Regional Operations Manager –Southeast Asia
Senior Management
Operations | Project Delivery | Field Service | TechnicalSales
Role Summary
CGi is hiring aRegional Operations Manager to lead project delivery, field service, technicalsales, and operational and financial performance across Southeast Asia. Therole has end-to-end accountability for waste gas treatment, fab-supportsolutions, sub-fab systems, compliance retrofits, and lifecycle services, withsuccess measured by safe delivery, service quality, customer satisfaction, revenueand margin performance, cash conversion, and sustainable growth.
Key Responsibilities
- Own regional project delivery, field service, maintenance, and lifecycle support, ensuring safe, timely, cost-effective, and compliant execution.
- Plan regional manpower, schedules, tools, materials, subcontractors, and logistics to meet delivery and service commitments.
- Oversee installation, commissioning, preventive maintenance, troubleshooting, upgrades, and compliance retrofits.
- Track operational KPIs, manage risks and escalations, and drive corrective action and continuous improvement.
- Build a scalable regional team through workforce planning, coaching, performance management, and capability development.
- Lead technical sales from opportunity qualification and solution development through proposals, costing, negotiation, and order conversion.
- Own revenue and margin forecasts, billing, receivables, working capital, and cash-flow performance.
- Align sales, engineering, procurement, finance, and customers on scope, schedule, cost, risk, and acceptance criteria before delivery.
- Maintain senior customer relationships, resolve recurring concerns, and support service renewals, lifecycle growth, process standardisation, cost control, and accurate reporting.
Qualifications
- Degree or diploma in Engineering (Chemical, Mechanical, Electrical) or a related discipline.
- At least 7 years of relevant experience in operations, project delivery, field service, or maintenance, including experience leading teams.
- Strong understanding of wafer fabrication and high-tech industry support equipment, such as abatement systems, process chillers, vacuum pumps, heaters, gas and chemical systems, and facilities services.
- Preferred: Hands-on field or operational experience in one or more of the following areas:
- Airpollution control equipment and scrubbers
- Pumps and chillers
- Gas and chemical supply equipment
- Facilities M&E, HVAC systems, and related services
- Demonstrated ability to manage budgets, resources, schedules, subcontractors, and multiple concurrent workstreams.
- Proven experience in technical sales, commercial proposals, revenue forecasting, margin management, invoicing, collections, and cash-flow control.
- Sound knowledge of workplace safety, quality management, regulatory compliance, and risk control.
- Strong leadership, communication, stakeholder management, negotiation, and problem-solving skills.
- Customer-focused, results-driven, and able to make sound decisions in a fast-paced regional environment.
- Proficiency in CRM, ERP, service-management, and reporting tools is an advantage.