Continuous Improvement Manager

Job description

Why you should join

Reporting to Director of Global Continuous Improvement, the TEOA Global Manager will provide overall support for updating/ creating standards within the deployment and achievement of TEOA goals across all locations of the Sensors BU. 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.

Your main tasks

Support the TEOA attainment plan for the Sensor BU, 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. 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 region.

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.

Lean Manufacturing & Continuous Improvement Leadership Lead Continuous Improvement initiatives for Manufacturing Engineering. Define and deploy Lean Manufacturing standards, methodologies and best practices. Drive the implementation and sustainability of Standard Work systems across plants. Guide productivity improvement programs focused on labor efficiency, waste reduction, flexibility and flow. Support deployment of TEOA and Smart Factory initiatives across manufacturing operations.

Labor & Manufacturing Efficiency Own the Labor & Manufacturing Efficiency pillar strategy for EMIA. Develop and deploy labor productivity systems, including Standard Work, DLE (Direct Labor Efficiency) and DLPI methodologies. Establish targets, governance processes and performance reviews for labor efficiency. Support plants in identifying and executing productivity opportunities. Provide coaching on labor cost optimization through Lean principles rather than headcount-driven approaches.

Capability Building & Organization Development Design and deliver Lean Manufacturing and Standard Work training programs. Develop internal Lean capability within Manufacturing Engineering and Operations teams. Establish and lead the EMIA Lean Referent Network. Coach engineers, plant leaders and CI practitioners on Lean deployment. Develop train-the-trainer programs and regional capability roadmaps.

Productivity Systems & Operational Excellence

• Lead deployment of productivity tools including: Standard Work QCO / SMED TPM Labor Efficiency Value Stream Design Layout for Flow TEPO Lean Automation Concepts
• Facilitate productivity workshops to improve manufacturing performance.

Support implementation of best-practice manufacturing concepts across EMIA plants. Key Deliverables Standard Work deployment roadmap. Labor Efficiency (DLE/DLPI) deployment and governance. Lean Industrial Design workshops and transformations. Manufacturing platform standardization. Lean capability development programs. Lean Referent Network management. Productivity workshops and implementation support. Best-practice manufacturing standards and playbooks.

Regional performance reviews and continuous improvement governance.

Your ideal profile

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. 5+ 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 Competencies SET

Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers)