Global Business Unit Operations Lead

Sanmina

San Jose (CA)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM) seeks a Business Unit Manager to lead all business support operations for a major customer account. You will connect customers, channel partners, manufacturing, supply chain and other functions to ensure flawless execution from forecast to shipment.

The ideal candidate has strong program management, customer engagement, and cross-functional leadership skills, with a proven ability to influence across global regions in a fast-paced EMS environment.

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree required in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, or related discipline.
10+ years of experience in business operations, program management, customer operations, supply chain, or manufacturing.
5+ years leading customer-facing operational teams.
Experience supporting global OEM, hyperscale, enterprise storage, server, or electronics manufacturing customers.
Strong knowledge of: Order Management, Demand Planning, Supply Chain Management, and Manufacturing Operations
Excellent executive communication and presentation skills.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
Proven ability to influence across global, matrixed organizations.
Preferred: EMS/ODM manufacturing environments experience.
Knowledge of data center, AI infrastructure, server, storage, or networking products.

Responsibilities

Own the end-to-end business support operation from customer demand through shipment.
Ensure flawless execution of order management, forecasting, scheduling, backlog management, and fulfillment activities.
Lead weekly and monthly demand reviews with customers and internal stakeholders.
Articulate any areas that prevent us from meeting customer demand and expectations.
Monitor business performance using key operational metrics and implement corrective actions where needed.
Drive continuous improvement across operational processes.
Serve as the operational interface with global sales channel partners.
Coordinate customer demand, pricing execution, order flow, inventory management, and shipment priorities.
Ensure channel partners execute in alignment with customer expectations and contractual commitments.
Resolve operational challenges impacting order fulfillment.
Act as the conduit between customers, sales organizations, and our manufacturing facility.
Balance customer priorities with manufacturing capacity and material availability.
Lead cross-functional efforts to improve on-time delivery, inventory turns, and operational efficiency.
Ensure accurate and timely order entry, order validation, scheduling, backlog management, and shipment execution.
Monitor order status throughout the product lifecycle.
Identify supply constraints and lead recovery plans.
Drive timely communication of delivery commitments and schedule changes.
Manage customer backlog, inventory exposure, and operational KPIs.
Support forecasting and financial planning activities.
Manage customer commitments.
Identify operational risks impacting revenue recognition or customer commitments.