Manufacturing Operations Coordinator

Mini-Circuits designs, manufactures and distributes integrated circuits, modules, and sub-systems for high-performance radio frequency (RF) and microwave applications. With design, sales and manufacturing locations in over 30 countries, Mini-Circuits’ products are used in a range of wired and wireless communications applications. Our products are also used in detection, measurement and imaging applications, including military communication, guidance and electronic countermeasure systems, commercial, scientific, military land, sea and aircraft;

automotive systems, medical systems, and industrial test equipment.

Mini-Circuits’ sells its products to over 20,000 customers globally through our direct sales force, applications engineering staff, sales representatives, as well as through our extensive website.

The Operations Coordinator will support Mini-Circuits’ High Reliability (Hi-Rel) and Up-screening program. The candidate will partner with engineering, test, manufacturing, and production planning to drive excellence into the operations processes with a focus on production planning and product transfer to manufacturing. The primary goal is to manage the execution of manufacturing operations, including preparation and initiation of manufacturing orders.

Salary Range: $80,000 - $100,000 per year

• Hi-Rel Program Management & Manufacturing Coordination
  • Work cross-functionally with various teams including Applications, Account Managers, Operations and Quality on Hi-Reliability products.
  • Assist in overseeing daily operations to ensure efficiency and alignment with company goals.
  • Support lead time and best ship calculations.
  • Lead material analysis and project requirements analysis by product including collaboration with engineering test and fixturing teams to ensure test materials are available.
  • Daily prioritization, expedition and maintenance of the manufacturing schedules to ensure timely completion of all deliverables.
  • Creating, updating, and approving production routings.
  • Foster continuous improvement for the new product introduction process and product transfer from applications to manufacturing.
  • Support and work very closely with MCL Production departments to ensure proper work distribution and assignments.
  • Understand the production flow and how to handle issues that may arise.
  • Work closely with the Manufacturing Control department to assist with production related issues.
• Project Management
  • Develop and maintain project management tools using Microsoft Smartsheet.
  • Review schedules with program management, manufacturing departments, production control, purchasing and engineering to ensure resource availability and on-time deliveries.
  • Escalate any issues to relevant stakeholders including Applications, Quality which impacts schedule and expected on-time completion.

The duties, responsibilities and expectations described above are not a comprehensive list and additional tasks may be assigned to the member, within the scope of the position.

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain (Logistics, Operations Management, Business), a technical field (Mechanical, Electrical or Industrial Engineering) or related field of study.
• Knowledge of SAP is a plus.
• 3-4 years of manufacturing or operations experience.
• Strong understanding of manufacturing principles, including process improvement and quality assurance.
• Proficient in the use of Project Management, ERP (SAP, MAPICS, Oracle Netsuite or similar), and PLM tools (Smart Sheet, Arena PLM desirable).
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office tools (Word, Excel, Power point) including database management (sorting, filtering, categorizing are essential).
• Experience in fast paced production environments and/or high-mix low/mid-volume production.
• Detail-Oriented and extremely well organized.
• Strong reading, writing and oral communication skills.
• Technical background including basic understanding of reliability/stress tests are a plus.
• Six Sigma certification (Green/Black Belt) is a plus.
• Aerospace and Defense experience is a plus.
• Having SAP experience is a plus.

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