Production Manager

Dell; Daly City (CA); Remote; USD 142,000 - 201,000; Full time

Job summary

Dell is seeking a Production Manager in Daly City, CA, with ownership of strategic decisions and a focus on governance. Remote hours come standard, offering flexibility while driving results in a fast-paced environment.

You will translate data into actionable insights, manage vendor relationships, and ensure compliance as you guide pilots and cost decisions. The role emphasizes steady growth and mentorship within the Dell framework.

Qualifications

• Experience applying Value Stream Mapping to drive improvements.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to unblock teammates and unblock work streams.

Responsibilities

• Convert a scrappy hunch into a tested hypothesis for the board to weigh.
• Read a Strategic Planning dashboard and identify misleading data.
• Turn messy PLC data into a concise one-page executive story.
• Investigate margin slips and deliver actionable fixes.
• Drive pilots beyond common failure points.
• Own the relationship with the Strategic Planning vendor to reduce firefighting.
• Maintain Dell compliance without halting operations.
• Run build-versus-buy analyses before signing any deals.

Skills

Value Stream Mapping

Communication

Team Collaboration

Job description

The Production Manager joining Dell will spend less time formatting reports and more time being asked, \"so what should we do? Honestly, the draw is the ownership: $142,000 - $201,000 and remote hours come standard, but the business reins are the real prize.

Key Responsibilities

• Convert a scrappy hunch into a tested hypothesis the board can weigh


• Read a Strategic Planning dashboard and know which line is lying to you


• Turn messy PLC Programming data into an one-page story executives read before coffee


• Chase down why margin slipped and come back with a fix, not a theory


• Push a business pilot past the part where most pilots die


• Own the relationship with the Strategic Planning vendor so it stops being a fire drill


• Keep Dell compliant without grinding the whole operation to a halt


• Run the numbers on build-versus-buy before Dell signs anything

What You'll Bring

• A teammate's instinct to unblock others before yourself


• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings


• A knack for Value Stream Mapping that colleagues quietly come to rely on


• Real curiosity about why Dell customers do what they do


• 8 years that taught you which corners can be cut


• A Daly City grounding, or the adaptability to plant roots quickly

Dell grew up alongside its customers, scaling from a single Daly City room into the business partner much of CA now trusts. We keep ego out of code review and let the Statistical Process Control argument win on its merits.

Step in at $142,000 - $201,000, climb with structured growth, lean on a mentor, and take the flexibility Dell is genuinely proud of.

We bumped the date today, signaling this Production Manager search is ongoing.