Watts Water is a 5,000+ person public manufacturer of plumbing, HVAC, and water-quality systems across residential, industrial, and municipal markets. The company is mid-stage in a major ERP migration (SAP S/4HANA + Azure Fabric + Databricks), signaling a shift from legacy AS/400 and Hyperion toward cloud analytics and real-time data—a significant operational undertaking for a 150-year-old industrial player. Manufacturing dominates hiring (67 roles), but engineering and ops show equal velocity, consistent with concurrent product development and plant-level digital modernization.
Notable leadership hires: Chief Accountant, EHS Director, Director of Sales & Marketing, Transportation Director
Watts Water designs and manufactures water-related products—plumbing and flow control, water quality and conditioning, water reuse and drainage, and HVAC systems—sold globally under a diversified brand portfolio to residential, commercial, industrial, and municipal customers. The company operates manufacturing facilities across North America, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East, with active hiring across 14 countries. As a NYSE-traded public company, operational scale is significant: current projects include EHS compliance (ISO 45001), continuous improvement (Kaizen, Six Sigma), IoT hardware development, and a stage-gate product development process overhaul. Core pain points center on waste reduction, order accuracy, compliance, and productivity—typical constraints for large-scale manufacturing.
Core systems: SAP S/4HANA, Salesforce, Workday, Power BI, Azure, AWS, GCP. Legacy: AS/400, Hyperion, Excel. Manufacturing-specific: CAD/CAM, CMMS, CNC. Currently adopting Azure Fabric and Databricks for analytics modernization.
Yes. Engineering has 38 active open roles with 38 total across the department. Mid-level engineers dominate (101 mid-seniority roles company-wide); senior positions total 80. Hiring spans US, Italy, Germany, China, Thailand, and 9 other countries.
Active priorities: ERP implementation (SAP migration), new product development process redesign, ISO 45001 certification, next-generation analytics platform, IoT hardware platform, and Kaizen continuous improvement initiatives. Order accuracy and cost reduction are stated operational focuses.
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