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Sr. Tooling Manager

Job in Buffalo Grove, Lake County, Illinois, 60089, USA
Listing for: Flex
Full Time position
Listed on 2026-09-14
Job specializations:
  • Manufacturing / Production
    Manufacturing Engineer
Salary/Wage Range or Industry Benchmark: 90000 - 120000 USD Yearly USD 90000.00 120000.00 YEAR
Job Description & How to Apply Below

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

General

Purpose:

Responsible for managing the Tool Room department and collaborate on projects with customers or internal colleagues, new tool and mold development, improvement of manufacturing processes, and maintenance of production molds. Assure product quality by implementing testing methods, equipment, and tools.

Principal Accountabilities:
  • Management of new tooling requisitions from prototype or complex designs through mass production.
  • Responsible for improvements, major repairs, and Engineering Change Notice to the molds.
  • Implementation of preventive maintenance for production molds.
  • Develop manufacturing processes by studying product requirements including but not limited to researching, designing, modifying, testing manufacturing methods and equipment.
  • Improve manufacturing efficiency by analyzing tooling and process.
  • Implementation of quality and safety improvements in training for tool room team.
  • Generation and implementation of cost reduction ideas.
Requirements:
  • High School Diploma
  • 15 years of experience in mold tool room or design activities
  • CNC tool room machinery programing
  • Ability to read mold design and improvements
  • Ability to apply common sense and to analyze and solve tooling problems
  • Ability to deal with customers and to lead a group.
  • Ability to speak and write in English. Mold Making, Quality systems, FAI, PPAP process, releasing process.
  • Demonstrates expert functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
  • Demonstrates detailed expertise in very complex functional/technical area or broad breadth of knowledge in multiple areas.
  • Understands the strategic impact of the function across sites.

MF15

Flex is an Equal Opportunity Employer and employment selection decisions are based on merit, qualifications, and abilities. We do not discriminate based on: age, race, religion, color, sex, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, pregnancy status, or any other status protected by law. We're happy to provide reasonable accommodations to those with a disability for assistance in the application process.

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