Director, Asia Manufacturing Quality

About the role

The Director, Asia Manufacturing Quality leads manufacturing quality across Entegris manufacturing sites in Asia and translates the global manufacturing quality strategy into consistent regional execution. The role works with Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Product Development, Customer Quality, Product Quality and Quality Systems teams to build a culture of quality ownership and continuous improvement, and is accountable for consistent application of global quality standards and compliance with regulatory, industry and customer requirements.

Key responsibilities

• Execute the global manufacturing quality strategy across Asia in line with business goals and customer expectations.
• Lead manufacturing quality performance across multiple sites and countries in the region and ensure consistent implementation of global quality standards, policies and best practices.
• Partner with site and regional Operations leaders on quality roadmaps, objectives and KPIs.
• Drive reductions in defects, scrap, rework, cost of poor quality, customer complaints and manufacturing escapes, and improve process capability, yield and product conformity.
• Lead regional quality transformation and continuous improvement, with disciplined root cause analysis and corrective and preventive actions.
• Promote the use of SPC, MSA, FMEA, control plans, APQP, PPAP, 8D, A3 and DMAIC.
• Serve as the regional escalation leader for significant quality risks and events, and partner with Customer Quality and Product Quality to resolve customer issues.
• Develop site quality leaders, build succession plans and foster a culture of quality ownership and collaboration.
• Travel a minimum of 25%.

Required profile

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Quality, Manufacturing, Industrial Engineering or a related field.
• 10+ years of progressive manufacturing and quality leadership experience.
• 5+ years leading multi-site or regional quality organizations.
• Experience working across multiple countries and cultures in Asia, and supporting global customers, suppliers and regulators.
• Executive presence, stakeholder management, talent development and organizational transformation leadership.

Required skills

• Quality systems implementation and manufacturing process optimization.
• SPC, MSA, FMEA, APQP, PPAP, 8D, A3 and DMAIC.