Responsibilities:

• Planning: Collaborate with cross-functional S&OP teams and CMs to develop production schedules that meet inventory, lead-time, and delivery requirements. Align S&OP plans between company & CM; collaborate to de-escalate capacity or supply risks if any. Plan f or provisions in CM capacity surge to support ramp cycles.
• Qualification: Establish stringent qualification plan with QA for CMs to ensure CMs meet standards (training, copy-exact transfer, FAI and PPAP).
• Quality Assurance: Established quality control processes with QA and ensure CM's adhere to strict quality, safety, trade, legal and regulatory compliance requirements.
• Performance Management: Establish & implement KPIs and metrics to assess the performance of CMs, regularly reviewing performance, taking corrective actions as necessary.
• Continuous Improvement: Track production unit costs, support CMs on process and cost efficiency improvements while maintaining high quality standards.
• Change Management: Advocate clear change management process to govern, track and qualify all changes made to the form, fit and function of the product.
• Project Management: Coordinate across various internal and external stakeholders to align and progress per plan to achieve the desired outcomes. Escalate and mitigate business critical risks.
• Industry Knowledge: Stays abreast with industry and policy changes and identifies implications and opportunities f or his/her area of contract manufacturing.
• Business Planning: Participates in annual business planning process, provides monthly estimated actual on projected and actual spending, maintains a multiyear capital plan/budget .

Requirements:

• Tertiary qualifications in supply chain mgmt., engineering, business, or related fields
• >10 years of experience in commercial/business AND manufacturing (ops, quality, technology, planning) function required. Proven leadership experience in leading technical/resident engineers
• Experience in External and Contract Manufacturing, Supply Chain Processes & Quality Management. Proficiency in Mechanical and Electrical/Electronic Drawings is a plus.

Account Manager:

Kerwin Tan Kai Bin (R1331624)

kerwin.tan@searchasia.com.sg

EA16S8107