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Job Title: Operations Manager

Posting Start Date: 7/16/26

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 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 dept.
• 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.

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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: $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.

EOE, Including Disability/Vets

IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING RECRUITMENT FRAUD

TE Connectivity has become aware of fraudulent recruitment activities being conducted by individuals or organizations falsely claiming to represent TE Connectivity. Please be advised that TE Connectivity never requests payment or fees from job applicants at any stage of the recruitment process. All legitimate job openings are posted exclusively on our official careers website at te.com/careers, and all email communications from our recruitment team will come only from actual email addresses ending in @te.com. If you receive any suspicious communications, we strongly advise you not to engage or provide any personal information, and to report the incident to your local authorities.

Job Locations:

10025 SW FREEMAN CT

WILSONVILLE, Oregon 97070-9289

United States

Posting City: WILSONVILLE

Job Country: United States

Travel Required: Less than 10%

Requisition ID: 155648

Workplace Type: Onsite

External Careers Page: Manufacturing

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