The Manager, IT Manufacturing Systems is responsible for the management and solution architecture of the Manufacturing Systems including Siemens TeamCenter PLM, eDrawings and other related systems. This role is responsible for evaluating business requirements to develop a technical vision for Henny Penny Manufacturing Systems and will manage the support, development, and systems administration resources to ensure the solutions meet the business objectives and technical SLA's. In addition to personnel management responsibilities, the position defines short and long-term strategies and maintain oversight for associated IT projects.

What We Offer

• An opportunity to work for a company that is 100% employee-owned. As an employee-owner, you will be enrolled in our employee stock ownership plan (ESOP) program following one year of service. This is a qualified retirement plan that is separate from your 401k and consists only of Henny Penny shares that will be paid out when you retire (or when you leave the company, but we hope you'll stay)
• Annual company performance bonus in addition to base salary
• Flexibility to work from home 2 days per week
• Defined career paths so you'll always know what's next and what steps can get where you want to go
• Professional development opportunities including tuition reimbursement and unlimited free access to LinkedIn Learning courses
• A competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, 401(k) with company match, PTO, and paid holidays
• Onsite wellness clinic offering preventive care services such as wellness screenings, annual physicals, and related lab work at no cost to employee-owners
• Activities including department outings, holiday parties, and our annual company-wide Thanksgiving Dinner

What You'll Be Doing

• Guide the plan, build, run activities associated with Henny Penny Manufacturing Systems.
• Act as Solution Architect for Siemens Teamcenter and its related systems.
• Provide leadership to the systems team members including employment decisions, performance management, mentoring and coaching.
• Build strategies and roadmaps for IT Manufacturing Systems based on corporate priorities.
• Manage vendor relationship sourcing and management of all contracts including performance.
• Develop and manage OPEX and CAPEX budgets to support short-term and long-term roadmaps.
• Support business processes that touch multiple systems, moving data in a controlled, coordinated, and choreographed manner while maintaining data integrity and governance.
• Provide backup support across all Manufacturing Systems.
• Work with the business partners to align roadmaps with strengths and opportunities.
• Manage complex core system integrations, tooling, and frameworks.
• Consistently demonstrate the company's values and expected behaviors.
• Other duties as assigned.

What We're Looking For

• Minimum 5 years IT leadership experience.
• Minimum 7 years Teamcenter PLM for manufacturing experience.
• Minimum 10 years systems analysis, application, and project management experience.
• Bachelor's degree in related field from an accredited institution.

We're known in our industry for making the best commercial food equipment in the world. Every day, millions of people eat in restaurants operating Henny Penny equipment. We're a behind-the-scenes engine in the world's most demanding kitchens, including long-term partners like McDonald's, Chick-fil-A, KFC, and Wendy's. We're 1,000+ employee-owners who thrive by living a People First mission: to support employees in becoming the best version of themselves both personally and professionally.

We recently completed the largest expansion in our history with the addition of 150,000 square feet on our Eaton campus. This expansion drives development of the world's most reliable, easy-to-use equipment with an innovative new space for global research and development. We have several collaborative spaces for our project teams, a dedicated electrical engineering lab for our hardware and software engineers, a full model shop for rapid prototyping, and a brand-new test lab that has 300 feet of hood space to test new equipment on our product roadmap. On top of that, we have a new state-of-the-art kitchen for our food science group to meet with our customers, understand what they need, and then dial in our equipment to help them make legendary menu items.