Operations Manager - Lean Manufacturing & Team Lead

Applied Materials, Inc.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 78,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Applied Materials, Inc. in Singapore seeks a Production Supervisor to oversee assembly, inspection, test, and final test activities for capital equipment and subsystems. You will lead a team, prioritize workloads, and ensure on-time delivery while meeting safety and quality standards.

You will participate in operational reviews, monitor metrics, and drive Lean, Safety, and Quality initiatives. This role requires effective coaching, scheduling, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to

Responsibilities

• Supervises employees involved in a variety of production and/or operation functions such as assembly, inspection, test, and/or final test which is related to the manufacturing of the company's capital equipment and systems, electronic, mechanical, electro-mechanical, and/or components, subassemblies and subsystems.
• Prioritizes production schedules based on available manpower, equipment efficiency, capacity and materials requirements.
• Participates in operational meetings.
• Supports the development and tracking of organization performance metrics.
• Schedules and conducts milestone meetings.
• Responsible for meeting or improving cycle time performance and other metrics.
• 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.
• Oversees the prevention of 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.
• Support the analysis of 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.

Job description

Applied Materials, Inc. in Singapore seeks a Production Supervisor to oversee assembly, inspection, test, and final test activities for capital equipment and subsystems. You will lead a team, prioritize workloads, and ensure on-time delivery while meeting safety and quality standards.

You will participate in operational reviews, monitor metrics, and drive Lean, Safety, and Quality initiatives. This role requires effective coaching, scheduling, and collaboration with cross-functional teams to