Staff Program Manager

Supermicro; Wayne (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Supermicro is seeking a dynamic Program Manager to lead cross-functional engineering programs, ensuring on-time delivery and cost control across sales, production, and purchasing.

You will oversee scheduling, material planning, NPI/FAI/ECO activities, and partner with OEM customers to drive turnkey manufacturing excellence and rapid time-to-market.

Strong communication and leadership skills are essential, with proven ability to coordinate multi-disciplinary teams and improve processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in electrical engineering, industrial engineering, computer science, or business administration.
• Minimum 12 years of experience in the computer/server industry.
• Experience in contract manufacturing, product development, project management, quality control, or procurement support; knowledge of material-related and quick-turn engineer-to-order environments.
• Proven track record of managing projects and delivering on time.
• Ability to coordinate with cross‑functional teams including Engineering, Sales, Operations, Purchasing, and Logistics.
• Excellent verbal and written communication; advanced Excel and PowerPoint; ERP SAP experience preferred.
• Demonstrated initiative to develop and implement new processes.

Responsibilities

• Interface with OEM customers to provide turnkey manufacturing services.
• Lead production planning, material readiness, shortages, orders, and quality control to meet forecasts.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across Sales, Production, Product Management and Purchasing.
• Support engineering programs: NPI, FAI, ECO scheduling and material planning.
• Analyze forecast demand and maintain material schedules to prevent shortages.
• Manage end-of-life product schedules and post-sale service planning.
• Develop business models and process improvements across supply chain and product life cycle.
• Handle special projects as assigned.

Skills

Project management

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication skills

Excel

PowerPoint

ERP SAP experience

Initiative & process improvement

Education

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

Job description

Job Req ID: 29834

About Supermicro

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

Job Summary

We are currently seeking 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 exceptional project management and communication skills 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 target
• 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 obsolescence 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 12 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

Salary Range

$160,000 - $185,000

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 policyof 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 specialdisabled veteran, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status