Plant Manager

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 Plant Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, strategic direction, and financial performance of the manufacturing facility in Carrollton, Texas. This role oversees plant operations, manufacturing engineering, quality, continuous improvement, customer relationships, and business development. The Plant Manager drives operational excellence, revenue and profitability growth, customer satisfaction, and manufacturing innovation while ensuring the facility meets its production, quality, cost, and delivery objectives.

What You’ll Do

Lead all plant operations and cross-functional teams to achieve production, quality, delivery, cost, and revenue targets.

• Maintain full profit and loss (P&L) responsibility, including budgeting, financial planning, labor management, and capital expenditure decisions.
• Develop and execute short- and long-term strategies aligned with business objectives, customer requirements, and divisional growth opportunities.
• Provide leadership and oversight to manufacturing, process, industrial, automation, and quality engineering teams.
• Drive manufacturing process optimization, equipment utilization, production efficiency, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Lead quality engineering programs, including statistical process control (SPC), root cause analysis, corrective actions, reliability engineering, and process capability improvement.
• Oversee New Product Introduction (NPI) programs to ensure manufacturability, process readiness, quality performance, and successful production launches.
• Collaborate with program management, engineering, customers, suppliers, and corporate leadership to support technical requirements and business development.
• Evaluate manufacturing capacity, product mix, production loading, material requirements, and operating costs to maximize plant performance and profitability.
• Build and maintain strong customer relationships, promote customer satisfaction, and identify opportunities to expand existing business and secure new programs.
• Establish a culture of accountability, operational discipline, employee development, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
• Ensure manufacturing operations comply with applicable company policies, quality standards, safety requirements, and regulatory obligations.

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor’s degree in Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Business Administration with a strong technical focus, or a related discipline.
• 10–15+ years of progressive leadership experience in manufacturing operations, preferably in similarly sized or larger manufacturing facilities.
• Demonstrated success in plant management, operations management, manufacturing engineering leadership, or comparable senior leadership positions.
• Extensive experience in the Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) industry, including advanced electronics, optical technologies, telecommunications, substrate fabrication, or materials processing.
• Proven experience managing plant financial performance, budgets, production operations, workforce planning, and cross-functional teams.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing processes, capacity planning, Material Requirements Planning (MRP), Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), and New Product Introduction (NPI) protocols.
• Experience analyzing operational and financial data to identify performance gaps, improve efficiency, and support strategic decisions.
• Excellent leadership, communication, problem-solving, decision-making, and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to balance strategic planning with hands-on operational management in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated commitment to integrity, accountability, employee development, customer satisfaction, and operational excellence.

How to Stand Out

Master’s degree in Engineering (MSE), Master of Business Administration (MBA), or a related advanced degree.

• In-depth knowledge of Printed Circuit Board (PCB) manufacturing and advanced manufacturing technologies.
• Experience implementing Lean manufacturing, DMAIC, statistical process control (SPC), and other continuous improvement methodologies.
• Proven success driving revenue growth, improving profitability, optimizing manufacturing capacity, and securing new customer business.
• Experience leading complex NPI programs, technical customer proposals, contract negotiations, and scope recovery.
• Strong ability to influence stakeholders at all organizational levels, from production employees to executive leadership.
• A strategic, entrepreneurial mindset with a hands-on leadership approach and a proven track record of delivering measurable business results.

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.