VP, Operations

FlexGeorge Town, Perai, PenangOn-siteFull-timeListed 1 hour ago

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About this role

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world.

A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary.

## Job Summary



Flex intends to spin off its Cloud and Power Infrastructure segment into a new, independent publicly traded company, Axiom, with the spin planned for Q1 2027. If the intended spin occurs, this role will support Axiom, a company focused on critical digital infrastructure and delivering end-to-end power and thermal management solutions for AI data centers and other mission-critical applications.

Summary:

Responsible for effectively managing all strategic operational processes and resources and directing an organization to achieve and maintain global operational excellence.

What a typical day looks like:

- Drive accountability for all results related to global operations.

- Participate in the development of strategy and operating plans for the business.

- Create accountability for implementation of all business plans and deliver results.

- Establish and maintain relationships with customers and industry experts developing a strong pulse on the market landscape

- Co-ordinate with other departments and other Flex sites to drive for excellence.

- Coordinate efforts of operations team by establishing procurement, production and engineering services policies and practices.

- Coach and mentor Operations team.

- Leverage industry practices and apply to internal systems and processes.

- Drive accountability for all results related to operations.

- Create accountability for implementation of all business plans and deliver results.

- Establish and maintain relationships with customers and industry experts developing a strong pulse on the market landscape

- Establish a strong relationship with the top customers of the service offering.

- Influence change management through collaboration and metric management.

- Innovative solution design creating best in class results through continuous improvement.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

- Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management, Engineering or related discipline.  MBA is strongly preferred.
- Typically requires 10+ years of manufacturing experience.
- Typically requires at least 7 years of management or supervisory experience.
- Demonstrates mastery of functional knowledge in relation to other functions and a complete understanding of the function and those of related businesses Requires excellent communication (written and verbal) skills and networking abilities.
- Effective interpersonal skills with ability to negotiate and influence for positive outcomes.  Business acumen and proven ability to improve/turnaround key financial results.
- Utilize tools to monitor departmental cost and cost trends, striving to continuously improve value.
- Ability to identify creative ways to reduce cost by streamlining processes and systems (i.e. modification of responsibilities or consolidation of tasks or elimination of non-value-added processes). Requires strong innovation skills and creativity.
- Ability to influence and hold others accountable.
- Strong strategic thinking and decision-making skills.  Must understand P&L.

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

- Life Insurance
- Medical Benefits
- Allowances and Bonuses
- Paid Time-Off

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## Job Category
Operations

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