NPI Manager

A Day in Your Life at MKS: As a NPI Manager to join our team supporting manufacturing of products in our Penang, Malaysia facility. In this role, you will lead a team responsible for transferring, installing, and improving build processes for company products. Your responsibilities will include ensuring the quality and reliability of our products through rigorous analysis and providing your team with the necessary tools and mentorship to document and analyze manufacturing issues. You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams to support new model introductions and continuous improvement initiatives. Under your leadership, the team will excel in creating efficient and consistent processes for transitioning new products from the NPI center to high-volume production. You Will Make an Impact By: Responsible for the planning, coordination, management, review, and oversight of projects. Manage the development and implementation process of the company’s new products and services and collaborate and consult with Sales, Operations and Quality to identify issues, collaborate for resolution, and address customer specific issues as they arise. Coordinate departmental or cross-functional teams, focused on delivering new or upgrading existing products. Monitor the project from initiation through delivery including planning and directing schedules and monitoring budget/spending. Will also serves as a technical liaison between departments. Technical background is required to complete its overall project management responsibility. Skills You Bring: Bachelor of Science in (IE/ME) with 10+ years of Manufacturing Engineering experience. 10+ years of experience leading teams involving project management, Lean Manufacturing, and continuous improvement. Experienced in manufacturing tooling and processes to develop line layouts, capacity planning models, training programs, and status reporting. Ability to select, develop, and grow an advanced manufacturing engineering team to engage and support the operations teams in their LEAN manufacturing & continuous Improvement journeys. Effectively communicate and collaborate with site leadership, key customers, and peer department managers to drive business process development and resolve issues. #LI-DNI Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to various export control regulations. Applicants for these positions may be limited (by, for example, their countries of citizenship, country of origin, or immigration status) where required by law or governmental contact, and/or employment made contingent upon the issuance of appropriate governmental licensing. MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies. MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business. MKS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process due to a disability, please contact us at: . If applying for a specific job, please include the requisition number (ex: RXXXX), the title and location of the role