Manager Center of Excellence Molding

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world. Why you should join This role is accountable for positioning the AUT Molding Department as a technological and operational pillar of competitive advantage, ensuring it delivers long-term, sustainable performance aligned with strategic business objectives. Your main tasks - - Technical Leadership & Process Standardization : Drive the optimization and standardization of molding processes—including machines, equipment, tooling, and methods—across the department to establish a robust, scalable, and efficient production system. - Project Governance :Oversee project execution by ensuring alignment with plant priorities, right-sizing initiatives to business needs, and applying rigorous monitoring, control, and reporting mechanisms. - Innovation & Concept Development :Co-develop innovative molding and production concepts in partnership with Manufacturing Engineering, Tool & Die, and Process Engineering teams to future-proof operations and enable advanced capabilities. - Best Practice Deployment : Define, refine, and roll out best-in-class practices and ready-to-deploy initiatives across multiple sites to ensure consistency, excellence, and continuous improvement. - Capacity Planning & Operational Support : Contribute to daily operations through proactive capacity balancing while implementing technical solutions that enhance throughput, reliability, and responsiveness. - Productivity & Cost Optimization : Lead productivity initiatives that incorporate automation, material efficiency, and cost-reduction levers, reinforcing the plant’s competitive edge. - Strategic Alignment & Leadership Coaching : Provide strategic direction to department leaders and coach the operations team to align molding activities with corporate targets, KPIs, and transformation initiatives. - Cross-functional Collaboration & Knowledge Sharing : Actively engage in EMIA Center of Excellence meetings and workshops, ensuring consistent knowledge transfer, innovation scaling, and best practice exchange across departments and regions. - Operational Excellence & Investment Planning : Support manufacturing leadership in budgeting, capex planning, and equipment allocation strategy to ensure optimal resource deployment aligned with long-term vision. Your ideal background Professional Experience - Minimum 10 years in engineering or process development roles, ideally in an industrial/manufacturing setting - At least 5 years of specialized experience in injection molding (automotive sector preferred) - Minimum 3 years of people management in a production or industrial environment Technical Competencies - Deep expertise in molding machines, tooling systems, and production technologies - Working knowledge of lean manufacturing and operational excellence frameworks - Proven track record in project leadership, process standardization, and automation strategies Soft Skills & Leadership Qualities - Strong analytical thinking, communication, and interpersonal skills - Strategic team leadership and ability to influence cross-functional stakeholders - High levels of integrity, accountability, inclusion, and collaborative spirit Mobility - Willing to travel up to 25 % across regional or international sites 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). 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