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Azmir Azadi Mat Nayan

Azmir Azadi Mat Nayan

Operation And Automation Senior Manager
Kuala Lumpur

Summary

Focused Operation Manager with 15 years of success in designing operational-excellence oriented programs and developing high performing operation teams.

Accomplished in working with organizational leaders to establish business goals and devise strategies driving revenue generation and business growth. Proven track record in creating scalable Cost, Productivity and Operational excellence infrastructures and leveraging Automation to instill a long range vision in cost effective semiconductor manufacturing.

Analytical problem solver and critical thinker with remarkable decision-making and multi-tasking abilities. Highly communicative and experienced in Productivity, Cost and Automation. Strengths in strategic planning, efficiency and team building.

Skilled in working under pressure and adapting to new situations and challenges to best enhance the organizational brand.

Forward-thinking leader skilled at operating departments efficiently to meet goals. Successful background matching employees with roles for maximum performance. Proactive and hardworking individual focused on continuous operational improvement.

Overview

15
15
years of professional experience
5
5
years of post-secondary education

Work History

Assembly Operation & Site Automation

Texas Instruments Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Kuala Lumpur
08.2022 - Current

Assembly Operation

  • Worked in matrix management environment with oversight of Department Managers, Section Managers, operations, sales, finance, human resources, safety and compliance.
  • Prepared annual budgets with controls to prevent overages.
  • Assessed software bugs and compiled findings along with suggested resolutions for development team members.
  • Worked closely with different departments to develop innovative solutions to functionality issues.
  • Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help company evolve and grow.
  • Led improvement initiatives to advance operational efficiencies and increase revenue.
  • Advanced productivity KPIs to achieve key business goals and objectives.
  • Developed systems to track and log work issues.
  • Established positive and effective communication among unit staff and organization leadership, reducing miscommunications and missed deadlines.
  • Collaborated cross-functionally to refine procedures, devise best practices and enforce quality metrics.
  • Planned and resourced personnel and logistics for operations component exercises resulting in highly trained personnel ready to act quickly in critical roles.
  • Reviewed operations reports to understand numbers and trends.
  • Formulated processes to reduce downtime and financial loss.
  • Reduced process bottlenecks by training and coaching employees on practices, procedures and performance strategies.
  • Established team priorities, maintained schedules and monitored performance.

Site Automation

  • Developed automation strategies and long term plans.
  • Stayed current with marketing automation best practices, industry standards and compliance.
  • Lead project managers to select ambitious, but realistic Automation Program on pre-identified Automation opportunities
  • Review, monitor and track each stages of systems / program development lifecycle from requirement gathering to production releases.
  • Lead MES Specialist (Manufacturing Execution System) to design intuitive graphical user interfaces and develop overall site Command Center
  • Lead project managers on database development timelines and database integration with existing system
  • Discussed issues daily in daily meetings with team members to provide resolution and apply best practices.
  • Directed MES specialist on data engineering pipelines to support machine learning performance.
  • Designed customized but standardized template for proposals on potential automation projects
  • Lead project manager on automated diagnostics for sensor data collection and processing.
  • Introduced agile methodologies and development best practices to department to enhance project development and timeline

Assembly & Test Manufacturing Director

Texas instruments Philippines
Clark, Pampanga
12.2020 - 07.2022
  • Report directly to Total Site Managing Director. Reports include 3 Senior Department Manager, 9 Senior Section Manager, 27 Manufacturing Supervisor & Engineers, 1300 Operators
  • Developed empowering employee culture focused on equipping employees to independently meet customer needs.
  • Worked in matrix management environment with oversight of Department Managers, Section Managers, operations, sales, finance, human resources, safety and compliance.
  • Prepared annual budgets, resource and headcount plan with controls to prevent overages.
  • Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help company evolve and grow.
  • Led improvement initiatives to advance operational efficiencies and increase revenue.
  • Advanced productivity KPIs to achieve key business goals and objectives.
  • Developed systems to track and log work issues, monitor hourly, daily, weekly and monthly operation performance in output, OEU, WIP and cost.
  • Established positive and effective communication among unit staff and organization leadership, reducing miscommunications and missed deadlines/commits
  • Collaborated cross-functionally to refine procedures, devise best practices and enforce quality metrics.
  • Planned and resourced personnel and logistics for operations component exercises resulting in highly trained personnel ready to act quickly in critical roles.
  • Reviewed operations reports to understand numbers and trends.
  • Formulated processes to reduce downtime and financial loss.
  • Reduced process bottlenecks by training and coaching employees on practices, procedures and performance strategies.

Department Manager

Texas Instruments Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Kuala Lumpur
04.2016 - 12.2020
  • Implemented process improvement to shape organizational culture, optimize procedures for higher efficiency and help company evolve and grow.
  • Reduced process bottlenecks by training and coaching employees on practices, procedures and performance strategies.
  • Managed inventory in operations to maintain optimal WIP levels and meet expected demands plan
  • Performed statistical analyses to gather data for operational and forecast team needs.
  • Prepared detailed reports for management to clarify existing trends, review output and inventory data and support productivity and cost optimization
  • Achieve planning, output, financial objectives by executing annual, quarterly, monthly directed plans, scheduling expenditures, analyzing variances and initiating corrective actions.

Manufacturing Manager

Texas Instruments Malaysia Sdn Bhd
Ampang / Kuala Lumpur
01.2011 - 03.2016
  • Tracked material shipments and coordinated flow of materials at different stages of manufacturing to align with planning expectations.
  • Executed programs to maintain cost controls and improve operations.
  • Coordinated procedures for facility and equipment maintenance, modification or replacement.
  • Worked with licensing managers to understand markets and assist with prioritization of target accounts for licensing opportunities.
  • Minimized resource and time losses by addressing employee or production issue directly and implementing timely solutions.
  • Conducted performance reviews each quarter, offering praise and recommendations for improvement.
  • Oversaw hiring processes for over 300 permanent and temporary seasonal staff.
  • Achieved aggressive production and quality requirements
  • Applied lean principles to improve workflow and quality and reduce waste.
  • Anticipated and addressed production problems, material shortages, equipment malfunctions and unavoidable delays.
  • Revitalized operational structures and procedures to successfully control turnover and waste, enhance output and boost overall quality.
  • Supervised production team, keeping production schedules on track to meet tight deadlines.
  • Introduced new methods, practices and systems to reduce turnaround time.

Manufacturing Engineer (Team Leader)

Texas Instruments (M) Sdn Bhd
Ampang/Kuala Lumpur
01.2008 - 01.2011
  • Industry Manufacturing / Production Specialization Engineering
  • Researched and tested design feasibility and operation of equipment, components and systems.
  • Applied project management metrics and tools in oversight of engineering and manufacturing projects and program services.
  • Oversaw development and implementation of Manufacturing Execution system.
  • Performed daily department Layered Process Audits to maintain proactive control over manufacturing execution process.
  • Managed manufacturing projects and program services to handle engineering and project metrics.
  • Reduced product cycle time by using effective multitasking on design, engineering and manufacturing.
  • Used lean manufacturing principles to develop, evaluate and improve manufacturing methods.

Production Engineer

NEC Semiconductors (M) Sdn. Bhd
Teluk Panglima Garang / Banting
04.2007 - 01.2008
  • Implementation and improvement of production system in an assembly process
  • Provide Standard Operating Procedure for machine operators.
  • Perform time study method on machine output and declaring capacity, constraints and operational rate to planning.
  • Failure analysis on operation system failure.
  • Improve productivity of process by determining the optimum level of resources
  • 5S committee member on improving the 5S condition of process

Education

Bachelor of Science - Engineering, Systems Engineering

The Ohio State University
Columbus, Ohio, United States Of America
06.2001 - 06.2006

Skills

Lean Manufacturing

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Accomplishments

Manufacturing Director, Site Automation, 2020 - 2022:

  • Managed daily Operation & Long Term Planning for areas spanning total Assembly & Test Operation for 2 main High Volume Product (QFN & WCSP Analog / Embedded Processor) in TI Clark, Philippines
  • Developed Manufacturing Playbook of End to End supply chain, focus on bottleneck load-ability, utilization while accelerating inventory turns ratio for upstream Process. Achieving record best cycle time. Achieved 3 quarters of NUM long term Financial target (90 days forecast), and 100% on NUM short term commit target (Mid-Quarter Financial Update - 30 days before quarter end)
  • Record best Productivity - establishing Productivity Playbook and Programs focusing on Non-Value added elimination, Automation, Man:Machine ratio improvement, Non Machine Task elimination, and Inspection Elimination. Implemented the twice-yearly Productivity Blitz program: Call Out all Engineers, Supervisors and Managers to develop next 1 year Productivity Programs to be implemented to achieve a long term plan. Best-In-Class of Exempts Productivity, and Next-In-Class in DL Productivity (behind younger-advanced sister site, Cheng Du A/T)
  • Created and established the “Manufacturing Control Tower Concept”, where the bottleneck logpoint dictate upstream material movement to minimize botteneck conversion, maximize utilization, while supporting Customer requirement in the view of the bottleneck granularity. Achieved record best Test and Die Attach OEU utilization as a result
  • Established Organizational Strategy, roll out 20 Key Performance Scorecards driven through active collaboration among all Staff Members. Weekly, Monthly and Quarterly Review and implemented Manufacturing Olympic Awards, where each Scorecard Manager will award best teams in each scorecard. Resulted in clear fall through in company’s scorecard. >90% achievement of year on year improvement
  • Develop talent bench and engagement strategy. Organization with highest bench promotion, development and movements. Promoted 2 Department Managers, 3 Section Managers. 2.5% Exempts Attrition.
  • Leader of WW Assembly/Test Manufacturing Council, comprising Manufacturing Factory Directors, leaders for all 7 A/T sites including China, Malaysia, Philippines, Taiwan, Mexico. Year - on - Year improvement of 5 Key Sub-teams: 1) Human Error reductions through Zero Touch elimination at Wafer Saw & Die Attach, 2)100% Auto-Recipe 3)Productivity & Automation, 4)Safety, 5) Cycle Time.
  • Develop structure of Automation Department: Hired 2 Key experienced engineers, develop long terms plan of Site Automation, established Annual Plan for 2023 Automation, and Long Range Plan until 2026 for Site Transformation towards Industrial 4.0 and Digitization.
  • Plan Capital Expenditure for Site Automation for 2023 - 2026

Manufacturing Manager, 2011 - 2020:

1. Meet NUM (Net Unit Manufactured) target for ~6 years
2. Meet Cycle Time Goal (99% ~9 months)
3. Meet Productivity Goal (~10% Y-o-Y ~6 years)
4. ESD 95% for ~35 months
5. Zero Customer Excursions ~32 months
6. ~1/month Automation Project
7. Capital Investment Projects:
- 1 Project ($USD250000). ROI (Return-On-Investment) 8 months (layout optimization project involving multiple floors and >200 machines)
- 1 Project ($USD80000). ROI 6 months
- 1 Project($USD15000). ROI 12 months
- 1 Project ($USD7000). ROI 3 months
8. Build & coordinate Cycle Time External training (2014):
-150 Executives participation
- Catalyst in improving Cycle Time from 96% to 99%

Selected for extended Key Leadership Roles:
1. TI WorldWide A/T (Assembly/Test) Manufacturing Council member:

- Productivity Sub-Team (2013-2014)
- GTE Elimination Sub-Team (2015-2017)

- Cycle Time Sub-Team (2017 - 2019)

- Productivity Sub-Team Leader (2019 - 2020)
2. WorldWide Manufacturing Council Leader on WIP Regulation, Scheduling & Real-Time-Dispatch Automation System (2017 - 2020)
3. Factory Test QIT (Quality Improvement Team) Sponsor (2016 - 2020)
4. Factory Cycle Time PDO (Policy Deployment Objective) owner (2012 - 2020)
5. Factory Tester Queue (WIP Goal by Test Platform) owner (2012 - 2020)
6. Test Manufacturing Automation Manager (2014 - 2015)
7. Factory Manufacturing Automation Manager (2015 - 2020)

Experiences Gained:
1. Specialized skills & extensive experience in SC Test Hardware/Machines/Process/Changeovers/Quality/Productivity/Cycle Time/Systems
2. Handling & meeting entitlement on 8 Individual/Team KRA
3. Drive external, cross-functional team; Process, Product, Equipment Engineering, QRA, Planning, ESH, IT, WPL, Facility by:
- Selected as Sponsor for cross-functional QIT Team
- Selected as Factory Indices owner
- Initiate and execute Capital Investment Projects
- Manage Test Capacity (directly involve Equipment/Planning/Product)

Manufacturing Engineer, 2008 - 2010:

  • Cycle time & Product Lead-time: Improved cycle time by implementing Visual Mechanical process that screens out Mechanical defects before Test
  • Improve Manufacturing execution by implementing Automated line-planning system that consider product age
  • Productivity Improvement: Reduce retest rate by 60% by implementing Continuity Outlier Hold Lots procedure and flow
    Improve Partial (Residue unit) testing procedure and increase Partial-related lots productivity by 10%
  • Reduce transferring activities by working with Equipment Engineering to prepare test handler based on lot form
  • Created Semi-Automated Line Planning Tool which help Manufacturing execution decision-making process
  • Created Automated Hold Lots tracking system that allows quick post-mortem and analysis on excursion
  • Created Semi-Automated Machine Performance Analysis for quick Manufacturing execution and recovery plan
  • Promoted to a Manufacturing Team Leader with dual-roles as a Manufacturing Engineer after 6 months
  • Promoted to a Manufacturing Manager after 2 years working

Software

PL/SQL

SPOTFIRE

SPRING

LINE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM (LMS)

REAL TIME DISPATCH (RTD)

SCADA

ROBOT DISPATCH SYSTEM

DIGITAL TWIN & COMMAND CENTER

Interests

Develop Spotfire for Performance Analysis

Develop Application for Operational Command Center

Automated Material Handling System (AMHS)

Automated Storage & Retrieval System (ASRS)

Autonomous Mobile Robot (AMR)

Digital Twin & Command Center

Line Management System

Internet of Things

Industrial 40

Work Availability

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Quote

Far and away the best prize that life offers is the chance to work hard at work worth doing.
Theodore Roosevelt

Timeline

Assembly Operation & Site Automation

Texas Instruments Malaysia Sdn Bhd
08.2022 - Current

Assembly & Test Manufacturing Director

Texas instruments Philippines
12.2020 - 07.2022

Department Manager

Texas Instruments Malaysia Sdn Bhd
04.2016 - 12.2020

Manufacturing Manager

Texas Instruments Malaysia Sdn Bhd
01.2011 - 03.2016

Manufacturing Engineer (Team Leader)

Texas Instruments (M) Sdn Bhd
01.2008 - 01.2011

Production Engineer

NEC Semiconductors (M) Sdn. Bhd
04.2007 - 01.2008

Bachelor of Science - Engineering, Systems Engineering

The Ohio State University
06.2001 - 06.2006
Azmir Azadi Mat NayanOperation And Automation Senior Manager