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Company: Gembah (www.gembah.com)
Job Title: Operations Program Manager, China (“OPM, China”)
Location:
Various major metropolitan areas (home office or co-working office)
Frequent travel to supplier sites in your home office area and other areas of China, as well as to Gembah’s office in Dongguan will be required (~70% day-trip visits to supplier factories; ~30% at home office)
Reporting Line: Regional Director of Manufacturing, China (located in Dongguan) / Senior Operations Program Manager, USA (TBD)
Company intro:
Gembah is a U.S.-based, global company that empowers and enables product innovation. We are democratizing the product development process by helping entrepreneurs, e-commerce sellers and small-to-midsize businesses research, design, and manufacture products.
At Gembah, we understand that retaining the resources required to successfully create and launch a new product is a significant challenge for most businesses. From research and design to sourcing and vetting overseas manufacturers, there are many hurdles on the path to bringing a new product to market.
Gembah’s end-to-end solution was created with these challenges in mind. Our team of experts are an extension of our clients’ teams, guiding them step-by-step, regardless of where they are along the process.
Gembah’s team is comprised of specialists, leading product designers, and engineers. In addition, Gembah works with an exclusive network of vetted factories in East Asia, Central Asia and Central & South America. Today, Gembah has offices in the United States and China.
Job Responsibilities:
The OPM will be responsible for managing the NPI stage of new projects and the mass production stage of existing projects.
Simultaneously manage multiple sourcing projects after supplier selection has been made, through the entire new product introduction (NPI) process. Supplier will be primarily responsible for developing the NPI plan which will be agreed upon by the customer. The OPM’s primary responsibility is managing the time schedule – making sure projects progress as agreed upon through the NPI process.
Manage customer and supplier agreeing upon a finalized NPI plan
Communicate with Gembah account manager (“AM”) in the U.S. to understand customer requirements and expectations
Communicate with supplier to understand their NPI plan
Assist customer, AM and supplier to resolve questions about, and then finalize, the NPI plan.
Regularly check progress of projects as they progress through the NPI process and make sure any problems are being communicated in a timely manner to the AM and customer
Phone/video/email communication weekly
Periodic on-site visits to the supplier factory at key points in the process
Lead or monitor communication between AM, customer and supplier on status, questions or problems
Serve as Gembah’s leader for NPI problem solving
Work with supplier to develop plans to mitigate time schedule slippage and ensure that supplier implements agreed upon measures
Work with supplier to analyze root causes of technical or quality problems, and coordinate use of outside experts with customer as needed
Escalate issues to your manager for additional support and visibility as needed
Regularly update status of projects in internal tracking app

Simultaneously manage multiple mass-production stage projects
Depending on the scope of Gembah’s work on behalf of its customer, you may track status or progress on the following aspects of projects that have entered mass-production stage: production, quality, shipping.
Phone/video/email communication on an agreed-upon frequency
On-site visits to the supplier factory when requested by the customer
Review pre-shipment inspection reports from the supplier
Oversee progress on cost-down initiatives, ensuring supplier is making progress on fulfilling customer commitments in this area
Lead or monitor communication between AM, customer and supplier on status, questions or problems
Assist AM and customer in arranging outside help as needed: quality inspectors, logistics providers, etc.
Regularly update status of projects in internal tracking app

Other notes on role/responsibilities
This role will involve significant (more than 50%) day-trip visits to supplier factories in your region
Amount of travel will require utilizing travel time to conduct work (phone, email, report writing, etc.)
Responsibilities and scope of work may differ from the above depending on the needs of the company throughout your time of employment
This is a primarily an individual contributor role and work will be very focused on executing the work of project management, not managing a team of Gembah employees


Preferred work experience:
At least 5 years work experience in a project/program management, sourcing engineer, supplier quality engineer or similar role in a manufacturing environment
At least 3 years work experience at a foreign-owned company
Experience in consumer hard/soft goods, consumer electronics, white goods, brown goods, and related industries
Preferred Education/Skills/Other:
Bachelor’s degree, preferably in an engineering, science, technology, business, or economics related major
Able to use MS Project, MS Excel, MS PowerPoint
Score of 530 or better on the CET 4 English exam (will require verification)
Able to read and write professional/business English proficiently
Able to conduct simple English conversation in a face-to-face or video setting
Must be able to represent Gembah to its suppliers in a professional, mature, competent and respectful manner
Additional qualifications of the ideal candidate:
Experience in an OPM role for an electronics manufacturing service (EMS) company (e.g., Foxconn, Jabil, Flextronics)
Able to read/understand mechanical and/or electrical/electronics design drawings
Strong understanding of some range of manufacturing processes (e.g., cut & sew, plastic injection molding, printed circuit board fabrication, aluminum diecasting)
Score of 500 or better on the CET 6 English exam (will require verification)
Able to proficiently converse in English about work-related topics in a face-to-face or video setting
Currently located and authorized to work in the city where Gembah needs you to be based
Attitude & Character
Committed to behaving with honesty and integrity.
Always tell the truth, even when it is uncomfortable.
Notify relevant people about problems as early as possible. Do not try to hide mistakes!
Always work for the benefit of the company and society.
Treat customers, suppliers and co-workers with respect.
Willingly receive criticism and eagerly improve the quality of your work.
Be team-oriented by looking for opportunities to help colleagues with work that is both upstream and downstream of your areas of responsibility as needed for the team to succeed.
Enjoy “hands-on” work; committed to go to the Gemba (the place where value is created).
Eager to learn new things and try new things.
Have an eye for making things better / improving things.
Flexible about your work role and responsibilities - these may change as our company grows.
Gembah strictly maintains a smoke-free workplace. Smoking is not allowed anywhere on company premises and smoke breaks are not provided.

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