Operations 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 tech, next-gen aerospace, or AI/cloud infrastructure - our integrated solutions don’t just meet standards—they redefine them. What You'll Do The Sr. Operations Manager is responsible for the overall leadership, performance, and execution of manufacturing operations supporting data center hardware, transformer components, power distribution equipment, bus bars, and data center cooling systems. The position has end-to-end operational responsibility across metal fabrication, copper and aluminum bus bar manufacturing, pipe and tube fabrication, welding, machining, powder coating/painting, and mechanical/electromechanical assembly. The Sr. Operations Manager is accountable for achieving Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, and People (SQDCP) objectives while ensuring manufacturing capacity, labor, equipment, materials, and processes are aligned with customer demand and business growth requirements. This role leads all operational areas such as Fabrication, Welding, Grinding, Painting, and Assembly, and works cross-functionally with Process Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, Planning, Maintenance, EHS, NPI, Program Management, and Business Leadership. The Sr. Operations Manager is expected to establish a disciplined operating system, develop a high-performance manufacturing organization, drive continuous improvement, and build the manufacturing capability required to support rapid growth in data center and energy infrastructure markets. Provide leadership and accountability for all manufacturing operations across the facility. Manage the complete manufacturing flow from incoming raw materials through fabrication, finishing, assembly, testing, and shipment readiness. Translate customer demand and the master production schedule into executable manufacturing plans. Ensure appropriate alignment of labor, equipment, capacity, materials, and manufacturing priorities. Establish daily, weekly, and monthly operating priorities. Lead Assembly and Fabrication Coordinators and Production Supervisors in achieving manufacturing objectives. Monitor production performance and initiate recovery plans when performance deviates from plan. Identify and remove manufacturing bottlenecks and constraints. Ensure effective coordination between fabrication, painting/coating, assembly, testing, and downstream operations. Maintain disciplined production control while responding effectively to changing customer priorities. Develop manufacturing capabilities to support volume growth and new-product introduction. Products may include data center cabinets, enclosures, structural frames, transformer components, equipment skids, cooling-system structures, brackets, panels, and related fabricated assemblies Provide operational responsibility for copper and aluminum bus bar manufacturing. Drive improvements in copper and aluminum material utilization, dimensional accuracy, productivity, s crap, quality, and manufacturing cost. Applications may include cooling distribution units (CDUs), manifolds, pump skids, heat-exchanger assemblies, cooling loops, and modular cooling systems. Provide operational leadership for powder coating, painting, and finishing processes Ensure appropriate control of critical process parameters including pretreatment condition, coating thickness, adhesion, coverage, cure temperature, cure time, surface appearance, and customer-specific f Establish and reinforce a zero-incident safety culture. Maintain accountability for EHS performance across manufacturing. Ensure compliance with machine safety, lockout/tagout, PPE, hot-work, chemical handling, lifting, ma…

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