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Job Title: Sr. Plant Manager (m/f/d) Posting Start Date: 4/2/26
At TE, you will unleash your potential working with people from diverse backgrounds and industries to create a safer, sustainable and more connected world.
Job Description:
Why should you join:
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 Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and development of a manufacturing site. This role has full accountability for operational excellence, financial performance, safety, quality, delivery, and talent development, while aligning local operations with global strategies and business objectives.
The Plant Manager leads cross‑functional teams across manufacturing, supply chain, engineering, quality, finance, and logistics, driving continuous improvement and translating customer and business requirements into robust manufacturing strategies and processes.
Your main tasks:
2. Full site P&L responsibility, including cost, productivity, and profitability
3. Lead and oversee all site operations, including manufacturing, production control, materials planning, maintenance, warehousing, logistics, quality, EH&S, and finance support
4. Coordinate plant activities with functional leaders and value stream owners to ensure business objectives are achieved in a timely and cost‑effective manner
5. Drive sales, inventory, and operations planning (SIOP) processes and establish supply, capacity, and resource plans to meet customer and business requirements
6. Lead cross-functional coordination and collaboration within the plant.
7. Build and sustain a culture of continuous improvement and operational excellence, leveraging lean principles, structured problem solving, and performance management tools
8. Lead transformation initiatives to improve efficiency, quality, delivery, and margins
9. Ensure execution of site projects, transitions, or transfers according to agreed scope, timelines, and budgets
10. Develop and execute the local operations strategy, aligned with global operations strategy and business growth objectives
11. Create and maintain a comprehensive operational roadmap in collaboration with cross‑functional and global partners (e.g. Operational Excellence, Digital, Manufacturing Strategy, Procurement, Logistics, and Centers of Excellence)
12. Champion safety, compliance, and quality standards, fostering a culture of accountability and engagement
Your ideal profile:
13. Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, or Business; Master’s degree preferred
14. Minimum 10 years of leadership experience within a manufacturing or industrial operations environment
15. Proven experience leading complex operations with end‑to‑end responsibility
16. Strong track record in performance management, KPI development, and data‑driven decision making
17. Solid knowledge of quality systems, lean manufacturing, and structured problem‑solving methodologies (e.g. Lean, Six Sigma)
18. Demonstrated experience in operations transformation and project leadership
19. Practical experience working with ERP systems (e.g. SAP)
20. Strong leadership capability with the ability to drive change in a fast‑paced, international, matrix organization
21. Fluent in German and English, written and spoken
Competencies
Job Locations:
Weidensteigen 61
CALW, Baden-Württemberg 75365
Germany
Posting City: CALW Job Country: Germany Travel Required: 10% to 25% Requisition ID: 150437 Workplace Type: Onsite External Careers Page: Manufacturing
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