About this role
Job title: Manufacturing Operations Manager
About the Role As our Manufacturing Operations Manager, you will be the critical link between our headquarters supply chain organization and the physical execution at our Salt Lake City Electronics Manufacturing Facility. You will ensure a steady flow of raw materials, optimize labor schedules, coordinate outbound logistics to meet customer needs, and maintain synchronization with our headquarters supply chain team.
What You'll Do
- Supply Chain Synchronization: Serve as the primary liaison with the headquarters supply chain organization to ensure site production schedules align with broader corporate demand and inventory strategies.
- Material Flow Management: Direct end-to-end flow of raw materials into the facility, ensuring zero production downtime due to material shortages while minimizing excess on-hand inventory.
- Inbound & Outbound Logistics: Oversee dock-to-stock and dock-to-customer activities, managing logistics providers and internal warehouse teams to streamline the movement of goods.
- Strategic Labor Planning: Develop and execute labor models and staffing schedules to meet fluctuating production demands and shipment targets.
- Operational Execution: Coordinate daily/weekly production floor activities to achieve monthly shipment targets.
- Continuous Improvement: Partner with headquarters and site Quality, Engineering, and Supply Chain functions to strategically drive continuous improvement in safety, quality, delivery, inventory, and cost.
- Leadership & Development: Recruit, hire, and mentor a high-performing operations team, fostering a culture of career progression and technical excellence.
- Budgetary Oversight: Prepare and implement the departmental budget.
What We're Looking For
- Basic Requirements: Bachelor's degree with 5+ years of manufacturing and/or electronics experience; legal authorization to work in the U.S. indefinitely (employer sponsorship not available).
- Travel: Ability to travel extensively to Los Angeles for training during the initial months; Travel expected to be Under 10% of time.
- Experience: Demonstrated ability to manage/coordinate incoming receiving, warehousing, production floor operations, and outgoing logistics in an electronics manufacturing environment; working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems.
- Skills: Strong Lean Six Sigma principles, systems, and tools with the ability to apply them on the factory floor; strong oral and written communication; ability to translate corporate supply chain initiatives and KPI goals into actionable floor-level plans.
- Leadership: Proven capabilities in leading a multi-disciplined team to meet objectives under tight deadlines.
Nice to Have
- A track record of maintaining remote-to-headquarters alignment with respect to electronics manufacturing operations.
- Demonstrated ability to dynamically align factory floor activities to changing business conditions and supply chain disruptions.
- Working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems, procurement cycles, and logistics management in an electronics manufacturing environment.
- Demonstrated ability to apply Lean Six Sigma principles to the factory floor.
Compensation & Benefits
- Salary: $125,000 - $175,000 USD per year.
- Incentive Bonus Plans
- Medical, Dental, and Vision benefits
- 401K with Company Match
- 10 Paid Holidays
- Generous Paid Time Off Packages
- Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Paid Parental & Family Leave
- and more!