Sr. Operations Manager - Onsite

TE Connectivity; Fuquay-Varina (NC); On-site; USD 143,000 - 214,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k)

Disability insurance

Life insurance

Employee stock purchase plan

Paid time off

Job summary

TE Connectivity is seeking a Senior Operations Manager in North Carolina to lead end-to-end manufacturing operations, focusing on Production, Warehouse, and related functions. The role emphasizes safety, quality, cost, and employee engagement, with a path toward Plant Manager within 1–2 years.

The candidate will standardize execution, apply data-driven decision making, and drive improvements in throughput, inventory, and labor efficiency across multiple value streams.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required in Engineering, Operations Management, Business or related field with 10+ years experience; Master's preferred.
• Extensive operational background beyond production management with leadership in plant functions such as supply chain, warehouse ops, manufacturing engineering, quality or continuous improvement.
• Experience leading results delivery and building organizational capability in a plant environment; proven process improvements and standardization.
• Strong experience developing leaders, assessing talent, and succession capability; ability to engage frontline employees and drive accountability.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic operations leadership across Production, Warehouse, and other functions.
• Develop and standardize operating systems and processes; drive data-driven decision making to improve throughput, quality, inventory, and labor efficiency.
• Lead talent assessment, coaching, and leadership development; foster frontline engagement and an accountability culture.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration; manage conflict and maintain safe, compliant operations.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives and manufacturing excellence across the plant.

Skills

Operations leadership

Data analytics

Talent assessment

Leadership development

Cross-functional leadership

Conflict management

Continuous improvement

Lean Manufacturing

OEE

PFMEA

Six Sigma

Structured problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering / Operations Management / Business

Master's degree preferred

Tools

Lean Manufacturing

OEE

PFMEA

Six Sigma

Structured problem solving

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.

The Senior Operations Manager is a strategic operations leader responsible for driving performance across multiple operational value streams in a manufacturing environment. This role provides leadership for end-to-end execution across Production, Warehouse, and other assigned operations functions, ensuring strong delivery in safety, quality, customer service, cost, and employee engagement. This leader will be expected to strengthen and evolve the operating management system by developing new processes, standardizing execution across shifts and departments, and applying data-driven decision‑making to improve throughput, quality, inventory performance, labor efficiency, and accountability. The role requires a strong people leader with demonstrated success in talent assessment, leadership development, frontline engagement, conflict resolution, and continuous improvement. The ideal candidate is an experienced operations leader who is close to readiness for a Plant Manager role within 1 to 2 years, with the capability to lead broad plant priorities, influence cross-functional strategy, and build a culture of accountability, discipline, and respect.

Job Responsibilities

• Operational Leadership & Business Performance
• Operating System & Process Development
• Data, Analytics & Digital Management
• Talent Assessment, Coaching & Leadership Development
• Frontline Engagement & Accountability Culture
• Conflict Management & Work Environment
• Continuous Improvement & Manufacturing Excellence
• Cross-Functional Leadership

Key Performance Expectations

• Safety performance and EHS leadership
• Customer complaints / quality performance
• Production attainment / schedule attainment
• OEE and productivity improvement
• Labor efficiency and cost performance
• Inventory accuracy and materials flow discipline
• Employee engagement and retention
• Leadership bench strength and succession readiness
• Effectiveness of operating reviews, action closure, and accountability systems

What Your Background Should Look Like

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business, or a related field required with 10+ years of experience ; Master's degree is preferred.

Experience

• The successful candidate must possess an extensive operational background that extends beyond production management (a mandatory requirement), as well as management leadership experience in one or more manufacturing support functions such as supply chain, warehouse operations, manufacturing engineering, quality or continuous improvement.
• Experience leading both results delivery and organizational capability building in a plant environment.
• Proven success implementing process improvements, standardization, and performance systems in operations.
• Demonstrated experience developing leaders, assessing talent, and building succession capability.
• Strong experience engaging frontline employees and improving accountability and work culture.
• Experience managing conflict and driving performance in fast-paced industrial environments.
• Strong working knowledge of manufacturing excellence tools and systems, including Lean Manufacturing, OEE, PFMEA, Six Sigma, and structured problem solving.
• Strong business acumen and ability to use data and analytics to drive operational decisions.
• Readiness and aspiration to move into Plant Management in the near term.

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. Learn more at www.te.com and on LinkedIn, Facebook, WeChat, Instagram and X (formerly Twitter).

Compensation

• Competitive base salary commensurate with experience: $142,800-$214,100 (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.

EOE, Including Disability/Vets