Senior Manager, Continuous Improvement – R&D Engineering Excellence

Job Description: • Lead the deployment of TE’s Continuous Improvement and Lean initiatives across the Energy BU, ensuring alignment with corporate strategy and operational goals. • Establish and execute a structured, time-bound CI roadmap to drive operational efficiencies, cost reduction, and quality improvements. • Implement and oversee tiered accountability meetings to monitor progress and ensure project milestones are met. • Monitor and improve business goals, targets, and metrics, ensuring they align with business strategy and annual priorities, in alignment with business excellence. • Develop and execute strategic initiatives to drive commercial excellence improvements across all regions. • Drive best practices and proliferate across all regions. • Act as a change agent to foster a culture of lean mindset at all levels of the organization. • Develop training programs and mentor employees on Business excellence and lean methodologies to build internal capabilities. • Collaborate with global and regional teams to share best practices and standardize processes. • Provide leadership and coaching on Lean thinking, problem-solving methodologies, and waste elimination techniques. • Engage with senior leadership and plant managers to identify key areas for process improvement and operational excellence. • Work cross-functionally with product management, sales, and operations teams to optimize end-to-end activities. Requirements: • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business, or a related field; MBA preferred. • 10 to 15 years of experience in sales operations, or R&D with a focus on operational excellence. • 5 to 8 years of experience on Six Sigma, and/or Business Excellence methodologies. • Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt certification preferred. • Proven experience leading initiatives across multiple sites or value streams. • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with expertise in data analysis (Math and Stats - Six Sigma, Red-X, etc.). • Strong project management skills with the ability to drive complex initiatives in a global environment. • Excellent communication, coaching, and leadership skills, capable of influencing at all levels. • Experience working in a matrixed organization with cross-functional teams. • Fluent in both spoken and written English. • Travel required, up to 50% internationally across the Americas, EMEA and APAC regions. Benefits: • A comprehensive benefits package including health insurance • 401(k) • disability • life insurance • employee stock purchase plan • paid time off • voluntary benefits Apply tot his job