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Infographic showing various Operational Excellence job openings in Ohio as of July 2026, with employment types broken down into 1% As Needed, 80% Full Time, 16% Part Time, and 3% Contract. Highlights an 95% Physical, 2% Hybrid, and 3% Remote job distribution, with an average salary of $42,122 per year, or $20.3 per hour.
Program Manager - Operational Excellence

Program Manager - Operational Excellence

The Timken Company

North Canton, OH • On-site

Full-time

Posted 2 days ago

Timken rating

7.3

Company rating: 7.3 out of 10

Based on 82 frontline employees who took The Breakroom Quiz

302nd of 485 rated machine equipment manufacturers

Job description

What Timken makes possible begins with you.
Those who came before us helped land a man on the moon, create the world's infrastructure, and introduce renewable energy alternatives. Now you can join the Timken team to write your own unique story and help drive what's next.
A career at Timken means you can have an immediate impact doing Work That Matters to the world- improving the efficiency of today's industrial equipment and preparing for the future of motion on our planet and beyond. New employees can start contributing right away, and there are many opportunities to advance your career at your own pace. Join our global team of 19,000 people in 45 countries, and start helping our customers push the limits of what's possible in their world of motion.
Purpose:
Lead and drive large, complex, and cross-functional continuous improvement projects across manufacturing operations, working with leadership, to deliver significant and sustainable cost reduction and structural change. Develop and investigate ideas, complete financial and engineering analysis, justify, build teams, plan, and lead projects to completion.
Responsibilities:
  • Identify manufacturing continuous improvement opportunities and project ideas, through analysis of manufacturing costs and operations.
  • Conduct and lead cost and business analysis to bring projects to cost-benefit justification and GO decisions.
  • Influence management to drive for decisions and break constraints through networking with all parts of plant and business teams
  • Build project teams, develop project plans and launch projects.
  • Participate directly in project completion and delivery of results, in a range of roles. Where needed, as direct project manager. In other cases, identify the best business or plant team to lead. In all cases, serve as project team member.
  • Collaborate as part of the Manufacturing C.I. team, to share projects and responsibilities, and contribute your specific or unique skill & experience to all projects.
  • Lead the implementation of major cost reduction and strategic projects.
  • Gain senior leadership support and approval for project scope, objective, and timeline.
  • Drive project implementation to achieve maximum results in the fastest time.
  • Be accountable for delivering project results to the bottom line and ensure through auditing that expected results are being accomplished.
  • Influence plant management and gain business alignment when projects negatively impact one plant or functional area but benefit the overall company.

Technical/Functional Skills:
  • Demonstrated expertise and results delivered in at least one of the central operations or support areas of: manufacturing, supply chain, purchasing, engineering or quality.
  • Demonstrated network across manufacturing and business support functions, and experience in cross-functional work.
  • Ability to access and analyze business and engineering data and develop quantitative & qualitative project justifications.
  • Communication skills that can be leveraged to influence management team, and ability to work at all levels of the organization (shop floor to VP)
  • Experience working in C.I., Lean, Problem-solving, or 6-sigma projects.
  • Demonstrated team working experience, and involvement in project planning and management.
  • Ability to travel to multiple Timken facilities (U.S.) through the year, for frequent assignments of a few days to a week, and occasional assignments of 2-3 weeks.

Education/Experience:
  • Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Business discipline required
  • 7 years of experience required supporting operations in management or technical professional role
  • Must be U.S. Citizenship or U.S. Green Card Holder
  • Master's Degree in Engineering or Business discipline preferred

This position may require access to United States export controlled technical data ("CTD") and hardware under the Departments of US State (ITAR) and/or Commerce (EAR). Eligible candidates are; US Citizens, Green Card holders, Asylees or others eligible to receive US export license authorizations. Candidate must be authorized to work in the US.
All qualified applicants shall be treated equally according to their individual qualifications, abilities, experiences and other employment standards. There will be no discrimination due to gender or gender identity, race, religion, color, national origin, ancestry, age, disability, sexual orientation, veteran/military status or any other basis protected by applicable law.
Timken is a global technology leader in engineered bearings and industrial motion. Our expanding portfolio of next-generation solutions helps customers around the world improve efficiency, solve their toughest challenges, and push the boundaries of performance. We employ 19,000 people globally, operate from 45 countries, and posted $4.6 billion in sales in 2025.
We have been recognized as one of America's Most Responsible Companies 6x by Newsweek and one of the World's Most Ethical Companies® 15x by Ethisphere.
Why Choose Timken?
  • Over a century of knowledge and innovation
  • A culture of top performance
  • A global, diverse environment
  • Products that contribute to a sustainable world
  • A conviction to improve communities around us
  • Competitive salary and benefits

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The Timken Company designs a growing portfolio of engineered bearings and power transmission products that improve the reliability and efficiency of global machinery and equipment to move the world forward. Timken posted $3.8 billion in sales in 2019 and employs more than 17,000 people globally, operating from 42 countries. Why Choose Timken?

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Industrial machinery manufacturing

Company size

10,000+ Employees

Headquarters location

North Canton, OH, US

Year founded

1899

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