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Position Purpose

• Responsible for achieving the scheduled production output target and line yield requirements.�
• Managing cost, quality, resource and schedule for production output target.
• Ensures on-time delivery, coordinates with various groups to ensure the product meets customer requirements.�
• Responsible for identifying operational process issues and efficiency improvement tools.
• Production managers in this level may act in a managerial capacity having responsibility for lower level managers or may manage complex specialized projects.�
• Supervision of operators and PM technicians team.

Responsibilities

• Achieves the daily production output target.�
• With the engineering teams� support, monitors the tools up-time status and control the tools availability to meet the production requirement.
• Manages the Operators and PM technicians teams, arrange the manpower for day/night shifts, ensures that all daily work is documented and well maintained, and all government and company policies are enforced with regard to proprietary information, patents, technology development and confidentiality.
• Manages the production raw materials, manpower resource, monitor and control the WIP (wafer in process) to make sure the production smoothness.
• Ensures operators and PM technicians are well trained and follow the SOP, prevents the human manipulation errors to ensure the line yield to meet the requirement.
• Coordinates the quality assurance issues.�
• Monitors, controls and reports on safety issues or concerns related to production.
• Calculates and monitors key process indicators and works with functional managers to develop long-term action plans that address operational issues.
• Owns, generates and verifies key performance metrics.
• Mentors and trains lower level managers.�
• Identifies training needs, updates curriculums, and develops training programs.

Leveling Factors

Scope:

• Works under consultative direction toward predetermined long-range goals.
• Assignments are often self-initiated.�
• Determines and pursues courses of action necessary to obtain desired results.
• Establishes and recommends improvements for functional group procedures.�
• Delegate assignments to lower level managers as required to achieve group goals.�
• Manages projects and interfaces with Team members on a Global basis outside local work group.
• Works with minimal supervision on managerial issues.

Complexity:

• Works on unusually complex problems and provides solutions which are highly innovative and impact Global business model.
• Makes decisions and determines courses of action that may affect entire project management group.
• Resolves complex production process problems affecting all project managers and documents appropriate procedures.
• Analyzes complex situations involving design engineering and manufacturing.

Impact:

• Decisions have a direct impact on divisional efficiency.�
• Erroneous decisions or recommendations could result in missed revenues, failure to achieve major organizational objectives and/or seriously affect the image of the organization�s capability.
• Adds to quality of product by defining procedures to be used division-wide.��

Interaction:

• Acts as advisor to middle management on unusually complex issues and projects.
• nteractions involve matters between functional areas, other divisions or customers.�
• Influences others outside of functional area.�
• Interacts at any level within the organization necessary to complete the project.�
• Interaction is Global in nature.

Management Role:

• Responsible for leadership of cross functional team(s) composed of operators, PM technicians, manufacturing personnel, materials managers, and/or outsourced product suppliers; typically manages direct reports and others in a matrixed reporting relationship.

Job Specifications

Knowledge:

• Requires full use and application of standard principles, theories, concepts, and techniques of production management.�
• Requires knowledge of production tools, procedures, milestone management, supply chain management, product development process and products option architecture.

Skills and Abilities:

• Requires ability to negotiate contracts with service providers to support a variety of projects.�
• Demonstrates ability to mange outside service providers.��
• Requires strong skills in production line management, change management, problem solving, communication, customer orientation, products technology, personal effectiveness, team skills and quality procedures.�
• Demonstrate ability in Human Resources management and leadership.�
• Requires knowledge of systems and software necessary to perform job function such as Lotus Notes, MS Office, Oracle, FRACAS and/or Product Specification Tool.

Education and Experience:

• BS level degree or equivalent in Engineering or a related technical discipline or BA in Business.
• 8+ years directly related experience, to include previous management experience.

How to Apply
Please send your resume to the recruiter listed below.
IMPORTANT: The subject field of your email must include Job Title and Job ID Number.

Jennifer Ku
Recruiter
Jennifer_Ku@amat.com

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to diversity in its workforce.