Director of Operations

Sanmina Corporation; Carrollton (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Sanmina Corporation in Texas is seeking a Director of Operations to lead and manage manufacturing operations, including production planning, process improvement, quality, and supply chain integration. You will drive cross-functional initiatives, optimize cost-to-service balance, and ensure on-time delivery across sites in North America.

The role requires deep experience in regulated manufacturing, Lean/Six Sigma, P&L ownership, and strong leadership to guide diverse teams and partner with

Qualifications

• 10+ years of engineering or management experience in a regulated manufacturing environment.
• 5+ years of direct people management.
• Lean principles knowledge; belt certification a plus.
• Demonstrated leadership of diverse teams in a dynamic setting.
• Strong written and verbal communication and presentation skills.
• Ability to manage multiple tasks with data-driven problem solving.
• Experience with Manufacturing Operations and P&L oversight.
• Customer-facing experience and quality/audit background.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex projects such as customer transfers, including supply chain, qualification, testing, and scheduling.
• Address root causes affecting plant throughput and yield.
• Estimate industrialization costs for quoting complex jobs.
• Deploy and track new programs across North America with plant leadership.
• Drive and supervise operations to balance service, cost, and profitability.
• Oversee material flow, shipping, inventory, and production floor.
• Coordinate with finance on inventory carrying costs.
• Ensure material availability and timely reporting of results.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic Planning

Problem Solving

Communication

Cross-functional Leadership

Project Planning

Financial Acumen

Education

Bachelor's degree in Mechanical/Industrial/Mfg Engineering

Lean Six Sigma certification (Green/Black belt)

Tools

Oracle ERP

Office/Google productivity tools

Job description

ManufacturingMgmt

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 Plants 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 boardexperienceis 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.