Digital Operations and EHS System Lead

Position Summary


Position Summary

The Enterprise Digital and IT Lead is a high-impact leadership role accountable for defining and executing the global strategy for Manufacturing Execution Systems (MES), Enterprise Asset Management (EAM), and Environment, Health & Safety (EHS) platforms across a complex, federated manufacturing organization. Working with Enterprise and Corporate IT Leaders and staff and interact with our business partners, to deliver efficient technology solutions while maintaining operational relationships with Parker suppliers and location contacts.

This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on delivery, driving the transformation from fragmented local solutions to scalable, standardized enterprise platforms. The role is responsible for enabling a connected digital thread across the manufacturing footprint, ensuring technology delivers measurable improvements in operational performance, compliance, and cost efficiency.

The position leads a team of direct and matrix resources, working across global business units, IT, and operational stakeholders to design, implement, and sustain enterprise solutions. It also ensures ongoing system reliability, continuous improvement, and alignment to Industry 4.0 and digital transformation objectives.

Responsibilities


Key Responsibilities

• Define and execute the global MES, EAM, and EHS implementations aligned to enterprise digital and operational objectives.
• Establish a scalable enterprise architecture and digital thread framework across manufacturing operations
• Drive standardization across divisions while enabling necessary local flexibility within a federated model
• Lead end-to-end delivery of enterprise programs (MES, EAM, EHS) and define implementation playbooks, standards, and repeatable deployment models across global sites
• Ensure solutions integrate with ERP, PLM, and shop-floor systems (SCADA, PLC, IoT)
• Act as the primary bridge between manufacturing operations and enterprise IT leadership
• Lead through influence across a matrix organization, aligning plant, division, and enterprise stakeholders
• Facilitate decision-making at senior levels, translating technical complexity into business outcomes
• Drive commercial governance with suppliers including licensing, contracts, and performance management
• Ensure ongoing support, stability, and optimization of deployed systems
• Apply continuous improvement techniques and methods to internal processes and systems to increase efficiency, drive customer service and reduce costs.
• Establish KPIs and performance metrics to measure business impact
• Work with wider Digital and IT team to establish global standards for data integrity, cybersecurity, and system reliability across all manufacturing sites.
• Lead implementation of enterprise initiatives & actively participate in High Performing Teams, project reviews, facilitate meetings with business partners, and provide updates to leadership on deliverables and work status.

Qualifications


Qualifications & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in Information Systems, Computer Science, Engineering, or related field
• 8+ years' experience in Digital/IT leadership delivering large-scale MES, EAM, or manufacturing system transformations
• Proven experience in global, multi-site manufacturing environments and federated organizational models
• Strong domain expertise in manufacturing operations and OT/IT convergence
• Demonstrated success leading cross-functional and matrix teams across regions
• Leads through influence in complex, global, matrixed organizations
• Communicates effectively with executive and operational stakeholders
• Defines and executes long-term digital manufacturing strategies aligned to Industry 4.0
• Translates vision into actionable roadmaps and scalable solutions
• Deep knowledge of MES, EAM, EHS, and shop-floor integration technologies
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and operational challenges
• Delivers large-scale transformation programs with measurable business outcomes
• Balances strategic leadership with hands-on delivery capability
• Experience working across international regions and diverse cultures
• Balances global standardization with local operational requirements

Core Competencies

• Leads through influence in complex, global, matrixed organizations
• Communicates effectively with executive and operational stakeholders
• Defines and executes long-term digital manufacturing strategies aligned to Industry 4.0
• Translates vision into actionable roadmaps and scalable solutions
• Deep knowledge of MES, EAM, EHS, and shop-floor integration technologies
• Strong understanding of manufacturing processes and operational challenges
• Delivers large-scale transformation programmes with measurable business outcomes
• Balances strategic leadership with hands-on delivery capability
• Experience working across international regions and diverse cultures
• Balances global standardization with local operational requirements

Parker Hannifin


Parker Hannifin is a Fortune 250 global leader in motion and control technologies. For more than a century, we've enabled engineering breakthroughs that make energy cleaner, transportation safer, medical treatments more effective, and manufacturing more efficient.

With empowered team members in more than 40 countries, Parker serves customers across aerospace & defense, energy, HVAC & refrigeration, in-plant & industrial equipment, off-highway and transportation.

Our scale is global, but our purpose is personal. We enable breakthroughs that improve lives, strengthen communities and create a brighter future.

Our Purpose - Enabling Engineering Breakthroughs that Lead to a Better Tomorrow - comes to life through our people-first culture where teamwork drives performance, inclusion fuels innovation and growth is encouraged. This environment fosters collaboration and empowers team members from engineering and manufacturing to finance, supply chain, human resources, information technology and beyond.

By combining deep expertise with an entrepreneurial spirit, we help customers succeed in markets that demand performance, reliability, and sustainability.

As we look to the future, Parker is advancing initiatives in energy efficiency and sustainability while developing the next generation of talent and leaders to engineer a better tomorrow.

Equal Employment Opportunity


Parker is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer. Parker is committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job related reasons regardless of race, ethnicity, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, age, national origin, disability, gender identity, genetic information, veteran status, or any other status protected by law. However, U.S. Citizenship, Permanent Residency or other appropriate status is required for certain positions, in accord with U.S. import & export regulations.

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