Program 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.Program Manager Job Purpose:Oversee - Monitor processes and activities. Call out non-conformance, issues, risksDelegate - Assigning responsibilities, including changing responsibility ownership from one person to another Manage - Focus on processes. Ensure processes are known and followed. Establish, monitor Stage Gates, and address failuresDrive / Lead - Focus on people. Find, secure resources. Push individuals to action, execution. Ensure completion. Push others or do yourselfSME - Subject Matter Expert1 Commercial / FinancialMaster the Customer Agreement / PricingMaster a deep understanding of each managed Customer agreement, its terms and conditions and implications to the business, including how to protect Sanmina and how to maximize the financial results of the operation within the agreementSummarize key commercial terms and business needs such as volume, revenue and asset levels required to maintain or improve quoted marginsClearly differentiate “claimable” elements per contractual termsContractual obligations or changes to pricing assumptionsProductivity and performance effectiveness issuesManage all non-product billing requirements (transportation, customs, etc)Drive ongoing pricing negotiationsDevelop Quotes (for incremental work) and maintain (update) the customer price listDrive Financial successTrack actual financial performance against quote, including revenue, forecast vs actual, gross margin, OH absorption, assets/inventory, unamortized capital, volume (FC take rate) and so on. Assess profitability and risks, issues, gaps - “Mind the cash register” Identify any failures from SGS or Customer to comply with the terms of the agreementAlert Sr. Management of performance issues, significant upcoming changes and downward trendsDrive quarterly Customer pricing reviews and seek management as needed help to close pricing negotiationsClearly identify pricing elements driven by market competitiveness. Work with the functional areas to identify risks, and avoid business losses due to uncompetitive pricingCommercial Inventory pricing topics… (not execution)Drive PPV (Purchase Price Variance) data collection with Materials / Finance. Collect data, develop recap, comm to customer, drive reconciliationManage and Drive the existing product price change process (Price Effectivity, Inventory Revaluation, etc.)Ensure supply chain functional area has sufficient and adequate information to calculate (EET) materials exposure and liabilitiesIdentify and drive resolution of inventory related exposure (claimable or not claimable). Determine the nature of the issue (scrap, cycle counting, etc.)Drive Clear to Build (CTB) or Clear to Service KPIs and plan in function of forecast commit and preserve a healthy relation with inventory level (turns)Identify inventory valuation exposure and drive the associated customer claimsIdentify gaps and drive resolution for quoted vs actual MCPU gaps, MOH / Freight ratio2 Transactional Operations SupportDemand ManagementTrack historical demand accuracy performanceAnalyze and drive customer forecast accuracy issues (waterfall charts, etc)Provide demand estimation to the different functional areas to adequately plan and rightsize the operation (labor & infrastructure)Identify elements of demand behavior (patterns, cycles, seasonality) that represent an impact to current pricing Sales Order Creation / Order EntryAnalyze and Drive customer forecast accuracy issues…

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