Director, Asia Manufacturing Quality #JTL

Recruit Express Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruit Express Pte Ltd in Singapore seeks a Senior Manufacturing Quality Leader to drive the global quality strategy across Asia in line with business goals and customer expectations.

The role leads regional quality across multiple sites, ensures disciplined root cause analysis, and champions SPC, MSA, APQP, and Lean Six Sigma to improve yield and overall performance. Travel internationally up to 25% may be required.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10+ years of Manufacturing Quality leadership experience.
• Regional/multi-site quality leadership across Asia.
• Experience in semiconductor, electronics, advanced materials, or highly engineered manufacturing.
• Strong knowledge of SPC, MSA, APQP, PPAP, FMEA, 8D, DMAIC, Lean/SixSigma.
• Scope covers all Asia manufacturing sites excluding Taiwan.
• Approximately 6-10 direct reports (Manager/Senior Manager level).
• Open to overseas travel (minimum of 25%).

Responsibilities

• Execute the global manufacturing quality strategy across Asia in alignment with business goals and customer expectations.
• Lead regional quality performance across sites and countries within the Asia region.
• Ensure consistent implementation of global quality standards, policies, procedures, and best practices.
• Partner with site and regional Operations leaders to establish quality roadmaps, objectives, and KPIs.
• Drive reductions in defects, scrap, COPQ, customer complaints, and manufacturing escapes.
• Improve process capability, product conformity, yield, and overall manufacturing performance.
• Lead regional quality transformation and continuous improvement initiatives that strengthen operational excellence.
• Ensure disciplined root cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions for significant quality issues.
• Promote effective use of SPC, MSA, FMEA, control plans, APQP/PPAP, 8D, DMAIC methodologies.

Skills

Manufacturing quality leadership

Regional multi-site leadership Asia

SPC

MSA

APQP/PPAP

FMEA

DMAIC

Lean Six Sigma

Job description

• ExecutetheglobalmanufacturingqualitystrategyacrossAsiainalignmentwithbusinessgoalsandcustomerexpectations.

• LeadmanufacturingqualityperformanceacrossmultiplesitesandcountrieswithintheAsiaregion.

• Ensureconsistentimplementationofglobalqualitystandards,policies,procedures,andbestpractices.

• PartnerwithsiteandregionalOperationsleaderstoestablishqualityroadmaps,objectives,andkeyperformanceindicators(KPIs).

• Drivereductionsindefects,scrap,rework,costofpoorquality(COPQ),customercomplaints,andmanufacturingescapes.

• Improveprocesscapability,productconformity,yield,andoverallmanufacturingperformance.

• Leadregionalqualitytransformationandcontinuousimprovementinitiativesthatstrengthenoperationalexcellence.

• Ensuredisciplinedrootcauseanalysisandcorrective/preventiveactionforsignificantqualityissues.

• PromoteeffectiveuseofSPC,MSA,FMEA,controlplans,APQP,PPAP,8D,A3,andDMAICmethodologies.

• Serveastheregionalescalationleaderforsignificantmanufacturingqualityrisksandevents.

• PartnerwithCustomerQualityandProductQualityteamstoresolvecustomerissuesandstrengthencustomerconfidence.

• Developsitequalityleaders,strengthentechnicalcapability,andbuildsuccessionplansacrosstheregion.

• Fosteracultureofqualityownership,accountability,collaboration, andcontinuousimprovement.

KeyRequirements:

• Minimum10+yearsofManufacturingQualityleadershipexperience

• Regional/multi-sitequalityleadershipacrossAsia

• Semiconductor,electronics,advancedmaterials,orhighlyengineeredmanufacturingenvironment

• StrongknowledgeofSPC,MSA,APQP,PPAP,FMEA,8D,DMAIC,Lean/SixSigma

• ScopecoversallAsiamanufacturingsitesexcludingTaiwan

• Approximately6-10directreports(Manager/SeniorManagerlevel)

• Opentooverseastravelling(minimumof25%)