What are the responsibilities and job description for the Production Manager - Server position at ZT Systems?
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:
At ZT Systems, a Sanmina Company, you’ll get to do work you are proud of alongside smart, passionate people. Every day, there are opportunities to collaborate with the best in the industry to design, build, and deliver impactful solutions to world-class customers. Along the way, you will gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment that’s challenging, rewarding, and career-defining.
A culture built around our values we work hard and think fast. We view challenges as opportunities—to do better, push harder, and be faster than we were the day before. When we fail, we learn from it and move on together. And when we succeed, we use the momentum to go even further. We create value with everything we do, building the foundation of today—and transforming the future of tomorrow.
Join ZT Systems and help us build technology infrastructure that connects the world.
What We Offer
At ZT Systems, a Sanmina Company, we believe that investing in our people is key to our continued growth and innovation. When you join our team, you’ll gain access to a comprehensive and inclusive benefits package designed to support your well-being, financial security, and professional development—both now and in the future.
Compensation & Financial Security
ZT Group Int’l. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. ZT Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Please be aware that certain positions may require the applicant to either 1) be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C.
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).
- Attendance / OT / PTO Execution
- Training Execution
- Staffing Execution
- Workload Balance
- Performance feedback to Manager
- 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
- 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.
At ZT Systems, a Sanmina Company, you’ll get to do work you are proud of alongside smart, passionate people. Every day, there are opportunities to collaborate with the best in the industry to design, build, and deliver impactful solutions to world-class customers. Along the way, you will gain hands-on experience in a fast-paced environment that’s challenging, rewarding, and career-defining.
A culture built around our values we work hard and think fast. We view challenges as opportunities—to do better, push harder, and be faster than we were the day before. When we fail, we learn from it and move on together. And when we succeed, we use the momentum to go even further. We create value with everything we do, building the foundation of today—and transforming the future of tomorrow.
Join ZT Systems and help us build technology infrastructure that connects the world.
What We Offer
At ZT Systems, a Sanmina Company, we believe that investing in our people is key to our continued growth and innovation. When you join our team, you’ll gain access to a comprehensive and inclusive benefits package designed to support your well-being, financial security, and professional development—both now and in the future.
Compensation & Financial Security
- Competitive base salary
- Performance-based annual bonus eligibility
- 401(k) retirement savings plan
- Tuition reimbursement for eligible education programs
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage with access to leading providers
- Company-paid life and disability insurance
- Paid time off (PTO) and company-paid holidays
- Parental leave and family care support programs
- Structured training programs and on-the-job learning opportunities
- Matching gifts and volunteer programs to support causes you care about
ZT Group Int’l. is an Equal Opportunity Employer and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any kind. ZT Systems provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws.
Please be aware that certain positions may require the applicant to either 1) be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C.
- 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C.
- 1158, or 2) be eligible to obtain an export control license or license exception from the Bureau of Industry and Science & U.S. Department of Commerce. All offers of employment will be conditional subject to the foregoing.