MGR II CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.
Job Overview
Reporting to Director of Global Continuous Improvement, the TEOA NA Manager will provide overall leadership for the deployment and achievement of TEOA goals across all locations of the Sensors BU in NA. This position is responsible for promoting and facilitating the successful implementation of TE Operating Advantage, allowing and enabling the business to achieve Hoshin goals and meet business objectives.
Job Requirements
Lead the TEOA attainment plan for the EMEA region, including specific tools, metrics, star-level targets, key KPIs, and supporting actions required to achieve TEOA goals.
Deliver training, coaching and counsel to all applicable sites and functions on TEOA tools deployment. Develop annual goal and achieve such goal as to number of employees trained on TEOA tools.
Personally conduct transformation and other smaller productivity workshops to help the sites / functions learn and achieve improvement. Develop annual goal and achieve such as to the number of workshops to be accomplished by each site.
Achieve the KPI (key performance indicators) of Sensors Operations with respect to safety (TRIR), quality (PPM), inventory (DOH), productivity (materials / conversion), delivery (STR) and gross margin by focusing, supporting and in some cases leading TEOA activity that is focused on improving these key metrics.
Serve as the coach / mentor for all TEOA-focused people to ensure their personal development in TEOA expertise.
Serve as the facilitator, gatherer, and scorekeeper of Sensors Operations KPIs. Revise and enhance existing KPI templates as necessary. Ensure timely reporting of such KPIs.
Foster an environment of open collaboration with all sites in the region to advance TEOA and Operations performance improvement. Actively and openly provide feedback (including constructive push-back) on Operations functional direction and action plans.
What Your Background Should Look Like
Bachelor’s degree required- eight plus years of work experience
Technical Proficiency: Advanced competence in understanding full end-to-end aspects of operations, the product development lifecycle, and essential aspects of navigating a highly regulated environment
Enable Change: Innovates to create productivity, commits to change across the organization identifies opportunities to streamline, and removes barriers to execution
Bias for Action: Drives ownership, and solves problems to deliver results
Collaborator and Influencer: Proven track record of forging excellent relationships across organizations and delivering senior level results
Pace and Passion: Ability to work in a fast-paced, global, matrixed environment focused on achieving results, guided by TE behaviors
Team Builder: With high cross-cultural awareness, strong listening skills, empowering leadership style,and a commitment to performance/professional development
Agility and Resilience: Embeds a winning culture that is responsive and adaptable to change, collaborative yet accountable, setting a positive example.
10+ years leadership in a multi-national, product and technology development environment with preference for experience in related industries.
Track record of delivering consistent and demonstrable year over year improvements aligned to business strategy
Experience leading an organization on the continuous improvement journey from the initial stages of a structured business model to an optimized one
Experience in design engineering and the product development stage gate process
Proficiency in standard reporting/presentation and data analysis tools
Experience in Six Sigma and Lean methodologies
Languages: fluent English. Spanish and/or German is an advantage.
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Competencies
SET : Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers)
About Te Connectivity
TE Connectivity plc (NYSE: TEL) is a global industrial technology leader creating a safer, sustainable, productive, and connected future. As a trusted innovation partner, our broad range of connectivity and sensor solutions enable the distribution of power, signal and data to advance next-generation transportation, energy networks, automated factories, data centers enabling artificial intelligence, and more.
Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).
Compensation
Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $127,100-$ 190,600 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
Total Compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits
Benefits
A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.
EOE, Including Disability/Vets
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Work arrangement
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