Senior Manager, Regional Automation Engineering

Senior Manager, Regional Automation Engineering

At Jabil (NYSE: JBL), we are proud to be a trusted partner for the world's top brands, offering comprehensive engineering, supply chain, and manufacturing solutions. With 60 years of experience across industries and a vast network of over 100 sites worldwide, Jabil combines global reach with local expertise to deliver both scalable and customized solutions. Our commitment extends beyond business success as we strive to build sustainable processes that minimize environmental impact and foster vibrant and diverse communities around the globe.

The Senior Manager, Regional Automation Engineering will lead general automation, and supporting all of the Operational Units (SMT, JDAS, LFF, and Rack). This individual will be responsible for driving the execution, deployment, and improvement of warehouse and production-connected material handling automation solutions across multiple North America EMS sites. This role supports material flow to and from production through scalable warehouse and intralogistics solutions, while working closely with site teams, third-party suppliers, and cross-functional stakeholders to ensure successful implementation and sustainment.

This role supports both New Product Introduction (NPI) and New Automation Asset Introduction. Although the role is not intended to formally own site projects, the individual must be fully capable of planning, structuring, and driving execution through site teams and external partners.

• This role must be capable of leading, structuring, and driving execution through site teams and suppliers.
• This role provides regional technical leadership for warehouse and material handling automation deployment and sustainment.
• This role aligns execution with regional priorities and provide input to strategy, while strategy ownership remains with regional leadership.
• This role is a mentor, trainer, and capability builder across the region.

Regional Execution Leadership

• Drive execution of material handling and warehouse automation initiatives across multiple North America EMS sites.
• Support sites in prioritizing opportunities, structuring work, managing execution, and stabilizing deployed systems.
• Ensure implementation aligns with regional expectations, standards, and scalable approaches.

New Product Introduction (NPI) Support

• Support site teams in aligning warehouse and material flow strategies with new product requirements.
• Evaluate the impact of new products on material flow, storage, staging, line-side delivery, and outbound processes.
• Ensure warehouse and material handling processes are ready to support production needs during product launch.

New Automation Asset Introduction

• Guide and support deployment of new automation systems, including:
• requirements alignment
• supplier engagement
• technical evaluation
• quotation and proposal review
• installation
• startup
• ramp
• validation and handoff
• Ensure deployed systems meet throughput, reliability, accuracy, safety, and operational expectations.

Project Execution Capability

• Be fully capable of independently running automation projects, including:
• planning and structuring work
• task and issue tracking
• stakeholder alignment
• supplier coordination
• execution follow-up
• risk and escalation management
• Apply this project capability to guide and support site teams, even when formal project ownership remains at the site.

Supplier and Integrator Leadership

• Act as a primary technical interface with:
• third-party automation integrators
• AMR / AGV / FMR suppliers
• warehouse automation suppliers
• infrastructure and software solution providers
• Lead technical discussions, solution alignment, issue resolution, and performance reviews with suppliers.

Warehouse and Production Integration

• Ensure strong alignment between warehouse automation systems and production operations.
• Work closely with site warehouse teams, facilities, industrial engineering, manufacturing engineering, and General Automation engineers.
• Reinforce that warehouse automation is not separate from manufacturing execution and must integrate cleanly into production material flow.

Mentoring, Training, and Capability…