Director of Operations

Sanmina; Carrollton (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanmina Corporation seeks a Director of Operations to lead and optimize manufacturing operations from planning to shipment across North America. The role demands deep expertise in process improvement, supply chain management, and P&L oversight.

You will drive lean initiatives, coordinate with plant leaders, and ensure alignment of inventory, throughput, and quality with customer requirements. Ten-plus years in regulated manufacturing and strong leadership are essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Industrial or Manufacturing Engineering or related field.
• 10+ years in engineering or management within regulated manufacturing.
• 5+ years of direct people management experience.
• Lean principles knowledge; Green/Black belt a plus.
• Demonstrated leadership of diverse teams in a dynamic environment.
• Strong communication and presentation skills; data-driven decision making.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the operations function from production planning to shipment.
• Address root causes affecting plants, including throughput and yield issues.
• Develop industrialization estimates for complex quotes and transfers.
• Drive and supervise programs with plant leadership across North America.
• Ensure material flow, inventory levels, and cost management align with business goals.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Project planning

Capacity planning

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Mechanical/Industrial/Mfg Engineering

Lean Six Sigma (Green/Black belt)

Tools

Oracle ERP

MRP

Excel

Google Workspace

Job description

Job Description

Manufacturing Mgmt Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM) is a leading integrated manufacturing solutions provider serving the fastest-growing segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market. Recognized as a technology leader, Sanmina Corporation provides end-to-end manufacturing solutions, delivering superior quality and support to Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs) primarily in the communications networks, defense and aerospace, industrial and semiconductor systems, medical, multimedia, computing and storage, automotive and clean technology sectors. Sanmina Corporation has facilities strategically located in key regions throughout the world.

Job Purpose

The Director, Operations leads and manages the operations function including production manufacturing engineering, manufacturing process, quality, and activities from production planning to shipment. He/she uses materials management skills as a seasoned, experienced professional with a full understanding of industry practices, company policies, procedures, tools, and business disciplines within the organization.

Nature Of Duties/Responsibilities

• Handle complex projects such as an entire customer transfer, including supply chain, product qualification, test, process, scheduling, etc.
• Find and address complex root causes affecting plants. For example, Throughput issues and Yield issues.
• Calculate Industrialization estimates for quoting complex jobs (such as moving customer factories from their site to a Sanmina site, setting up Pivot lines, etc)
• Deploy and track new programs in North America working directly with Plant´s leadership teams on fundamentals, processes, procedures, resource planning, program management, execution, customer satisfaction, communication, technical solutions. He would be a real On-boarding coach, an improvement over our current process (which mostly involves documentation and occasional training)
• Drives and supervises
• Optimal balance of service to cost and profitability.
• Plant responsiveness to customer requests through materials, inventory, and cost management.
• Monitors and reports results.
• Has responsibility for material flow encompassing shipping and warehouse and production floor.
• Reviews and plans requirements for acceptable inventory.
• Maintains inventory at acceptable levels.
• Coordinates with finance/accounting on matters involving inventory carrying costs.
• Ensures material availability.

Education And Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree required, Mechanical, Industrial or Mfg Engineering preferred.
• 10+ years of Engineering or Management experience in a regulated manufacturing environment. Printed circuit board experience is a plus but not required.
• 5+ years of direct people management.
• Knowledge of lean principles (Green or Black belt certification a plus).
• Demonstrated experience leading diverse teams in a dynamic environment required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication and presentation skills required.
• Open-minded self-starter with the ability to adapt, improvise and problem solve, as well manage multiple tasks and projects and concisely explain complex issues supported with data.
• Experience running multidisciplinary teams, Manufacturing Operations, P&L centers.
• Customer facing experience, experienced in Customer Quality Audits, Run at Rate qualifications, Process development, Industrial Engineering, Lean 6-sigma, Supply Chain Management, MRP execution.
• Business and Financial Acumen - strong P&L and Balance Sheet knowledge.
• Project Planning and Management - Detailed, roll-up sleeves approach, capacity planning, bottleneck analysis, yield prediction, line balancing, Staffing, NPI.
• Self-starter demonstrates initiative and commitment, able to influence all levels of leadership.
• Excellent organizational and negotiation skills, strong analytical capabilities.
• Prowess with Office and Google products and software, Oracle ERP applications.