Tooling Manager

Strattec Security Corporation invites applications for the Tooling Manager role.

Strattec Security Corporation is one of the world's largest suppliers providing access and security systems to the automotive market. This drives us to be an innovative company with the latest technology. Strattec creates exciting opportunities for people who like to work in an environment that challenges them to be creative, deal with multiple customers and projects, and research the latest technology.

You will help Strattec to be a pioneer by working closely with the largest automotive customers in the world along with the largest electronic partners.

Let us know who you are! We want to know what motivates you and why you are the ideal candidate for our growing team. The ideal candidate will possess a team‑oriented attitude, have a multidisciplinary background, and a passion for innovation. We are looking for leadership skills to develop a new group internally.

If you are someone who likes to build a team, has strong skillsets, and likes to see your own ideas come to life, apply quickly!

The Tooling Manager role will be responsible for leading the day‑to‑day activities across all tooling areas across three shifts in the Milwaukee facility, including maintenance, repair, and outsourcing of existing die‑cast and stamping tooling; fabrication and procurement of spare components; and new tooling builds for die‑cast and stamping mold tooling.

Key responsibilities include deployment of tooling‑related business processes, collaborating on associate training and development, driving continuous improvement actions, understanding demand, assuring proper resources are allocated, developing and executing a tooling production management system, delivering new tooling launches on time and at budget, and building a structure to ensure consistent and sustained results.

• Implement and enforce safety procedures and protocols.
• Lead teams to drive bottom‑line financial, OEE, and KPI results through all areas of Strattec’s tooling operations.
• Develop strategic vision and deploy transformational changes that include advanced processing technology, elimination of non‑value‑added process steps, optimization of existing processes, and standardized process designs that reliably deliver high‑quality tooling at the best cost.
• Streamline new tool build process by leveraging core competencies and simplifying business processes.
• Increase speed to market and ensure on‑time new product launches by growing new tooling build capacity and throughput, creating collaborative launch processes, and standardizing tooling designs.
• Identify and proactively plan for potential changes in demand, resource availability, extended tooling repairs, and supply shortages to minimize impact on customers, associates, and financial performance.
• Build consistency and simplicity in how tooling processes are documented, executed, and sustained by utilizing standard work, structured business processes, and ensuring associates are adequately trained.
• Coordinate with key stakeholders and foster collaborative partnerships to create execution plans and innovative solutions when roadblocks arise to deliver high‑quality products on time at target cost.
• Create strong and diverse teams by developing new leaders, hiring top‑level talent, and pursuing actions to increase associate engagement, improve culture, and ensure associates are adequately trained.
• Review, improve, and standardize the tooling preventative maintenance program by leveraging best practices and basing it on the cycles a tool has operated.
• Inspire teams as a positive‑minded and strategic‑thinking change agent at all levels of the organization.

This role will have supervisory responsibilities for both salary and bargaining unit associates, including interviewing, training, setting challenging objectives, planning/prioritizing work, appraising performance, providing constructive feedback, developing plans, conducting succession planning, and working with human resources to address all disciplinary/associate issues as necessary.

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