Global Operations Project/Program Manager - Asia

About Linxens

Linxens is a global leader in micro-connectors, module packaging, antennas & inlays, and secure ID solutions, with over 40 years of innovation. Headquartered in Paris, France, we operate R&D centers and production sites across Germany, France, Sweden, China, India, Singapore and Thailand.

Our solutions serve industries such as telecommunications, finance, transportation, hospitality, e-government, healthcare, and the Internet of Things (IoT).

Our employees’ expertise and know-how allow us to continually reinvent ourselves and meet our customers’ evolving needs, helping them grow and innovate. Therefore, we invest in developing our employees’ skills and career growth.

Working for Linxens means investing in your future. Our growth is creating great opportunities!

Below is the job description for open position

The Global Operations Program Manager – Asia is responsible for leading, coordinating and driving successful execution of strategic Operations programs local Changi and across Asia,

The position leads cross-functional projects involving industrialization of new products,  

product transfers, Cost down initiatives, capacity expansion, manufacturing optimization, automation major improvements

Missions of the Position

1. On Program Management

• Establish project governance, milestones and decision gates, according to our method or process defined transferchecklist or SPEED projects or Healthcare method new definition,
• Identify project interdependencies and resource conflicts, ensure alignment between BUs & Ops
• Escalate risks and propose mitigation plans,

• Planning detailed MS projects or similar tools

2. On Industrialization & New Product Introduction

• Coordinate industrialization activities across all stakeholders.
• Ensure manufacturing, equipment, raw material and or Process qualification execution and performance tracking Q/C/LT.

• Deliver Product & process qualification plan internally and extract for customer exchanges.
• Ramp-up performance reviews.

3. On Product Transfer and Linxens plant footprint Optimization

• Manage product transfers between manufacturing sites.
• Monitor capacity requirements and bottlenecks, prepare AR capex request then monitor capacity execution and progression.
• Coordinate cross-site knowledge transfer.

• Deliver Transfer master plans and qualification results reports to ensure validations.

4. Cost Competitiveness & Productivity Programs

• Identify opportunities for manufacturing cost reduction, lead frequent periodic execution.
• Support design-to-cost and value engineering initiatives.
• Coordinate automation and digitalization projects.
• Financial savings tracking with local or Operations finance dept.

Technical Skills

• Global projects execution planification, Lean Expertise on methods and selection of right tool versus items to correct/improve,
• Program Management experience and Portfolio Management
• Six Sigma
• Manufacturing Operations & Cost Improvement Methodologies

Soft skills

• Good communication, presentation skills and stakeholder management,
• Results orientation and decision making

Qualifications

• Master's Degree in Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain or similar, with project Management certification and/or graduation on business Mgt
• Minimum 10 years of experience in manufacturing operations.
• Proven experience in electronics, semiconductors, RFID, medical devices or high-volume industrial manufacturing.
• Eng & Chinese fluent

Join Linxens to work in a multicultural environment, collaborating with leading tech innovators and making a global impact on technology.

LINXENS is an equal-opportunity employer that strictly prohibits unlawful or unethical discrimination. Moreover, as part of our CSR Vitality program, we have committed to recruit, hire, train, compensate, and promote without regard to an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, mental/physical disability, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by law.