Production Manager

Position Summary

The Production Manager leads daily manufacturing operations to achieve output, quality, cost, delivery, and safety targets within a semiconductor environment. This role oversees assembly and packaging processes, drives operational excellence, and ensures stable, high-yield, and high throughput manufacturing performance.

The incumbent partners closely with Process, Equipment, Quality, Planning, and Engineering teams to ensure robust process control, rapid issue resolution, and continuous productivity improvement.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily production operations to meet output, OEE, yield, and on-time delivery targets.

• Monitor WIP flow, line balancing, bottlenecks and cycle time to optimize throughput and capacity utilization.

• Drive yield improvement initiatives and reduce scrap, rework, and material overconsumption.

• Ensure strict adherence to process control, SPC, MES discipline, and change management protocols.

• Lead structured problem-solving (8D, RCA, Fishbone, 5 Why) for quality excursions and production deviations.

• Oversee new product introduction (NPI) readiness, ramp-up execution, and risk mitigation.

• Drive cost control initiatives, including consumables, optimization and productivity improvement.

• Ensure compliance with EHS, cleanroom discipline, and semiconductor quality standards.

• Develop supervisors and production teams to strengthen technical competency and accountability.

• Review capacity planning, manpower deployment, and shift performance to ensure sustainable operations.

• Support management reviews with KPI reporting (Yield, OEE, Utilization, Scrap, Overuse, Downtime).

Requirements

• Minimum 8-10 years of semiconductor manufacturing experience, preferably in advanced packaging or assembly operations.

• At least 3-5 years in a supervisory or managerial role.

• Min. diploma qualification and above.

• Positive and can-do attitude as well as willingness to accept challenges.

• Demonstrate commitment to work and able to perform shift duties.

• Good analytical skills and initiative.