Production Manager

Unigen • Newark, CA

10h • $95,000 - $132,000 • Onsite

About The Position

The Production Manager leads, manages, and develops the Production team; drives improvements to the Production process to meet quality, on-time delivery, and health & safety standards and objectives; and provides support and direction on all operational issues. This position reports to the Executive Vice President and is located at Unigen Headquarters in Newark, CA.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree and/or equivalent experience.
• 5+ years of experience in a supervisory or management role in EMS industry (PCBA, Box build and/or conformal coating).
• Good technical understanding of processes, equipment, bottlenecks, and line balancing to work with Engineering and Maintenance teams.
• Proficient in: Microsoft Excel, Word, Power Point, Visio.

Nice To Haves

• PLM is a plus
• Good understanding of ISO systems is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Achieve the weekly and monthly build plans by identifying bottlenecks and addressing availability, yield and efficiency issues cross functionally.
• Offer precise, validated, and timely production data analysis to support labor quotation; proactively resolve issues related to quotations and address concerns regarding labor quotations.
• Maintain a culture of adherence to standardized work and complying to documented processes and procedures to ensure safe practices and build products to quality sustained specifications.
• Work cross functionally to implement process changes, new product introduction, improvement projects and ensure corrective actions expeditiously.
• Assess project and resource requirements and assigning tasks and objectives through delegation, adhering to established processes to achieve the unit's goals.
• Oversee and improving production processes and address production issues.
• Create and uphold performance metrics, assessing employee performance, and suggest appropriate compensation and disciplinary actions as needed.
• Organize relevant training sessions to new hires, developing work instructions and conducting on-job and other types of training.
• Build a high-performance team, setting clear expectations, and manage their performance effectively.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager