Production Manager

About Unigen

Unigen is a global technology company providing innovative electronics manufacturing and product solutions to customers across diverse industries. With decades of industry experience and operations in key global markets, we combine engineering expertise, advanced manufacturing capabilities, and responsive customer service to deliver reliable, high-quality solutions-from product development through production and fulfillment.

Location and Work Arrangement

This position is based in Newark, California and is onsite.

Job Title: Production Manager

Job Function: Production

Job Overview: The Production Manager leads, manages, and develops Production team; drives improvements to Production process to meet quality, on-time delivery, and health & safety standards and objectives; and provides support and direction on all operational issues. Reports to Executive Vice President. Located at Unigen Headquarters in Newark, CA.

Primary 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.

Qualifications:

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

Salary Range: $95,000 to 132,000 / Year