Global Engineering Operations & Process Management
Job Summary
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Job Summary
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth were looking to add a/an Global Engineering Operations & Process Management to our team.
Reporting to the Senior Global Engineering Director the Global Engineering Operations & Process Management is accountable for defining and driving engineering governance KPIs portfolio visibility capacity planning frameworks and standardized processes and tools. It enables data-driven decision-making alignment across regions and improved execution outcomes across all engineering functions.
What a typical day looks like:
Defines and continuously improves how engineering operates across the organization
Establishes standard operating rhythms governance forums and execution frameworks
Owns the engineering KPI framework (e.g. on-time design delivery change volume cycle time rework)
Develops and maintains dashboards scorecards and reporting for leadership
Defines and enforces engineering governance including stage gates design reviews and change control
Drives structured data-driven decision-making across engineering programs.
Establishes and manages engineering portfolio visibility across all active programs.
Defines and enables prioritization frameworks providing structured insight to support leadership decision making.
Provides executive-level insight and analysis to support portfolio trade-offs prioritization and strategic decision-making.
Develops and implements capacity planning and resource management methodologies
Provides visibility of demand vs capacity across engineering teams
Owns engineering processes standards and best practices across the organization.
Drives adoption of systems tools and digital workflows that improve efficiency and traceability
Identifies systemic inefficiencies bottlenecks and areas for improvement
Leads cross-functional initiatives to improve cycle time reduce rework and increase predictability
Embeds Lean / continuous improvement methodologies into engineering ways of working
Partners with Engineering PMO Operations Manufacturing Supply Chain and Quality functions
Drives alignment across teams to ensure effective execution and delivery outcomes.
The experience were looking to add to our team
Bachelors degree in engineering or related technical field
812 years experience in engineering engineering operations or technical programme leadership.
Demonstrated experience improving engineering processes governance or performance at scale.
Experience working in complex cross-functional environments including manufacturing and operations.
Lean / Six Sigma certification preferred.
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About Company
Flex is the manufacturing partner of choice for streamlined product lifecycles. From design to end of life, our end-to-end services optimize efficiency.