VP, Operations
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Oct 13, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 13, 2026. Flex scores A on the Alion truth index.
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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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