Manufacturing Transfer Project Lead

Program Leadership

• Serve as the overall program manager for manufacturing transfer activities.
• Develop and execute detailed transfer plans, schedules, resource plans, and risk mitigation strategies.
• Lead cross-functional teams across Operations, Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Procurement, and Contract Manufacturing.
• Drive program reviews, executive updates, milestone tracking, and issue resolution.
• Escalate critical risks and develop recovery plans when necessary.
• Ensure transfer milestones are completed on schedule and within budget.

Contract Manufacturer Management

• Act as the primary interface between ATS and the contract manufacturer.
• Establish and manage operational governance with CM leadership.
• Ensure manufacturing processes, documentation, work instructions, test procedures, and training programs are fully implemented.
• Monitor CM readiness, capacity, quality performance, and delivery metrics.
• Drive accountability for CM execution and continuous improvement activities.

Manufacturing Transfer Execution

• Lead all phases of product transfer from internal manufacturing to contract manufacturing.
• Coordinate prototype builds, pilot runs, first article builds, qualification activities, and volume ramp.
• Ensure manufacturing equipment, tooling, fixtures, test systems, and materials are available and qualified.
• Manage transfer checkpoints and ensure completion of all deliverables prior to production release.
• Validate production readiness before volume shipment authorization.

Supply Chain & Operations Readiness

• Coordinate sourcing, procurement, inventory transfer, and supplier readiness activities.
• Ensure material availability to support pilot builds and production ramp schedules.
• Establish inventory strategies, logistics flows, and service support models in Malaysia.
• Partner with Procurement to identify cost reduction opportunities and localization strategies.

Quality & Regulatory Compliance

• Ensure manufacturing processes meet company quality standards and customer requirements.

• Drive process validation, yield improvement, and corrective action activities.

• Establish KPI dashboards covering:

• On-Time Delivery

• First Pass Yield

• Product Quality

• Cost Performance

• Capacity Utilization

• Lead audits, qualifications, and customer manufacturing assessments as required.

Stakeholder & Executive Communication

• Provide regular status updates to executive leadership.
• Coordinate communication across global stakeholders in North America, Asia, and Europe.
• Maintain project documentation, action registers, risk logs, and program trackers.
• Facilitate milestone reviews and decision-making forums.