Senior Manager Operations Strategy (f/m/d)

TE Connectivity Corporation; Poland; Hybrid; PLN 260,000 - 380,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary Package

Performance‑Based Bonus Plans

Health and Wellness Incentives

Employee Stock Purchase Program

Community Outreach Programs / Charity

Employee Resource Group

Job summary

TE Connectivity is seeking a Senior Manager Operations Strategy (f/m/d) to lead strategy development for the Industrial Solutions segment across EMEA. The role reports to the Senior Director Operations Strategy and offers a path to future leadership in operations.

Based in Poland or other EMENA locations, the position requires executive-level problem solving, cross-functional collaboration, and hands-on deployment of strategic plans with travel under 30%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in business/economics/finance/engineering with 13+ years’ experience including manufacturing operations and 3+ years consulting.
• MBA preferred.
• Experience in strategy formulation and implementation in complex organizations.

Responsibilities

• Solve complex operations problems with hypothesis-driven plans.
• Develop strategies and approaches for complex operational projects.
• Support development of robust strategic plans.
• Benchmark trends across markets and competitors affecting operations.
• Create analytical models and translate output into clear stories.
• Lead fact-based creation and communication.
• Develop playbooks and maturity models to standardize best practices.
• Coordinate project execution using strong project management.
• Contribute to the professional development of the larger operations team.

Skills

Strategy formulation

Strategy execution

Project management

Consulting experience

Manufacturing experience

Education

Bachelor’s degree in business/economics/finance/engineering

MBA preferred

Job description

Job Title: Senior Manager Operations Strategy (f/m/d)

Posting Start Date: 8/7/26

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 Description:

Job Overview

TE’s Operations strategy team is highly meritocratic, values diversity, invests significant resources in the professional development of its members, and has a record of providing them with career growth opportunities. This function is a training ground for future leadership roles in Operations.

ABOUT THE INDUSTRIAL SOLUTIONS SEGMENT

TE operates through two customer facing Segments: The Industrial Solutions Segment (IS) and Transportation Solutions Segment (TS).

The Industrial Solutions Segment delivers products and solutions used in a variety of equipment architectures within Data Centres Industrial Automation, Robotics, Battery Energy Storage Systems, EV Charging Infrastructure, Power Transmission, Medical Devices, Aerospace & Defence, home appliances, and other markets. Our connectivity and sensor solutions allow our customers to meet their current challenges and drive future innovations in their markets.

This Operations Strategy Manager will report to the Senior Director Operations Strategy for the Industrial Solutions Segment.

This position can be based in most locations in EMEA, with travel expected less than 30% of the time to meet colleagues and clients, attend industry events, etc.

This is an opportunity for a talented individual who wants to accelerate his or her career within a leading multinational corporation and build a career within strategy or line roles.

As a member of the Industrial Solutions Operations Strategy team, you will contribute to our growth strategy, competitiveness, and operations performance by working on strategic decisions and key business issues. The end goal is to make operations the key reason why we succeed in the market.

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Job Requirements

• Solve complex operations problems by building a robust hypothesis and plan in collaboration with the business unit teams.
• Develop strategies and approaches to fulfill complex operational project assignments in creative and meaningful ways.
• Support development of robust strategic plan.
• Benchmark and identify key trends across markets, industries, and competitors that affect our operations in various businesses.
• Create analytical models to address key operations questions and translate output into clear stories.
• Lead the overall fact-based creation and communication process.
• Develop playbooks and maturity models to standardize best in class practices and train teams on those topics.
• Establish, monitor and coordinate effective execution of various projects using a strong project management framework leading to successful execution.
• Contribute to the professional development of larger operations team.

What your background should look like

• Bachelor’s degree in business, economics, finance or engineering with 13+ years’ experience including Operations experience in a manufacturing environment and 3+ years in consulting. Master's degree in Business Administration (MBA) preferred.
• Experience in strategy formulation and implementation within a complex organization.
• Experience in managing strategy and strategy implementation projects through their lifecycles.
• Experience working at a top tier General Management Consulting Firm and serving diversified industrials or high‑tech clients.
• Having work experience in manufacturing of 5 years focused on problem solving and process development or supply chain will be an added advantage.

Problem Solving, Analytics, Work Structure and Management, and Communications

• Ability to structure and solve complex problems using a hypothesis-driven approach.
• Ability to structure work, manage strategy projects, and provide thought leadership to the team members.
• Proficient in sourcing and analyzing complex data.
• Clear and concise oral and written communication - ability to synthesize and effectively communicate key messages.
• Excellent active listening skills.
• Thought leadership and business sense.
• Ability to architect and create insights through strategy tools, frameworks, and processes.

People, Teamwork and Leadership

• Experience managing individual contributors.
• Able to work effectively at all levels in an organization.
• Able to work with and through others and to influence others to move toward a common vision or goal.
• Being hands‑on, staying connected to the ongoing strategy deployment and helping manage implementation when necessary.
• Strong relationship builder.
• Executive presence; not through arrogance, but rather collaboration and influence.
• High cross-cultural awareness.
• Orientation towards people development, tailoring projects and work priorities to help nurture talent and extended through regular coaching and feedback.

Passion and Drive

• Drive to create a safer, sustainable, productive and connected future.
• Passion for technology
• Intellectual curiosity to ask probing questions, make discoveries and always continue to learn.
• Drive to find the right answer.
• Intellectual rigor.

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.

WHAT TE CONNECTIVITY OFFERS:

We are pleased to offer you an exciting total package that can also be flexibly adapted to changing life situations - the well-being of our employees is our top priority!

• Competitive Salary Package
• Performance‑Based Bonus Plans
• Health and Wellness Incentives
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Community Outreach Programs / Charity Events
• Employee Resource Group

Across our global sites and business units, we put together packages of benefits that are either supported by TE itself or provided by external service providers. In principle, the benefits offered can vary from site to site.