CML Micro – The first-choice semiconductor partner to technology innovators, together transforming how the world communicates.
Position Summary
As the Production Manager at CML Micro, you will play a pivotal role in leading our manufacturing team to ensure the seamless processing of customer orders. This includes maintaining compliance with ISO quality standards, optimising production processes, and fostering a culture of excellence and continuous improvement. Based at our headquarters in Langford, Maldon, you will oversee daily production activities, ensuring output meets our high standards while driving efficiency and performance across the department.
Key Responsibilities
Leadership & Team Management
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of production staff, fostering a collaborative and high-performing culture.
- Manage staff onboarding, conduct probation reviews, and oversee performance appraisals.
- Drive a culture of continuous improvement by encouraging creative problem-solving and implementing performance enhancement initiatives.
Production Planning & Coordination
- Plan and monitor production schedules to ensure adequate staffing, equipment availability, and timely order fulfillment.
- Collaborate closely with cross-functional departments, including Procurement, Facilities, Health & Safety, Engineering, and Quality Assurance, to ensure alignment and efficiency.
- Leverage throughput and capacity planning to manage production flow and ensure timely shipping of orders.
Quality Assurance & Compliance
- Operate within CML’s Quality Management System (QMS), ensuring all company policies and ISO standards are rigorously upheld.
- Work in partnership with QA on technical and quality-related matters, maintaining CML’s reputation for exacting standards.
Data-Driven Performance Management
- Analyse and present production data using metrics such as OTTP (On-Time to Promise) and OTTR (On-Time to Request).
- Utilise Microsoft Office tools, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Visio, to create reports and presentations that inform strategic decisions.
Operational Excellence
- Monitor daily outputs and activities to identify and resolve potential bottlenecks or inefficiencies.
- Ensure all production activities are executed within defined timelines while meeting or exceeding quality expectations.
- Stay informed of industry trends and technological advancements to propose and implement innovative solutions.
Cultural Influence
- Foster an environment that values creatively solving problems and delivering results.
- Instil a sense of urgency to ensure that all activities are completed on schedule and budget.
- Actively participate in creating a safe and positive work environment.
- Establish a results-oriented management style that measures and evaluates individual performance against clearly defined accountable competencies, responsibilities, and objectives.
- Act with a high sense of trust and integrity.
Qualifications & Experience
Essential
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in a similar role within a semiconductor assembly, test, or component packaging environment.
- Strong familiarity with ISO-compliant manufacturing frameworks and quality standards.
- Proven ability to work collaboratively and communicate effectively across all organisational levels.
- Relevant qualifications in production or business management.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office tools and the ability to analyse and present complex data effectively.
Preferred
- Experience with resource planning systems such as IFS MRP or similar software.
- Familiarity with JEDEC standards for IC assembly.
- Knowledge of wafer foundry processes and semiconductor packaging technologies.
Critical Competencies for Success
- Constructive Team Leader – Leads by example and makes those around them better. Attributes include being inclusive, hands-on, strategic, articulate, energetic, accountable, decisive, and hard working. A positive motivator who encourages and persuades, and an excellent team builder who knows how to attract talent, remove obstacles without alienating others, train, manage, reward, recognise, and retain a world class team.
- Excellent Communication Skills – Maintains an open flow of two-way communication, exhibiting strong verbal, written and presentation skills, stating expectations clearly and being visible to all stakeholders. Exhibits executive presence in front of both internal and external audiences. Being a good listener is a critical success factor.
- Impeccable Integrity – Embodies and practices unquestioned personal and business integrity. Creates an environment of trust and respect by acting with fairness and consistency, keeping commitments, and providing rationale for decisions.
- Team Player with Maturity – A results-oriented individual who, at the same time, is the consummate team player who can effectively negotiate with others to achieve win-win outcomes. You will be well respected by senior management, peers, and subordinates, and will be secure in your technical and managerial abilities.
- Open Minded – A resilient and committed executive with a passion for excellence; a flexible and open operating style; non-political and non-bureaucratic; someone with a natural and effective consultative approach who will gain the trust and respect of individuals at all levels.
- Customer Focused – Live and breathe the customer experience by encouraging a culture dedicated to enhancing customer satisfaction and building strong customer relationships.
Why Join CML Micro?
At CML Micro, we pride ourselves on fostering innovation and excellence in semiconductor manufacturing. As part of our team, you will have the opportunity to lead a critical function within a dynamic and forward-thinking organisation. If you are passionate about production management and thrive in a fast-paced environment, we invite you to contribute to our success.
