Senior Plant Manager

Koch Inc

  • Irving, TX
  • 4 days ago

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    Senior Plant Manager

    Location(s)

    Irving, Texas

    Company

    Smiths Interconnect

    Career Field

    Operations & Manufacturing

    Job Number

    194423

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    Molex is seeking an experienced and results-driven Senior Operations Manager to lead and optimize day-to-day business operations, drive operational excellence, and support the organization's continued growth. This role will oversee operational teams and processes, identify opportunities for improvement, establish performance standards, and ensure that business objectives are consistently achieved.

    The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker and hands-on leader who can translate business goals into effective operational plans, build high-performing teams, and use data to improve efficiency, quality, and profitability.

    Our Team

    The Semi Test business is experiencing significant growth and expansion across multiple manufacturing locations. This team is focused on developing manufacturing capability, supporting production ramp-ups, strengthening operational performance, and enabling collaboration across global operations. The Senior Operations manager will be a key drive in continued growth and success at the Irving facility.

    What You Will Do

    Operations Leadership: Lead and oversee daily operational activities to ensure efficient, consistent, and high-quality execution.

    Process Optimization: Implement Lean or Six Sigma methodologies to improve workflow efficiency, reduce waste, and scale throughput.

    Strategic Leadership: Partner with executive leadership to develop long-term operational strategies, budgets, and performance-driven metrics (KPIs).

    People Leadership: Supervise, mentor, and build accountability across multi-layered departmental teams.

    Cross Functional Collaboration: Partner with Senior leadership and departments such as Finance, HR, Sales, Customer Service, R&D, and product management to achieve organizational goals.

    Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

    • Experience leading manufacturing operations within a complex production environment.
    • Experience scaling a facility in a rapid growth environment.
    • Experience working effectively with global teams across different cultures and geographic locations.
    • Experience developing, coaching, and leading operational, and technical teams.
    • Bachelor's degree in engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Business, or a related field; or equivalent operations leadership experience.

    What Will Put You Ahead

    • Experience in Semiconductor Test manufacturing.
    • Experience in CNC machining, plastic molding, or automated assembly.
    • Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or Operational Excellence certification and application experience.
    • Experience leading engineering, manufacturing engineering, process engineering, or other technical organizations.
    • Experience supporting high-growth manufacturing environments and operational transformations.
    • Experience driving measured improvements in productivity, quality, yield, cost, and delivery performance.

    Success in this Role

    Success in this position will be measured by the ability to:

    • Improve operational efficiency and productivity.
    • Consistently achieve or exceed operational KPI's.
    • Develop strong, accountable, high performing teams.
    • Improve customer and stakeholder satisfaction.
    • Successfully implement strategic and process-improvement initiatives.

    At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate''s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.

    Hiring Philosophy

    All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

    Who We Are

    As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

    At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

    Our Benefits

    Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

    Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

    Equal Opportunities

    Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aquí, or tu).

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