ZT Systems

Production Manager - Server

ZT Systems$75K — $95K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field, or equivalent work experience
  • 6+ years in a complex technology manufacturing environment
  • Experience in project management, quality assurance, and new product introduction
  • 0-3+ years of leadership experience in both technical and non-technical teams
  • Practical knowledge of lean manufacturing processes
  • Demonstrated integrity and strong work ethic
  • Ability to effectively communicate and simplify complex issues across various levels of the organization.

Responsibilities

  • Provide work direction to Team Leads based on shipping priorities and capacity
  • Supervise attendance, overtime, and paid time off (PTO) execution
  • Oversee training and staffing processes for the production team
  • Balance workload among production staff
  • Provide performance feedback to upper management
  • Manage and escalate operational issues across the production team
  • Identify and implement process improvements with cross-functional teams.

Benefits

  • Opportunities for professional development and continued learning
  • Exposure to high complexity technology manufacturing
  • Experience leading significant cross-functional teams
  • Work in an environment emphasizing integrity and quality improvement
  • Engagement in problem-solving and process optimization initiatives.
Full Job Description

About The Role

The Production Manager is responsible for leading the day-to-day operations of production employees, ensuring that production delivery, quality, and cost metrics are met. The Production Manager will focus on employee productivity, quality, safety, and training, typically supervising a team of 4+ Supervisors and 100+ production Talents.

What You’ll Do

Provide Work Direction to the Extended Team

Communicate overall priorities for the extended team to Team Leads based on: 

  • Ship date (day/week/month)                                                     
  • Quantity of units                                                             
  • Aged units                                                          
  • Capacity
  • Efficiency
  • Quality issues from Assembly and/or vendors
  • Safety & 6S’s in place
  • Lean tools
  • Problem-solving tools and Action plan (PDCA).

Personnel Supervision

  • Attendance / OT / PTO Execution                                                             
  • Training Execution                                                          
  • Staffing Execution                                                           
  • Workload Balance                                                           
  • Performance feedback to Manager                                         

Issue Resolution

  • Manage/escalate issues impacting the extended team and communicate to:
  • Peer Manager(s)
  • Manager
  • Customer PM(s)
  • NPI PM(s)
  • Process Improvement / 5S Leadership
  • Work with extended team to identify and execute process/tool improvements:
  • Manager
  • Manufacturing Engineering / Development Engineering
  • Maintenance Team

What You bring

  • Bachelor’s degree in engineering, related discipline, and/or equivalent combination of education and/or work experience
  • 6+ years of experience in high complexity technology manufacturing environment with experience in project management, engineering, quality, manufacturing, and new product introduction.
  • 0-3+ years of leading and mentoring technical and non-technical teams.
  • Lean manufacturing hands-on experience
  • Possess a prominent level of integrity and strong work ethic.
  • Ability to lead cross-functional teams.
  • Ability to simplify issues/direction and communicate verbally and in writing to all levels of employees.
  • Ability to pull information together from numerous sources and consolidate it into a plan/direction for the organization.

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About ZT Systems

ZT Systems is a privately held original design manufacturer of data center servers, storage and embedded computing systems. ZT Systems is headquartered in the United States with additional facilities in Canada, China, and the Netherlands. The company designs and manufactures a wide range of computing systems, from workstations to high-performance computing clusters, and provides customized solutions for cloud computing, big data, and other applications. ZT Systems serves a variety of industries, including finance, healthcare, government, and education.
Learn more about ZT Systems
Size
1,000 employees
Industry
Founded
1994

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