Overview

At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world. The Director of Continuous Improvement will lead enterprise-wide initiatives that strengthen TE Connectivity’s culture of operational excellence. This role is not only about improving processes—it is about developing people, enabling leaders, and embedding a continuous improvement mindset across the organisation. Working globally and cross-functionally, the Senior Director will align business strategy with execution, foster collaboration, and build the organisational capabilities that drive long-term success.

Responsibilities

• Leading global continuous improvement programs that build capability and deliver measurable results.
• Partnering with senior leadership to connect enterprise strategy with day-to-day operations.
• Embedding standard frameworks and best practices to drive consistency across functions.
• Diagnosing organisational performance gaps and enabling teams to implement effective solutions.
• Building a culture of inclusion, learning, and accountability where employees thrive and innovate.

Position could be Remote international travel as needed (50-75%).

Leadership Competencies

• Foster a strong culture of trust founded on empathy to cultivate high-performing, inclusive, collaborative, and reliable teams.
• Acknowledge the importance of fostering the personal development of each team member.
• Ability to assist team members in ongoing learning and professional development.
• Derives personal fulfillment from supporting the development of others' knowledge and skills.
• Consistently communicates the organization's goals and vision, clarifying individual contributions.
• Cultivates an organizational culture that prioritizes the employee experience.
• Develops and enhances performance improvement plans aligned with strategic objectives.

Business Competencies

• Business Acumen: Comprehending business concepts, tools, and processes to facilitate informed corporate decision-making.
• Anticipate Future Possibilities: Recognizing experimentation, continuous learning, and value creation; embracing challenges with resilience and pursuing innovation to boost competitiveness.
• Decision Making: Comprehending the methodologies, instruments, and techniques for collecting and analyzing data to support decisions aligned with business objectives.
• Problem Solving: Skilled in methods and tools to identify, anticipate, and solve organizational or process challenges; able to apply problem-solving in various scenarios.
• Sustainable Growth: Cultivate a growth mindset to progress, excel, and attain objectives; actively mentor, coach, and facilitate learning opportunities.
• Tradeoffs and Risks: Understanding key traits to handle challenges, take risks, decide under pressure, use data and experience in complex business, and oppose misconduct.
• Communication: Knowledge of concepts, tools, and techniques for effective listening and communication; skilled in applying these to receive, convey, and interpret information to influence others in various contexts.
• Vision and Strategy: Articulating desired business outcomes and creating and communicating an organizational vision that motivates exceptional performance.
• Managing Change: Recognizes the need to adapt personally and in teams to changing business needs; develop and apply innovative strategies that improve performance.
• Process Improvement: Expertise in assessing product quality and production methods, focusing on continuous improvement of processes, products, and services.
• Strategic Thinking: Understands big-picture thinking; analyzes complex business situations to identify opportunities and threats and make decisions that drive success.

Manufacturing Competencies

• Gemba Kaizen/Continuous Improvement: Proficient in Gemba Kaizen principles and methodologies, with the ability to identify and eliminate manufacturing waste via continuous process improvements.
• Lean Manufacturing: Knowledge of Lean philosophy, principles, and implementation techniques, with the capability to integrate them into current production and management systems.
• Manufacturing Operations: Expertise in manufacturing operations and the ability to oversee daily activities within a manufacturing plant or facility.

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. 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, medical technology and more. With more than 85,000 employees, including 9,000 engineers, working alongside customers in approximately 130 countries, TE ensures that EVERY CONNECTION COUNTS.

What TE Connectivity Offers

We are pleased to offer you an exciting total package that can also be flexibly adapted to changing life situations - the well-being of our employees is our top priority.

• Competitive Salary Package
• Performance-Based Bonus Plans
• Health and Wellness Incentives
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Community Outreach Programs / Charity Events
• Employee Resource Group

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. 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, do not engage or provide personal information, and report the incident to local authorities.

Job Details

• Seniority level: Director
• Employment type: Full-time
• Job function: Management and Manufacturing
• Industries: Appliances, Electrical, and Electronics Manufacturing