About the Role
This position is with PCI Private Limited, a proud member of the Celestica family.
Headquartered in Singapore, PCI is an established global Electronics Manufacturing Services (EMS) provider. For over 50 years, we have delivered reliable end-to-end design, supply chain, and engineering solutions to top-tier international brands, combining our deep industry expertise with operational excellence across our regional footprint.
As part of the Celestica group, this role offers the unique opportunity to work within a close-knit, agile business environment while enjoying the global stability, reach, and network of a world-class technology leader.
Location: Batam, Indonesia (under PT PCI Elektronik Internasional)
Responsibilities:
1. Manufacturing Excellence
- Total Production Spend Management: Own and optimize the total plant cost budget, driving down variance in direct labor overheads, equipment maintenance, and material/component scrap.
- Factory Setup & Industrialization: Oversee facility layout design, equipment installation, and pilot line validation for new manufacturing operations.
- Operational Excellence: Implement Lean, Six Sigma, Total Productive Maintenance (TPM), and Industry 4.0 automation roadmaps.
- Performance & Quality Control: Establish KPI dashboards for overall equipment effectiveness (OEE), cycle time reduction, and zero-defect quality standards.
- Resource & Budget Management: Manage capital expenditure (CAPEX), operating budgets, and resource allocation to achieve cost-reduction targets.
2. Core Operations Competencies
- Highly-Scalable Workforce & Labor Management: Direct Labor (DL) optimization, oversee complex scheduling and up-skilling matrix with master plan for DL
- SMT & Assembly Line Efficiency: OEE maximization, yield & scrap control and level-loading optimization.
- Rapid New Product Introduction: Competencies in prototyping to mass production, time-to-market (TTM) and provide DFM back to the engineering team to optimize yield.
- Cost-Out & Continuous Improvement (CI): Conversion cost reduction and champion in Kaizen, 5S, lean six-sigma and any other CI initiatives
3. Leadership & Talent Development
- Coaching & Talent Development: Invest in mentoring, coaching, and developing a resilient, high-performing team.
- Resource Effectiveness: Optimize resource allocation within the operations organization to maximize output and operational efficiency.
- Organization Design: Refine team structures as the company scales to align operations capabilities with evolving business needs.
4. Strategic Focus
- Market Trends & Insights: Staying ahead of the game and must shift focus from daily firefighting to building a scalable, resilient, and future-proof manufacturing ecosystem.
- Strategic Business Partner: Strong business and commercial acumen to partner with respective stakeholders to win deals and grow the business.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or Business Administration is preferred.
- Proven Leadership: 15+ years of progressive operations leadership in contract manufacturing, industrial, or complex operations environments (Contract manufacturing background strongly preferred).
- Commercial Savvy: Demonstrated track record in working with senior management team, customers and internal stakeholders across the organisation to win deals, grow revenue and improve margin.
- Exceptional Communication: Professional-level written and verbal executive presence; adept at translating complex manufacturing data into clear operational actions.
- Operations Mastery: Deep expertise in production, scheduling, supply chain, manpower planning, and cost modelling.
- People Developer: Passionate about building teams, coaching direct reports, and fostering a collaborative, accountability-focused culture.
Why Join Us
At PCI, We Grow Together. We are committed to recognizing and supporting each individual's unique career journey within a close-knitted culture built on trust, respect, and dignity.
As part of Celestica, we empower innovation and excellence while providing an inclusive, flexible environment that promotes work-life balance so you can bring your best self to work.
To Apply
Interested candidates are to apply directly with a latest CV to speed up the application process.
Only shortlisted candidates will be notified. Thank you for applying.
