Operations Manager

TE Connectivity; Wilsonville (OR); On-site; USD 121,000 - 151,200; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Disability insurance

Paid time off

Employee stock purchase plan

Job summary

TE Connectivity's Medical business unit seeks a seasoned operations leader to drive safety, on‑time delivery and quality across the manufacturing floor in Wilsonville, Oregon. You will lead a lean transformation, optimize flow, and coordinate with Planning, Quality and Manufacturing Engineering to hit production goals.

You will oversee talent development, maintenance planning, and continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring adherence to TEOA standards and corporate KPIs.

Qualifications

• 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 TE OA preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze financial and operational performance data.

Responsibilities

• Direct and manage operations labor with respect to safety, delivery, quality, conversion productivity, and scrap.
• Lead operations improvements through optimization of manufacturing flow, WIP, equipment utilization, and PIM.
• Coordinate with Planning, Quality, Distribution, and Manufacturing Engineering to deliver on time.
• Monitor production performance daily/weekly/monthly and define strategies to manage actions.
• Drive Lean and Right First Time across plant activities to meet KPI targets.
• Develop annual goals and cascade them into department performance plans.

Skills

Operations management

People management

Thermoplastic extrusion

Manufacturing processes

Financial performance data

Education

BS degree in Production Management or Engineering

Job description

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 Overview

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.

Job Requirements

• 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.
• Responsibilities include, but are not limited to, capacity planning, productivity improvement, on‑time delivery, production to plan, schedule, product quality, lean manufacturing, manpower, resource planning, staff support, and training.
• 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 our Planning, Quality, Distribution, and Manufacturing Engineering teams to deliver on time.
• Monitoring 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 is part of the key elements of production performance.
• 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.
• 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. Keeps abreast of changes in the production field, making recommendations aligned with our Manufacturing Engineering team on new equipment, procedures, and processes as applicable.
• Talent management aligned with our 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 failure 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.

What Your Background Should Look Like

• 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.

Competencies

SET: Strategy, Execution, Talent (for managers)

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. Our more than 90,000 employees, including 10,000 engineers, work alongside customers in approximately 130 countries. In a world that is racing ahead, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS.

Compensation

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $121,000 - $151,200 (subject to change dependent on physical location)
• Posted salary ranges are made in good faith. TE Connectivity reserves the right to adjust ranges depending on the experience/qualification of the selected candidate as well as internal and external equity.
• Total compensation = Base Salary + Incentive(s) + Benefits

Benefits

• A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance, 401(k), disability, life insurance, employee stock purchase plan, paid time off and voluntary benefits.

EEO, Including Disability/Vets

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