Vice President - iDC Made

About iDC Logistics

iDC Logistics, founded in 2004 by logistics industry veterans, is a leading end-to-end logistics company focused on transparency, efficiency, and innovative supply chain solutions. Headquartered in Los Angeles, iDC provides integrated services including freight forwarding, contract logistics, transportation, and distribution management for retailers worldwide.

With expertise across consumer electronics, industrial products, and healthcare industries, iDC Logistics delivers customized logistics solutions through operational excellence, technology-enabled processes, and customer-focused service. Our success is driven by a commitment to customer satisfaction, employee engagement, and continuous innovation.

Position Summary

The Vice President of iDC Made leads the business unit's growth, operational performance, profitability, and customer execution. The role has full ownership of safety, quality, production, engineering, continuous improvement, workforce development, and financial results for iDC's value-added manufacturing and assembly operations, including computer and technology-product assembly, configuration, testing, packaging, and fulfillment.

This hands-on executive will build scalable manufacturing processes and develop iDC Made into a disciplined, high-quality platform supporting existing customers and new business growth.

Key Responsibilities

Business Unit Leadership & P&L

· Own iDC Made operational and financial performance, including revenue, labor, operating expenses, margin, and EBITDA; develop annual plans, budgets, staffing models, capital requirements, and productivity targets.

· Establish KPIs and operating rhythms for safety, quality, cost, delivery, productivity, and customer performance; partner with Sales, Solutions, Finance, IT, HR, and Operations to support growth.

· Expand iDC Made into additional manufacturing, assembly, kitting, configuration, repair, and value-added services.

Manufacturing & Operations

· Lead production, assembly, configuration, testing, packaging, inventory, production planning, capacity planning, line balancing, labor standards, takt time, throughput, and productivity management.

· Ensure equipment, tooling, workstations, technology, staffing, and facility infrastructure support customer SLAs, production schedules, quality standards, shipment commitments, seasonal peaks, and growth.

Quality, Engineering & Continuous Improvement

· Lead the iDC Made Quality Management System, ISO 9001 compliance/certification readiness, and ISO 14001 environmental standards where applicable.

· Establish quality controls, CAPA, root-cause analysis, internal audits, supplier quality, work instructions, testing requirements, and documentation discipline.

· Drive Lean, Six Sigma, Kaizen, 5S, standard work, automation, engineered labor standards, and process improvements that reduce defects, rework, scrap, downtime, and handling.

· Partner with IT and Engineering to integrate WMS, ERP/MRP, MES/production systems, testing systems, and customer technologies.

Customer, Growth & Launches

· Participate in customer business reviews, new-product introductions, and escalations; translate customer requirements into executable operating plans and rapidly resolve quality, production, inventory, and service issues.

· Partner with Sales and Solutions on pricing, operational design, labor modeling, equipment, facility requirements, and implementation planning for prospective customers.

· Lead new customer/product launches and standardized readiness across equipment, staffing, training, quality, systems, inventory, production validation, productivity, and profitability.

Safety & People Leadership

· Maintain a strong safety culture and compliance with OSHA and applicable regulations; incorporate ergonomics and safe-work practices into production design and partner with EHS on corrective actions and training.

· Build and lead a high-performing organization across Production, Quality, Engineering, Continuous Improvement, Planning, Inventory, and supporting functions; establish accountability, succession plans, and leadership development.

Key Performance Indicators

Revenue & EBITDA | Labor cost & productivity | Units per labor hour / throughput | Schedule attainment | On-time completion/shipment | First-pass yield | Defect & rework rates | Customer claims | Inventory accuracy | Safety | Customer satisfaction | ISO compliance | CI savings | Launch performance

Required

· 10+ years of progressive manufacturing, production, operations, or supply-chain leadership experience, including 5+ years at Director, Senior Director, VP, or comparable level.

· Demonstrated P&L ownership and leadership of high-volume manufacturing or assembly operations.

· Experience implementing and/or managing an ISO 9001 Quality Management System; strong Lean manufacturing and continuous-improvement knowledge.

· Experience managing production planning, labor productivity, quality, inventory, and customer performance; proven ability to build high-performing teams.

· Strong financial, analytical, communication, and customer leadership capabilities in a fast-paced environment.

Preferred

· Electronics, computer hardware, gaming PC, technology-product, or complex light-manufacturing assembly/configuration/testing experience.

· ISO 9001 implementation from the ground up; ISO 14001 and/or Lean Six Sigma certification.

· WMS, ERP/MRP, MES, production-management systems, and new facility/production-line/customer launch experience.

· 3PL, contract manufacturing, or outsourced manufacturing experience.

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations Management, Supply Chain, Business, or a related discipline required. Advanced degree or MBA preferred.

Leadership Profile

A visible, hands-on leader who combines manufacturing discipline with an entrepreneurial mindset and can move effectively between the production floor, customer meetings, financial reviews, and strategic planning. Demonstrates ownership, urgency, process discipline, customer focus, financial acumen, and the ability to scale iDC Made's organization and capabilities.