Bukit Batok - Operational Excellence Leader (Manufacturing)
Your Job
As the Leader of Operational Excellence, you will support building a culture of Operational Excellence within plants and divisions, accelerating transformation to create superior value. You will collaborate between divisions to promote knowledge sharing and foster a unified Molex mindset.Additionally, you will promote and enhance the Operational Excellence culture within plants by building a Breakthrough Management mindset on the sustainable foundations of Daily & Value Stream Management systems. You will also create and maintain a divisional Operational Excellence Vision in line with the Global Operational Excellence Vision.
Our Team
In this role, you will work within the DSS division, reporting directly to the Director of Operations Strategy. You will closely interact with the Global OE Team, MES Tech Team, Digital Partners at Div/Plant levels, Divisional OpEx leaders, Plant/Site OpEx teams, PD Team, GSOPE Team, and Plant Leaders.You will also mentor Site Operational Excellence Leads to support talent development programs and align divisional strategies with site-level strategies.
What You Will Do- Support building the culture of Operational Excellence within plants/division and accelerate transformation to create superior value.
- Collaborate between divisions to promote knowledge sharing and foster a unified Molex mindset.
- Promote and enhance the Operational Excellence culture within plants by building a Breakthrough Management mindset on the sustainable foundations of Daily & Value Stream Management systems.
- Create and maintain divisional Operational Excellence Vision in line with Global Operational Excellence Vision.
- Govern and encourage operations knowledge and best practice sharing across divisions.
- Lead and support strategic GOC projects at target plants in the Division.
- Mentor Site Operational Excellence Leads to support talent development programs.
- Cascade divisional strategy to align with site-level strategy and monitor monthly.
- Identify strategic opportunities across the division and coordinate with GOC to develop scalable solutions.
- May require traveling up to 30% yearly for business.
- Perform other duties as assigned by Management.
- Bachelor of Science in Engineering, Science, or Operations Management.
- 10 years of progressive career track in Operations/Manufacturing with management experience.
- Business acumen and sound judgment to make or support good decisions.
- Analytical skills to put issues/problems in the right context.
- Fluent reading, writing, and verbal communication skills in Business English.
- Fluent in Mandarin, as this position requires close collaboration with Chinese associates.
- Organization skills to plan and follow through on multiple tasks simultaneously.
- Strong foundation in Operations, Quality, and Continuous Improvement Management.
- Commitment to get the job done on time with high quality and integrity.
- Open-mindedness and maturity to relate to different people across all functional areas.
- Proficiency in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
- Some travel and flexibility with working hours to accommodate global team members.
- Project Management or Lean Six Sigma – Black Belt/Strategic Management certification.
- Experience with large global manufacturing companies in the electronics industry.
- Experience with manufacturing processes, quality, product development, asset management, and utilization analysis at plant, division/regional, and global locations.
- Global mindset.
- Basic understanding of engineering, manufacturing, and the electronics industry.
- Advanced skills in BW, SAP, RPM, and more advanced skills in Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, including data analytics and dashboarding capability.
The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
Who We Are
As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader.Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.
At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.
Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.