Director, Global Manufacturing Excellence

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Excelitas is a global technology leader with more than 7,500 employees, focused on delivering market-driven solutions to fulfill the illumination, optical, detection and imaging needs of OEMs and end-users across the biomedical, semiconductor, industrial, consumer products, scientific, security, defense, and aerospace sectors.

ENGAGE with us today and make your contribution to the future! Join the team that leading technology companies turn to for cutting-edge photonic innovation. At Excelitas Technologies you are how we EXCEL.

Our facility in Singapore has key functions in research and development, procurement, sales and finance for our Lighting and Detection business lines, in addition to key functions related to our Optics Manufacturing capabilities.

This site produces optical lenses such as spherical, aspherical and plano optics, with large machine shop capabilities and expertise in optical coating and assembly. Our photonic products and solutions serve a wide range of markets and applications in the areas of medicine, life science, industrial manufacturing, defense, and aerospace, as well as research and development. 

We are presently seeking an Director, Global Manufacturing Excellence that will lead global, cross-functional teams to industrialize manufacturing excellence best practices across the factory network.

Main responsibilities:

• Formulate, implement, and harmonize our best manufacturing excellence practices (systems and processes; hardware, software, and analytics) across the global Excelitas factory network to improve our factory’s productivity and lean six sigma/TOC continuous improvement programs;
• Be a strong IR4.0 technical, leadership, and program management conduit between corporate operations, IT, and our global sites;
• Provide support for advanced manufacturing and technology transfer strategic initiatives;
• Provide business/operations/engineering data analytics and statistical analysis support to lean six sigma CI and advanced manufacturing projects;
• Improve, streamline, and automate manufacturing processes and systems of measure, which include but not limited to MDE, SCADA, MES, APC, and SPC systems;
• Work on advanced manufacturing projects with local engineering teams at our factories and with external suppliers. Focus on acquiring cost-optimal automation solutions;
• Working with IT and operations, both corporate and site-level, contribute to overall architectural design of various digitization platforms;
• Working on scaling best manufacturing practices across the factory network including demand supply planning, capacity modelling, and yield methodologies.

Requirements:

• BS/MS in science/engineering with a demonstrated academic record of excellence. Candidate must be highly proficient (business and technical) in written English;
• At least 8 to 15 years of solid engineering experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment, especially in process engineering (unit process or integration), equipment engineering, and/or hardware/software automation engineering, demand-supply planning, industrial engineering, preferably in the semiconductor/photonics industry;
• Proficient in supply and demand planning methodologies including factory capacity modelling and constrained-based optimization. Familiar with SIOP platforms such as Kinaxis, Blue Yonder, Anaplan, etc.
• Proficient in the use of Excel, MS VBA, JMP, Minitab, R, RPA/UIPath and/or Python to automate complex analysis; comfortable with script writing;
• Proficient in Database, ERP/MES system and APIs: SQL, SAP and interfaces between ERP/MES and other applications;
• Proficient in cloud computing and different analytical/automation platforms: AWS, MS Azure, MS Power App, Power Automate and Power BI;
• Demonstrated track record to summarize complex data sets for technical and non-technical audiences including high proficiency in data visualization;
• Demonstrated track record to rapidly analyse and solve complex engineering issues by pursuing a focused solution path with a clear understanding of the point of diminishing returns;
• Experience in lean six sigma/theory of constraints continuous improvement projects in a high-volume manufacturing environment; embodies the culture and lives by it;
• Proficient in statistical analysis and data visualization towards problem solving and influencing clear, objective, decision making;
• Highly self-motivated and self-directed with demonstrated ability to work well with people; have strong inter-cultural intuition and able to disagree and commit;
• Demonstrated track record of hands-on experience and ownership around manufacturing equipment and process modules;
• Strong verbal and written communications skills: from extemporaneous, freestyle discussion to structured synthesis of detailed technical reports to executive level distillation, having the ability to connect to business ROI;
• Willingness to travel to sites in Europe, North America, and Asia.

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Excelitas is seeking leaders and innovators to join our global team! Visit: www.excelitas.com/join-our-team

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