Director Manufacturing Engineering

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**Who is ASM?**

ASM is a leading, global supplier of semiconductor wafer processing equipment. Our ambitious team is dedicated to delivering innovative technology solutions to the world’s leading semiconductor manufacturers. We have over 2,600 employees based in 14 countries, including Belgium, Japan, Netherlands, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan and United States. Together we work to develop Epitaxy, ALD, PEALD, Vertical Furnaces and PECVD thin-film deposition technologies for our customers. Our goal is to remain an industry leader by being ahead of what’s next. We accomplish this by focusing on finding collaborative solutions to make integrated circuits, or chips, smaller, faster and even more powerful.

**ASM, an inclusive workplace**

We at ASM are a truly global organization that works diligently with an open-mind in all areas of our business. We strive for a culture and work style that fosters trust and transparency. We put our people first, and that is how we will continue to succeed. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We recognize and value the differences between individuals, including gender, ethnicity, religious beliefs, sexual orientation, knowledge and experience, work background, age, skills, amongst others. Recruiting and developing a diverse workforce provides a wide range of perspectives. This enables a culture of continuously exploring and adopting new technological ideas and innovations, and it also enables us to deliver excellent products and service to our clients.

As the **Director of Manufacturing Engineering**, you will play a key role in the alignment of manufacturing engineering strategy, goals and objectives to achieve the business goals by leading the team effectively and efficiently, with primary focus on product delivery to global customers.

**What's the role?**

The role will be based in Singapore and reports into the Vice President, Global Manufacturing who is based in Singapore. Accountabilities include but are not limited to:

- Establishing priorities and plans to manage business unit-focused manufacturing engineering teams with the primary responsibility to Engineer Manufacturing Processes necessary to ensure Safe, Quality deliveries of systems, spares and retrofit kits in Singapore operations sites.
- Leading a multidisciplined manufacturing engineers in resolving daily operation issues.
- Identifying, committing and implementing process and system needed to achieve safety improvements, manufacturing quality improvements, cost reduction, cycle time & lead time reduction.
- Ensuring quality of implementation and compliance for Manufacturing Readiness Reviews (MRRs) as part of the Product Life Cycle process for new product transition to manufacturing.
- Managing timely execution of Engineering Change Orders (ECO). Influence peer group to make the Engineering change beneficial for effective and productive outcome.
- Managing tooling and test equipment requirements. Innovation and automation in implementing tooling and test equipment to manufacturing efficiency and customer quality
- Leading the innovation process in implementing change in the business process to deliver excellence and value add from the Engineering team.
- Be the key driver for continuous improvement within the Internal Factory and at Contract Manufacturing Outsource Partners.
- Generating and maintaining employee development and training to build an effective and future ready team.
- Establishing engineering project plans for and leads the implementation of key programs and activities in accordance with ASM Global Operations strategic goals.
- Developing an evaluation method to assess program strengths and identify areas for improvement.
- Driving changes to business processes to align with company growth objectives.
- Establishing a thorough change management program to roll out proposed changes to and receive feedback form stakeholders at all levels.
- Driving solutions to problems/opportunities within the Internal Factory and at Contract Manufacturing Outsource Partners.

**What Will Make You Successful?**
- Bachelor degree or Master degree in Engineering or related field, with at least 15 years of relevant experiences in multiple roles within semiconductor/ Capital Equipment industry preferred and minimum 5 years in Managerial/Supervisory role.
- Good program management, stakeholder management, interpersonal skills and presentation skills.
- Proven experience managing both direct and indirect / matrix reporting teams.
- Experience in working and interfacing with cross functional teams. Demonstrated ability to influence cross functional organization and drive changes.
- Prior experience in implementing