Shift Manufacturing Manager

Dalian

 

Business Group Overview

As the world's largest chip manufacturer, Company strives to make every facet of semiconductor manufacturing state-of-the-art, from semiconductor process development and manufacturing, through yield improvement to final test and optimization, and lastly packaging.  Employees in the Technology and Manufacturing Group are part of a worldwide network of manufacturing and assembly/test facilities.  Candidate will be applying for a position to initially train in the US and help develop factory operational and labor strategy and then transition into a Shift Manufacturing Manager role for a 300mm Fab located in Dalian, People’s Republic of China.

Responsibilities/Job description

This position is a manufacturing staff position and reporting to Manufacturing Director. The Shift Manufacturing Manager will lead the manufacturing safety, quality, output, people, Equipment & Operation Excellence systems and cost efforts to optimize the start up and high-volume ramp of a fab in Dalian, China.  They will drive innovative process, tool, and system optimization opportunities and coordinate with other Company factory (Virtual Factory network) leadership teams to execute streamlining efforts to reduce labor content, tool downtime, and cost prior to process transfer. The Shift Manufacturing Manager will develop and own safety, quality, cost, and maintenance systems in partnership with engineering and other factory support teams to meet factory needs over multiple phases of the project lifetime.  They will provide a factory leadership and management role for proactive tactical planning and execution of the production ramp, resource management, and tool and labor productivity improvements. The Shift Manufacturing Manager is responsible for all aspects of factory performance, including Safety, Quality, Output, Module Team Leadership and team health/morale.  They will be a leader of the fab safety effort and establishing a strong Company injury-free culture.  They will be responsible for leading, coaching and facilitating the performance of manufacturing supervisors, module teams, and manufacturing direct workforce.  The Shift Manufacturing Manager will own tactical planning and education and set daily shift priorities for fab execution.  A key expectation of this position will be to build a strong local workforce through training and mentorship of local factory leaders.  To be successful in this role the candidate must be an outstanding trainer, mentor, leader, and communicator.

 

Qualifications

The Shift Manufacturing Manager role requires demonstrated leadership ability in transfer, start up, and ramp of a high volume manufacturing facility, preferably running 300mm processes.  The candidate should have a good understanding of fab operations and associated education/experience requirements for various positions.  Demonstrated strong leadership in influencing cross-factory teams, excellent communication skills, and an understanding of factory cycles required.  Demonstrated ability to develop and enhance manufacturing systems to align a high-volume manufacturing operation on goals is required.  Strong understanding of manufacturing science and systems, semiconductor process flow technology issues, and theory of constraint applications preferred. Candidate should have a working knowledge of performance management practices and be able to apply those toward development of first line managers and direct reports. Successful candidates will also have working knowledge of technical development, as well as demonstrated experience establishing and maintaining successful relationships with partner organizations, including engineering, IQ, training, HR, etc. to drive aggressive roadmaps.  Experience in strategic project management to meet long-term goals through structured planning and execution to roadmaps is preferred.  Ability to travel/relocate for extended periods of time to support the project start-up is required. Must be able to consistently perform on a 12-hour shift schedule - Compressed Work Week (CWW) schedule.  Candidate should have a minimum of a BS degree in engineering, management, or equivalent, with 10+ years relevant work experience.  Most importantly, the successful candidate will have a demonstrated passion towards innovation and risk-taking in order to achieve outstanding results.