Quality Director, Asia

ACExcellent Consulting Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 260,000 - 420,000; Full time

Job summary

ACExcellent Consulting Pte Ltd is seeking a high-impact Quality Engineering Director to shape quality excellence across Asia in the semiconductor supplier ecosystem. You will lead regional strategies, drive customer-focused quality programs, and escalate and close out critical issues using proven methodologies.

The role requires 10–15 years in quality with 10+ years in senior leadership, semiconductor experience, and strong capability across front-end and back-end processes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, physics or materials science; master’s preferred.
• 10-15 years in quality with 10+ years in senior leadership.
• Semiconductor industry experience preferred.
• Front-end/back-end process experience preferred.
• Ability to lead teams across multiple Asia locations and influence outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Create, implement and drive regional quality strategies aligned with global objectives.
• Serve as quality liaison for Asia customers; manage escalations and corrective actions.
• Perform risk assessment via statistical methods to accelerate containment and action.
• Set ownership across sites, ensuring disciplined execution against KPIs.
• Lead QA processes for regional plants including CAPA closure and audits.
• Improve quality systems and reporting; standardize best practices.
• Develop CQE/QE leaders and succession plans.

Skills

Cross-functional leadership

Quality leadership

Six Sigma

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Physics, or Materials Science

Master's degree

Tools

RCA

FMEA

CAPA/SCAR

8D

SPC/SQC

DOE

Statistical analysis

Job description

AleaderwhichisamajorSuppliertoSemiconductorindustryisseekingforaQualityEngineeringDirectortohandletheAsiaregion.Youwillbeahigh-impactleader,in-chargeofshapingqualityexcellenceintheAsiaregion.

• Create,implementanddriveregionalqualitystrategiesalignmentwithglobalcorporateobjectivestoattainzero-defect,high-reliabilitystandards;applystrategytoensureachievementofmeasurableoutcomes.

• PredictcustomerrequirementsandtranslateCustomerrequirementintomeasurablequalityplansandserveasthekeyqualityliaisonforstrategicAsiacustomers.Leadescalationsforqualityexcursionsandreliabilityfailures,androbustcorrectiveactionsviasixsigma,8D,RCA,andcross-functionalcontainment/preventionplans.

• Performriskassessmentviastatisticalmethodstoacceleratecontainment,rootcauseconfirmation,andpermanentcorrective/preventiveactions.

• Setclearownershipacrosssitesandfunctions,deliveroncommitments,andensuredisciplinedexecutionagainstKPIs.

• Leadqualityassuranceprocessesforregionalplantswhichincludesqualification,,changemanagement,monitoringofperformance,audits,correctiveactionplans,ensurecompleteCAPAclosureandcontinuouslyimprovetheQMSacrossAsiamanufacturingsites.

• Improvedqualitysystemsandreporting,standardizebest-knownmethods,andimprovementsacrosssites.

• Performtalentdevelopmentbyhiring,coaching,andnurturingCQE/QEleaders;developsuccessionplan.

Toqualifyfortherole:

• AtleaseBachelor'sdegreeinEngineering,Physics,orMaterialsScience;Master'sdegree

• 10-15yrsofQualityexperiencewith10+yearsinaseniorleadershiprole.

• Semiconductorindustryexperienceispreferred

• Goodexperienceinfront-end(waferfabrication)and/orback-end(assembly,packaging,test)processes/ecosystemofcustomerqualificationandchangecontrolexpectationsishighlypreferred.

• LeadershipskillswithabilitytoleadteamsacrossmultipleAsialocations(e.g.,Singapore,Malaysia,Taiwan,China,KoreaandJapan)andinfluenceoutcomesunderamatrixedorganization

• Strongproficiencyinapplicationof8D,RCA,CAPA/SCAR,FMEA,SPC/SQC,DOE,SixSigma,andtrend/statisticalanalysistoleadrobustcorrectiveandpreventiveaction.

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