Director Digital Manufacturing Transformation

• Develop and execute the division’s Digital and AI Transformation roadmap, aligning initiatives with business strategy, operational priorities, and measurable value creation.
• Partner with manufacturing, engineering, quality, supply chain, and business leaders to identify and prioritize high-impact transformation opportunities across multiple sites and regions.
• Establish scalable governance, standards, and operating models that enable successful deployment of digital and AI solutions while supporting cybersecurity, compliance, and responsible AI practices.
• Lead the replication and scaling of proven digital solutions across manufacturing locations, reducing duplication and accelerating business impact.
• Create business cases, value-tracking methodologies, and performance metrics to ensure transformation initiatives achieve targeted operational and financial results.
• Build digital and AI capabilities throughout the organization through leadership engagement, change management, communities of practice, and talent development initiatives.
• Serve as the primary liaison between divisional leadership, corporate functions, technology partners, and external providers to accelerate transformation and innovation.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, Business, Technology, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• 10+ years of experience leading digital transformation, operational excellence, continuous improvement, business transformation, or Industry 4.0 initiatives within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Demonstrated success improving manufacturing performance through digital technologies, AI, automation, advanced analytics, smart factory initiatives, process optimization, or operational transformation programs.
• Experience working in complex, multi-site manufacturing organizations and influencing senior leaders across operations, engineering, quality, supply chain, and business functions.
• Proven ability to deliver measurable business outcomes such as productivity improvement, OEE gains, cost reduction, scrap reduction, throughput improvement, quality improvement, inventory optimization, or customer-service enhancements.
• Experience within industrial manufacturing sectors such as fluid power, motion control, hydraulics, engineered products, automotive, machinery, industrial automation, aerospace, heavy equipment, or similar complex manufacturing environments strongly preferred.
• Willingness and ability to relocate domestically and/or internationally for future career development opportunities within the organization, demonstrating the mobility and leadership potential to assume broader operational, functional, or business leadership responsibilities.

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We at Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies run the business operations of Freudenberg Sealing Technologies (FST) in the Americas. Being part of the global Freudenberg Group, our company is a leading producer of advanced sealing technologies for automotive and general industries. Freudenberg-NOK Sealing Technologies is a joint venture between Freudenberg and NOK Corp. in Japan, is headquartered in Plymouth, MI, operates more than 20 facilities and employs about 4,700 people across the Americas.