Compensation Overview

Join Xylem in the global mission to #LetsSolveWater! As a leading water technology company with 23,000 employeesoperating in over 150 countries, Xylem is at the forefront of addressing the world’s most critical water challenges. We invite passionate individuals to join our team, dedicated to exceeding customer expectations through innovative and sustainable solutions.

Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:

• Establish global standards, procedures, and processes for manufacturing transitions, including product line moves, facility startups, expansions, and consolidations.
• Build comprehensive plans that incorporate input from operations, real estate, IT, tax, product management and other support functions.
• Establish scorecard and review cadence for active manufacturing footprint initiatives to drive open communication and accountability .
• Drive process standardization and adherence via established management cadence.
• Provide oversight and guidance to execution teams globally, sharing best practices, lessons learned, and improvement opportunities.
• Collaborate with manufacturing excellence teams to develop and maintain a global manufacturing capability matrix allowing us to leverage competencies across segments and sites .
• Maintain standard manufacturing strategy documents and tools in support of strategic planning and various other annual processes. This includes map of our global footprint, network transformation roadmap, capex and opex planning for long-range plans.

Key Competencies and experience:

• Minimum 6-8 years of experience in various operations roles is preferred, with proven excellence in project execution and a strong drive for results.
• Previous experience with the execution of new plant launches, large production line moves and regionalization/localization projects.
• Previous experience implementing lean management tools and concepts.
• Ability to work across regions and cultures, with strong situational leadership skills.
• Ability to influence others and strong change management skillset.

Qualifications: Education

• Bachelor of science degree from an accredited university, or equivalent experience.
• Background in Engineering, Supply Chain or Finance.

Qualifications: Skills

• Ability to understand basic mechanical assembly processes.
• Desire and ability to learn new tools, techniques with a strong sense of drive and ownership.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Proactive approach to problem solving, able to actively showcase critical thinking.
• Enjoys working collaboratively, can both lead and take direction.
• Strong project management skills
• Influencing leadership skills

Additional Information:

• Role is preferred to be fully in-person or hybrid and must be located near one of Xylem’s manufacturing locations.
• US Locations: Pittsburgh, PA, Morton Grove, IL, Waukesha, WI, Yellow Springs, OH, Raleigh, NC

Travel requirement:

• 25% - 30%

Salary range:

Join the global Xylem team to be a part of innovative technology solutions transforming water usage, conservation, and re-use. Our products impact public utilities, industrial sectors, residential areas, and commercial buildings, with a commitment to providing smart metering, network technologies, and advanced analytics for water, electric, and gas utilities. Partner with us in creating a world where water challenges are met with ingenuity and dedication; where we recognize the power of diversity, equity and inclusion in driving innovation and allowing us to compete more effectively around the world.