Resident Regional Manufacturing Leader

The **Resident Regional Manufacturing Leader** is the senior executive authority representing the company within the **Contract Manufacturing (CM)** partner’s facility. This is a resident role requiring a permanent on-site presence to oversee the high-velocity, hyperscale production of **L10 (node-to-chassis)** and **L11 (full-rack integration)** server infrastructure.

You will lead a dedicated cross-functional team to drive daily governance of quality, capacity, and materials. You serve as the lead commander for the **On-Site War Room** , ensuring that all production remains on schedule and that "Copy-Exact" standards are never compromised during rapid growth phases.

**On-Site Leadership & Crisis Management**

• **Manufacturing Floor Authority:** Provide daily, hands-on leadership at the CM facility. You are the "eyes and ears" of the organization, ensuring the CM adheres to proprietary assembly, safety, and test protocols.
• **Delivery War Room:** Establish and lead the on-site **War Room** for all production excursions, material shortages, or quality failures impacting **delivery commits** . Coordinate your team to drive immediate resolution and provide real-time risk assessments to global leadership.
• **Team Management:** Direct and mentor a resident team of **Quality Engineers, Process Engineers, and Manufacturing Program Managers (FPMs)** . Ensure they are effectively auditing the CM’s performance and engineering changes.
• **Partner Governance:** Manage the daily relationship with CM senior leadership (Plant Manager/VP of Ops) to ensure hyperscale volume receives top-tier priority in labor allocation and equipment utilization.

**Capacity Planning & Scalability (L10 & L11)**

• **Infrastructure Roadmap:** Lead long-range **capacity modeling** for L10 and L11 production. Ensure the facility has the requisite square footage, specialized lifting equipment, and high-density power/cooling to meet 3-year growth forecasts.
• **Test Cell Scaling:** Manage the expansion of **L11 Test capacity** . Calculate "Rack-Hours" to ensure sufficient power-shrouds, network switch ports, and diagnostic infrastructure to validate thousands of racks simultaneously.
• **Burst Strategy:** Develop and test "Surge Plans" on-site to scale throughput by **30–50% within a single quarter** to support hyperscale data center "turn-ups."

**Quality, Debug & Process Engineering**

• **Technical Root Cause:** Lead on-site **8D investigations** for complex hardware/firmware failures. Use **debug tools** and interpret **test logs** to trace failures back to specific assembly steps or sub-tier component defects.
• **Preventative Governance:** Drive the use of **FMEA** (Failure Mode and Effects Analysis) and **DOE** (Design of Experiments) through your team to mitigate potential rack-level failures before volume production.
• **Process Optimization:** Continuously refine manufacturing flow to reduce **"Touch Time" per rack** , utilizing Lean methodologies to optimize the transition from L10 node-loading to L11 final cabling and functional **Test** .
• **Statistical Control:** Implement **Statistical Process Control (SPC)** to monitor production "drift" and ensure every rack is built to the exact same global standard

**Cross-Functional Operations: Materials & Business Audit**

• **Shortage & Allocation Strategy:** Drive daily **"Clear to Build" (CTB)** visibility. Manage on-site material shortages, ensuring that **"Golden Screws"** (CPUs, GPUs, ASICs) are allocated to the most critical builds.
• **Labor & Overhead Auditing:** Conduct regular audits of the CM’s **labor run-rates** and **overhead utilization** . Ensure the Manufacturing is appropriately staffed and that quoted overhead aligns with actual floor operations. \
• **Inventory Velocity:** Oversee the flow of consigned and turnkey materials on the floor to maximize **inventory turns** and minimize liability.

**Requirements & Qualifications**

• **Education:** BS in **Industrial, Mechanical, or Electrical Engineering** (Required); MBA or MS in Operations Management (Preferred).
• **Technical Certification:** **Six Sigma Black Belt (Required).** Demonstrated experience applying DMAIC to high-volume electronic assembly.
• **Experience:** 12+ years in manufacturing leadership, with 5+ years specifically managing **Tier-1 CMs** (e.g., Foxconn, Quanta, Jabil, Celestica) at **hyperscale volumes** .
• **Subject Matter Expertise:** Deep understanding of server architectures, DC power distribution, and L11 functional testing/software provisioning.
• **Presence:** Must be able to work **daily and indefinitely on-site** at the designated CM facility.