Senior Manager, Continuous Improvement – R&D Engineering Excellence
Job Description:
• Lead the deployment of TE’s Continuous Improvement and Lean initiatives across the Energy BU, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and operational goals.
• Establish and execute a structured, time-bound CI roadmap to drive operational efficiencies, cost reduction, and quality improvements.
• Implement and oversee tiered accountability meetings to monitor progress and ensure project milestones are met.
• Monitor and improve business goals, targets, and metrics, ensuring they align with business strategy and annual priorities, in alignment with business excellence.
• Develop and execute strategic initiatives to drive commercial excellence improvements across all regions.
• Drive best practices and proliferate across all regions.
• Act as a change agent to foster a culture of lean mindset at all levels of the organization.
• Develop training programs and mentor employees on Business excellence and lean methodologies to build internal capabilities.
• Collaborate with global and regional teams to share best practices and standardize processes.
• Provide leadership and coaching on Lean thinking, problem-solving methodologies, and waste elimination techniques.
• Engage with senior leadership and plant managers to identify key areas for process improvement and operational excellence.
• Work cross-functionally with product management, sales, and operations teams to optimize end-to-end activities.
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field; MBA preferred.
• 10 to 15 years of experience in sales operations, or R&D with a focus on operational excellence.
• 5 to 8 years of experience on Six Sigma, and/or Business Excellence methodologies.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred.
• Proven experience leading initiatives across multiple sites or value streams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with expertise in data analysis (Math and Stats - Six Sigma, Red-X, etc.).
• Strong project management skills with the ability to drive complex initiatives in a global environment.
• Excellent communication, coaching, and leadership skills, capable of influencing at all levels.
• Experience working in a matrixed organization with cross-functional teams.
• Fluent in both spoken and written English.
• Travel required, up to 50% internationally across the Americas, EMEA and APAC regions.
Benefits:
• A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance
• 401(k)
• disability
• life insurance
• employee stock purchase plan
• paid time off
• voluntary benefits
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• Lead the deployment of TE’s Continuous Improvement and Lean initiatives across the Energy BU, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and operational goals.
• Establish and execute a structured, time-bound CI roadmap to drive operational efficiencies, cost reduction, and quality improvements.
• Implement and oversee tiered accountability meetings to monitor progress and ensure project milestones are met.
• Monitor and improve business goals, targets, and metrics, ensuring they align with business strategy and annual priorities, in alignment with business excellence.
• Develop and execute strategic initiatives to drive commercial excellence improvements across all regions.
• Drive best practices and proliferate across all regions.
• Act as a change agent to foster a culture of lean mindset at all levels of the organization.
• Develop training programs and mentor employees on Business excellence and lean methodologies to build internal capabilities.
• Collaborate with global and regional teams to share best practices and standardize processes.
• Provide leadership and coaching on Lean thinking, problem-solving methodologies, and waste elimination techniques.
• Engage with senior leadership and plant managers to identify key areas for process improvement and operational excellence.
• Work cross-functionally with product management, sales, and operations teams to optimize end-to-end activities.
Requirements:
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field; MBA preferred.
• 10 to 15 years of experience in sales operations, or R&D with a focus on operational excellence.
• 5 to 8 years of experience on Six Sigma, and/or Business Excellence methodologies.
• Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred.
• Proven experience leading initiatives across multiple sites or value streams.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with expertise in data analysis (Math and Stats - Six Sigma, Red-X, etc.).
• Strong project management skills with the ability to drive complex initiatives in a global environment.
• Excellent communication, coaching, and leadership skills, capable of influencing at all levels.
• Experience working in a matrixed organization with cross-functional teams.
• Fluent in both spoken and written English.
• Travel required, up to 50% internationally across the Americas, EMEA and APAC regions.
Benefits:
• A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance
• 401(k)
• disability
• life insurance
• employee stock purchase plan
• paid time off
• voluntary benefits
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