitalizing on the global growth trends of electrification and digitalization, we’re accelerating the planet’s transition to renewable energy, helping to solve the world’s most urgent power management challenges, and doing what’s best for our stakeholders and all of society. Founded in 1911, Eaton has been listed on the NYSE for nearly a century. We reported revenues of $19.6 billion in 2021 and serve customers in more than 170 countries. Our culture is built on a strong commitment to practicing our core values and supporting our employees with the tools they need to succeed. We have demonstrated our passion for sustainability with the announcement of cutting carbon emissions from the company’s operations by at least 50 percent by 2030. Eaton is committed to having a workforce that is diverse and non-discriminatory at all levels, reflecting the diversity of our customers and the varied environments in which we conduct business around the world. Our success depends on our ability to attract and retain the very best people unlimited by race, color, social or economic status, religion, national origin, marital status, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any protected status. Eaton follows relevant non-discrimination laws and regulations in the countries where we operate. It is the policy of the Company to make all decisions regarding employment, including hiring, compensation, training, promotions, transfers, or lay-offs, based on the principle of equal employment opportunity as defined above. Job: Manufacturing & Operations Region: Asia Pacific Organization: GOLF Golf Division Job Level: Manager Schedule: Full-time Is remote work (i.e. working from home or another Eaton facility) allowed for this position?: No Does this position offer relocation?: No Travel: Yes, 10 % of the Time