Program Manager

Supermicro; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 123,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

Equity awards

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Supermicro in San Jose, California seeks a dynamic Program Manager to lead engineering programs, including scheduling, cost analysis, early access, and first customer shipment. You will oversee cross-functional teams from Sales, Production, and Purchasing and must possess exceptional project management and communication skills.

In-office attendance is required; the role involves coordinating with multiple departments to meet forecasts and deliver high-quality products for on-site operations.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, or Business Administration is required.
• 5+ years of experience in the computer/server industry or related field.
• Experience in contract manufacturing, product development, project management, quality control, and/or procurement support.
• Strong cross-functional coordination with Engineering, Sales, Operations, Purchasing, and Logistics.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; advanced Excel and PowerPoint; ERP systems knowledge (SAP) is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Interface with key OEM customers to provide turnkey manufacturing services.
• Drive day-to-day production planning, material readiness, shortages, order fulfillment, and quality control.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams from Sales, Production, Product Management, and Purchasing to deliver products and solutions.
• Assist with NPI, FAI, and ECO scheduling and material planning to ensure time-to-market.
• Analyze forecast demands and maintain material schedules to avoid shortages and ensure fast fulfillments.
• Plan for end-of-life disposition and post-sale service requirements to avoid obsolescence.
• Identify business model improvements across supply chain and product lifecycle.

Skills

Communication skills

Excel

PowerPoint

Presentation skills

SAP

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, or Business Administration

Tools

SAP ERP

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Location: San Jose, California, United States

About Supermicro:

Supermicro® is a Top Tier provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for Data Center, Cloud Computing, Enterprise IT, Hadoop/ Big Data, Hyperscale, HPC and IoT/Embedded customers worldwide. We are the #5 fastest growing company among the Silicon Valley Top 50 technology firms. Our unprecedented global expansion has provided us with the opportunity to offer a large number of new positions to the technology community. We seek talented, passionate, and committed engineers, technologists, and business leaders to join us.

Job Summary:

We currently seek a dynamic Program Manager to provide leadership, oversight to drive, coordinate, and monitor engineering programs including scheduling, planning, product and project cost analysis, early access, and first customer shipment. This role will be heavily involved in leading the cross-functional teams from sales, productions, and purchasing. You must have an exceptional project management and communication skills in order to succeed in this role.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Frequent interface with focused key OEM customers in providing turnkey manufacturing services
• Drive day to day operations in production planning, material readiness, shortage prevention, order fulfillment, quality control and new product development related topics, to ensure meeting forecast requirements, customer satisfaction and our business growth targets
• Coordinate tasks of a cross-functional team from Sales, Production, product management, and Purchasing Departments to deliver outstanding products and issue solutions
• Assist engineering programs including NPI, FAI and ECO related project scheduling and material planning to ensure time to market
• Analyze customer forecast demands and maintain corresponding material schedule plan to mitigate potential shortages and keep fast order fulfillments for sustaining products
• Control end of life product schedule and material disposition. Plan for post-sale service requirements while preventing excess obsolesce from becoming an issue.
• Identify and develop strong business models and process improvement initiatives in supply chain, production and the whole product life cycle
• Special projects as assigned

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Computer Science, or Business Administration
• Minimum 5 years of experience in the computer/server industry
• Experiences in contract manufacturing, product development, project management, quality control, and/or procurement support; technical knowledge on material-related and quick-turn engineer-to-order environment experience.
• Proven track record of managing projects and delivering on time
• The ability to work/coordinate efficiently with cross-functional teams including Engineering, Sales, Operations, Purchasing, and Logistics, internally and externally, to optimize business models
• Excellent verbal and written communication and organizational skills. Advanced level in Excel and Power Point. Excellent presentation skills required. Experience with ERP system (SAP) preferred
• Demonstrated ability to take initiative, develop and implement new processes

Please note that this position requires regular in-office attendance. The successful candidate is expected to be present in the office during standard working hours as determined by the company. In-office collaboration and participation in team meetings, training sessions, and other on-site activities are essential aspects of this role. Candidates should consider the commuting distance and be prepared to fulfill their responsibilities in the designated office location.

Salary Range

$85,000 - $123,000

The salary offered will depend on several factors, including your location, level, education, training, specific skills, years of experience, and comparison to other employees already in this role.

• In addition to a comprehensive benefits package, candidates may be eligible for other forms of compensation, such as participation in bonus and equity award programs.

EEO Statement

Supermicro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and embraces diversity in our employee population. It is the policy of Supermicro to provide equal opportunity to all qualified applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status or special disabled veteran, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status.