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Business Unit leader/Area Manager (Experienced) NWD

NORWOOD, NC💼 Full-time🗓 2026-06-11 → 2026-09-25

Core

Lead a manufacturing business unit to drive operational excellence, innovation, and balanced value for people, profit, and planet within Michelin's Norwood plant.

Role type

Senior manufacturing operations leader (Business Unit/Area Manager)

Builds

Manufacturing operations, digital transformation projects, and sustainable production processes

Domain

Automotive manufacturing / Polymer composites / Industrial operations

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | research | client delivery | infrastructure | physical/clinical work

Required skills

Operational excellence, team leadership, strategic alignment, safety management, digital transformation, sustainability strategy, cross-functional collaboration, performance mentoring, process improvement

Preferred skills

Experience with Michelin's ICARE model, knowledge of manufacturing 5.0, expertise in polymer composites, background in digital innovation

Technologies

Manufacturing 5.0, digital applications, AI-based connected solutions

Responsibilities

Guide teams to achieve balanced value for people, profit, and planet; improve shop-wide performance and share best practices; develop talent through mentoring and career pathing; align shop-level vision with plant strategy; support customer needs and industrialization projects; promote environmental sustainability and reduce footprint.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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