VP, Operations

Description

Sanmina Corporation (Nasdaq: SANM) is a global powerhouse in integrated manufacturing solutions serving the fastest-growing segments of the global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) market. We are a global engine providing the end-to-end manufacturing backbone for the world’s most essential and innovative brands. Whether it’s autonomous vehicles, life-saving medical technology, next-generation aerospace, or AI/cloud infrastructure, our integrated solutions don’t just meet standards—they redefine them.

Summary

The Vice President of Operations provides strategic leadership and oversight of manufacturing operations, engineering, quality, automation, and continuous improvement initiatives. This role is responsible for meeting production, performance, revenue, and profitability goals while ensuring operational excellence, technological advancement, customer satisfaction, and long-term business growth. The VP of Operations leads cross-functional teams, manages operational and financial performance, and aligns manufacturing capabilities with company strategy and customer requirements.

What You’ll Do

• Lead plant operations and functional managers to achieve production, performance, and revenue targets.
• Manage departmental budgets, analyze operational and financial data, and recommend investments in tooling, labor, equipment, and capital expenditures to support plant profitability.
• Contribute to company policies and long-term strategic planning to align manufacturing resources and capabilities with business objectives.
• Provide technical leadership to manufacturing, process, industrial, automation, and quality engineering teams.
• Direct process design, optimization, validation, qualification, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Review and approve engineering standards, process specifications, validation protocols, manufacturing procedures, and technical operating requirements.
• Develop strategies for facility capacity planning, production flow, line balancing, labor utilization, and throughput improvement.
• Lead automation programs involving robotics, machine vision, automated testing, digital manufacturing systems, and emerging technologies.
• Oversee quality engineering initiatives, including statistical process control (SPC), root cause analysis, corrective actions, reliability engineering, and process capability analysis.
• Evaluate manufacturing technologies to improve productivity, product quality, yield, and operational reliability.
• Provide engineering leadership for New Product Introduction (NPI) programs to ensure manufacturability, process capability, quality, and operational readiness.
• Collaborate with operations, engineering, and program management teams to develop accurate customer proposals and support new business opportunities.
• Oversee contract management and execution, including forecasting, pricing, negotiations, and scope recovery.
• Build strong relationships with customers, suppliers, design engineering teams, and technical stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to expand customer relationships, secure profitable recurring business, and support continued company growth.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree (BA/BS) in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or Business Administration with a strong technical focus.
• 10–15 years of progressive management experience in manufacturing, operations, manufacturing engineering, or a related technical leadership role.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing operations, engineering processes, budgeting, financial performance, and cost management.
• Hands-on experience with material requirements planning (MRP) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems.
• Knowledge of New Product Introduction (NPI), manufacturing capacity planning, production flow, and process optimization.
• Proven ability to analyze manufacturing performance data and apply engineering methodologies to improve operations.
• Strong leadership, strategic planning, problem-solving, decision-making, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Ability to balance operational, technical, financial, and customer priorities to achieve business objectives.

How to Stand Out

• Experience in the Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) industry.
• Experience manufacturing advanced electronic, optical, or telecommunications products.
• Proven success leading manufacturing, engineering, quality, and automation teams.
• Demonstrated improvements in manufacturing yield, productivity, cost efficiency, product quality, and operational reliability.
• Experience with customer proposals, contract negotiations, NPI programs, and business development.
• A hands-on leadership style with a focus on data-driven decision-making, continuous improvement, and technology implementation.

Why Join Us?

Sanmina is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment. Sanmina provides equal employment opportunities to employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.