As the global Industrial Engineering leadership, to align the manufacturing strategy of the industrial roadmap to all the sites. Driving the master layout and line design of sites in the same standard and being flexible in fulfilling business needs, which include the shop floor or site consolidations. Also be responsible for the line & shop floor upgrade with i4.0 and BIC elements, to achieve efficient High Mix Low Volume manufacturing.
Plan the shop floor space utilization with a focus on capacity utilization, considering different approaches like dedicated lines, work centers, and flexible cell line approaches in the layout. Managing the overall capacity and capability planning for all sites. Work concurrently and collaboratively with the factory IE in the roadmap execution and capex spending.
In NPI, will be the owner of the Manufacturing Site Selection Process (MSSP) to identify the most appropriate and efficient site for the new businesses, which ties to the overall manufacturing industrial roadmap.
Standard time standardization is also one of the key alignments, which allows the sites to measure productivity in the same standard, leading to effective resource planning. In migrating to the Next Generation ERP (SAP S4 Hana), the routing and work center format will be the same for all sites, with the global IE Director being the direct responsible person in the data setup and factory productivity measurement.
Furthermore, the IE Director will be involved in a critical product costing review, ensuring the job content and standard time used can be competitive. Besides, also manage the automation opportunities with good ROI justification as well as implementation plans and further opportunities with the factory IE and ME teams.
ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Space & Layout Management
- Working closely with Ops leadership in defining the direction and approaches which enhance factory performance.
- Leading the factory IE teams to accommodate the company direction in maximizing production efficiency by having various concepts in different lines, like work centers, dedicated, and cell lines.
- Driving space efficiency in the layout to ensure both production expansion and new businesses are accommodated by proactive approaches in maximizing the output revenue per square foot.
- Responsible for both layout and relayout activities of the factories, as the final approval.
- Works closely with the Lean team to ensure continuous improvement in both layout and process flow.
- Capacity & Capability Management
- Responsible for Manufacturing industrial roadmap management, by reviewing the new and existing business needs to ensure the capacity of the site is sufficient.
- Resources management covering both labor, equipment, and critical resources, also working out the most effective model groupings.
- Review the overall capex spending in all sites to ensure investments are made wisely, considering asset transfer or upgrading.
- Owner of the Manufacturing Site Selection Process (MSSP) in NPI to select the most appropriate factory and align with the roadmap.
- Capability review based on New Products, New Processes, and the latest equipment available, then plan for the annual budget plan, including replacement plans.
- Standard Time & Productivity Management
- Standardize the standard time computation in AEI, one method for all.
- Overall owner of the standard time setup in ERP, ensuring standard productivity measurement is available.
- Align the format in Standard time, using MTM and the work center setup in ERP S4 Hana for all sites.
- Drive for high line balancing rates in production, which can help to improve productivity.
- Manage the annual productivity improvement plan of all sites, as well as the annual standard time adjustment.
- Drive Standard Time validation annually in the key critical models in Mass Production and NPI.
- Product Costing Management
- Review the Standard time set in NPI, spotting any potential automation opportunities in cost & quality improvement.
- Work with factory NPI & PM teams in NPI costing review.
- Handle any Marketing escalation in product costing, leading the factory team in the costing review.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
Based in Singapore with frequent travel to other manufacturing sites, including Mexico, Penang, Laguna, Cavite, and Thailand.
SKILLS:
- Automation process and line design experience.
- Strong manufacturing process knowledge.
- Good quality mindset.
- Able to explore and evaluate new process technologies.
- Able to work in a fast-changing dynamic environment.
- Strong communication skills to handle communication with internal and external parties.
- Problem Solving.
- Data analysis.
- Testing Process.
EXPERIENCE:
- Min. 20 years Electronics manufacturing experience with automation design and deployment.
- Prefer to have box build, PCBA, Product Testing, or PSU testing process development experience.
- Data analytics to drive decision-making.
- Teams & projects management.
EDUCATION:
- Degree in Industrial Engineering is preferred. Other engineering or equivalent disciplines in electrical & electronic, mechanical if with relevant hands-on experience will be considered too.
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