Manufacturing Operations Manager

Applied Materials South East Asia Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading semiconductor manufacturing firm in Singapore is seeking an experienced operations manager. You will lead and train a team of production employees, optimize production capacity, and ensure compliance with safety standards. A minimum of 5 years in operations management and experience with supervisory roles are required. The ideal candidate has a background in the semiconductor industry and is adept at working with diverse stakeholders. This role offers the opportunity to drive process improvements and enhance team performance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years of experience in managing operations or production in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience leading a team of supervisors and technicians.
• Background in the semiconductor industry is advantageous.
• Ability to collaborate with stakeholders at various levels globally.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and lead a team of production employees.
• Prioritize production schedules based on various factors.
• Conduct operational meetings and establish process consistency.
• Ensure timely response to operations issues affecting customer satisfaction.
• Implement and monitor safety policies and procedures.

Skills

Team leadership

Production management

Operational meetings

Lean manufacturing

Safety compliance

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Supervise, lead, motivate, direct, develop and train a team of production employees. Assigns work and sets priorities for employees. Provides technical expertise and managerial leadership. Effectively communicates daily crossovers and build/test issues across all levels of Manufacturing.
• Prioritizes production schedules based on available manpower, equipment efficiency, capacity and materials requirements.
• Leads operational meetings; establish consistency in processes, and ensure alignment of tactical and/or strategic plans. Develops and tracks key organization performance metrics to meet or improve cycle time performance. Schedules and conducts milestone meetings.
• Ensures timely response to operations issues impacting customer satisfaction; acts as an interface in the establishment of and ensuring conformance to customer/vendor requirements; prepares detailed analysis of cost of quality opportunity and initiates corrective action.
• Actively strives to prevent employee accidents and injuries. Responsible for ensuring and documenting that all department employees (including temporaries) receive and follow appropriate department training including Environmental, Health and Safety training. Implements, emphasizes importance of, and monitors compliance to appropriate safety policies and procedures.
• Develops personnel to include training and career development; manages the performance management process to include the development of team and individual goals, implementing employee development plans, and coaching. Manages the employee selection, hiring, reward and discipline processes.
• Analyzes and plans for maximum production capacity optimization; implements and monitors manufacturing or dept. processes that collect, analyze and report key measurement data and real time status.
• Identifies process and quality changes designed to improve manufacturing or department capabilities. Drives Lean, Safety and Quality. Takes corrective action.

Requirements

• Min 5 years of experiences managing operations/ production in a manufacturing organization
• Have experiences managing a group of supervisors and technicians
• Prior background in semiconductor industry will be advantageous
• Ability to work with different level of stakeholders globally