Senior Manager, Continuous Improvement for R&D Engineering Excellence - Harrisburg, PA, USA

Job Overview

Business Unit / Function Description

TE’s Energy business unit (BU) develops innovative connectivity technologies that keep the power on while accelerating the transition to renewable energy sources and adding intelligence to the power grid. Join us on our growth journey to nearly double in size of the next five years!

JOB OVERVIEW

The Senior Manager, Continuous Improvement for Commercial Excellence, will be a member of the Business Excellence Office and is responsible for deploying standard commercial excellence frameworks across the 3 regions, applying lean principles in a way that we potentiate TE Energy Business Unit. The ideal candidate will be a dynamic leader with transformational growth experience, exceptional leadership skills, and the capability to inspire and drive teams toward achieving operational excellence and strategic business objectives.

This leader will be responsible for supporting commercial leaders and deploying initiatives to roll-out and strengthen TEOA mindset throughout commercial functions and facilitating the creation of the customer centric culture desired to grow the business.

This is a fully remote position.

Leadership Expectations & Responsibilities

• Strategy:

  • 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.

  Execution:

  • 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.

  Talent:

  • 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.

What your background should look like

• 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.

Competencies