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Eaton’s Protection, Control, & Solutions Group (PCS) is currently seeking a Satellite Manager to join the team based at our Burlington, ON site. Relocation assistance within hiring country is not offered. This position requires 25% travel.

What you’ll do:

Position Overview:

Reporting to the Operations Director, the Satellites Manager will lead the operations of 6 Satellite location across Canada, to assure attainment of safety, financial, growth, market penetration and quality objectives . This includes responsibility for pricing, negotiations, promotion, order entry, customer order engineering, customer service, quality and manufacturing of the panelboard and switchboard (P&S) and industrial control (enclosed control and drives) products sold by these plants.

In this function you will:

• Lead and motivate a team of entrepreneurial Satellite site managers at 6 locations to achieve market and profitability growth in the manufacturing and marketing respective products.

• Direct and establish objectives for individual operation’s marketing activities which include local P&L, territory growth, and various other operational metrics.

• Develop and maintain relationships with the field sales force and key distributors to determine and assure market success.

• Direct the customer order engineering, systems, manufacturing, and quality of the operations to assure cost, quality and service objectives are achieved.

• Administer Eaton policies and develop and implement operation policies and procedures to assure compliance and uniform application under the Eaton vision.

• Direct and manage development and implementation of cost, productivity, and customer service improvement programs.

• Work in conjunction with the Satellite plant managers to develop and implement market driven strategies and coordinate with other manufacturing plants.

• Develop and execute strategic capital spending plans for all operations to assure adequate capacity to meet division and product line growth objectives.

• Approve and manage the development and administration of wage/salary and benefit plans.

• Develop and implement sound Human Resource policies, practices, strategies, and programs to assure effective recruiting, training, motivation and retention of a high-performance management team and work force throughout the Satellite locations.

• Direct the development and implementation of procedures and plans to assure a safe work environment in all locations.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution in a technical or business field is required.

• Minimum seven (7) years of operations and/or commercial progressive experience.

• Minimum five (5) years of managerial or leadership role experience.

• Electrical product knowledge.

• Eligible to work in Canada without sponsorship.

Preferred qualifications:

• Minimum 5 years previous experience leading a P&L.

• Sound understanding of the market and distribution network served by the regional Satellite locations.

• In depth knowledge of the entire order process from quotation through installation of the product.

• Proven management and leadership skills.

Position Criteria:

• Excellent communication skills, verbal and written skills are vital for success in this position.

• Broad understanding of the Eaton Business System (EBS) and how it should be applied.

• Must stay abreast of commercial issues that arise and can affect the market conditions of individual products.

• Must develop and sustain an infrastructure that supports the strategies of the Canadian Division.

• Must have the ability to think strategically in setting goals and objectives for all operations.

• Promote one consistent message educating the organization on the Eaton business model to ensure continuing operations, to maximize returns on investments, and to increase productivity.

• Must be able to think critically and solve complex problems in a faced paced industry.

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.