Key Responsibilities:

Strategic and Leadership:

• Define manufacturing, capacity planning, and manpower optimization strategy aligned with business growth and product roadmap

• Translate demand plans into executable manufacturing plans aligned with customer delivery commitments.

• Lead, coach, and develop supervisors, team leads, and technicians.

• Support manager in setting manufacturing KPIs, targets, and continuous improvement roadmap.

• Act as manufacturing interface to management, operations reviews, and audits

End‑to‑End Manufacturing Operations Ownership:

• Lead day‑to‑day manufacturing operations in a Clean Room environment, including sub-assembly, assembly, integration, testing, burn in, inspection and packing of finished products.

• Drive 5M + 1E readiness to support manufacturing plans and proactively resolve blocking issues.

• Ensure adherence to Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost priorities across all manufacturing areas.

Inventory Management & Accuracy:

• Own overall inventory accuracy and drive cycle counting strategy, root cause analysis, and corrective actions.

• Manage aging, excess, and non-conformance inventory with Manufacturing Engineering, Quality and Supply Chain.

• Ensure 100% traceability for serial & lot‑controlled inventory and own effective use of ERP for inventory transactions.

Quality, Compliance & Audit Readiness:

• Ensure compliance with ISO / customer quality requirements, SOPs & QMS procedures, POR, ESD, EHS, regulatory, statutory, and company safety standards.

• Lead manufacturing team in supporting internal, customer and regulatory audits and own manufacturing‑related NCRs, CAPAs, and preventive actions.

• Maintain complete document control.

Cross‑Functional Coordination:

• Partner closely with Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain and Operations Program Management teams to ensure manufacturability, schedule adherence, and customer satisfaction.

• Partner with Quality and Engineering teams to resolve non‑conformances, improve first‑pass yield and drive engineering changes implementation.

• Act as an escalation point for manufacturing risks impacts in achieving adherence to Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost priorities across all manufacturing areas.

Continuous Improvement & Operational Excellence:

• Lead Lean / 5S / Kaizen initiatives within manufacturing.

• Apply improvement methods and tools defined to reduce waste, improve efficiency, and increase overall productivity.

• Foster Continuous Improvement Culture within manufacturing.

Safety & Risk Management:

• Enforce manufacturing operations with material handling safety, forklift operations and hazardous material requirements where applicable.

• Conduct risk assessments, mitigation plans, enforce incident reporting and corrective actions.

• Maintain a strong safety culture within the manufacturing team.

Performance Management & Reporting:

• Own and drive manufacturing metric sets including safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and inventory.

• Conduct regular operational and issue review and preparing management reports.

• Own people management including recruiting, developing, evaluating, motivating and retaining team to optimize their talent and maximize the efficient operation of the function.

Any other duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Competencies:

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Business or a related field is required with 10+ years of related work experience in a similar role, ideally within the semiconductor capital equipment or related high-tech, manufacturing industry.

• Demonstrate strong leadership skills with 3 – 6 years in supervisory or managerial role, managing and leading a team of more than 50 highly skilled technicians across all disciplines (mechanical, electrical, test, etc.).

• Well-versed in manufacturing planning and execution for factory operations in high‑mix, low‑to‑medium volume manufacturing environments.

• Experience with managing multiple product lines at one time and familiarity with clean room procedures and equipment.

• Quality Control: Proven experience in quality control within an analytical laboratory setting.

• Proficiency in analyzing data to monitor performance, forecast needs, and make informed decisions to manage inventory levels, track shipments, and optimize routes.

• Proven track record of successful manufacturing strategy and execution.

• Proficiency in analyzing data to monitor performance, forecast needs, and make informed decisions to manage safety, quality, delivery, cost, productivity, and inventory priorities across all manufacturing areas.

• Knowledge of Safety Protocols related to manufacturing operations.

• Ability to communicate effectively in both shop floor settings and executive reviews.

• High energy with the desire to drive change and create a world class manufacturing operation.

• Excellent attention to detail and strong problem-solving skills.

• Understanding budgeting, cost management, and financial factors is essential for making decisions balancing cost with service quality.

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