Operations Manager

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.

TE’s Medical business unit, part of the Industrial Solutions segment, offers medical device OEMs a complete product offering and capability portfolio for minimally invasive, imaging, surgical, diagnostic, and therapeutic devices. With more than 350 design engineers and a global presence in all key medical device hubs, we are a premier partner to the world’s leading medical technology companies for their next-generation medical devices.

We are experts in all aspects of device design and manufacture, from access & delivery solutions for interventional medicine, to sensors & connectors for surgical applications. Our innovative solutions enable groundbreaking medical therapies such as treating heart disease without opening the body, placing microscopic devices into brain arteries and powering robotic surgery. In this role you will be the key operations leader.

• Direct and manage operations labor with respect to goals for safety, delivery, quality, conversion productivity, and scrap.
• Lead operations improvements through optimization of manufacturing flow, WIP optimization, effective equipment utilization, and PIM.
• Coordinate with Supervisors, Engineering, Quality Control, and other related functions to discuss problems and transmit/receive information relative to production specifications, deviations, method and procedure changes, and other related subjects to solve production problems, improve efficiencies, and maintain high-quality levels.
• Ensure the lean transformation is delivered by achieving the TEOA corporate expectations and ensuring continuous improvement and Lean methodologies are embedded within the manufacturing culture.
• Partner with Planning, Quality, Distribution, and Manufacturing Engineering teams to deliver on time.
• Monitor production performance on a daily/weekly/monthly basis and define strategies to manage potential actions, when necessary, proactively. Productivity, scrap, set-up rates, WIP, Inventory, and forecasting are part of the key elements of production performance.
• Drive the ‘Right First Time’ philosophy across all plant activities to improve and maintain quality metrics in line with TEOA and KPI targets.
• Develop annual goals and ensure goals and plans are cascaded in performance plans to create accountability within the department.
• Partner with Maintenance & Facility for the proper maintenance of production machinery and tooling, including the scheduling of repairs in accordance with production commitments and schedules based on the preventative maintenance program.
• Must ensure that production equipment is properly maintained and adequate and trained personnel at all levels are available to carry out production operations and effectively meet production schedules.
• Talent management aligned with company policies concerning hiring, promotions, disciplining, transferring, discharges, succession plans, individual development plans, performance reviews, coaching, and facilitation.
• Partner with the Tooling shop to improve KPIs such as mean time to repair, mean time between failures, and reduction of tooling repair.
• Participate and lead employee engagement activities.
• Uphold TE mission and values through integrity, accountability, inclusion, innovation, and teamwork.
• Support and comply with the company’s Quality Management System policies and procedures.
• Lead development of department strategy.

• BS degree in Production Management, Engineering or related field.
• 7+ years of operations management experience, 2+ years of progressive people management experience or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Working knowledge of thermoplastic extrusion.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes and TEOA preferred.
• Demonstrated understanding of financial and operational performance data required.
• Sense of urgency combined with strong attention to detail as well as the ability to multi-task and react quickly to changing priorities.

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