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PEI SHAN LEONG

PEI SHAN LEONG

Summary

Experienced leader with strong focus on team collaboration and ability to drive cross-functional departments to achieve results. Adept at managing operations, driving process improvements, and fostering positive work environment. Known for adaptability and reliability in meeting changing needs, effectively collaborating with people from diverse countries. Skilled in Industrial Engineering knowledge for strategic planning, staff development, and performance management. Possesses excellent leadership and organizational skills, ensuring consistent achievement of departmental goals.


Overview

18
18
years of professional experience

Work History

Head of Department, Manager, Industrial Engineering

Vanguard International Semiconductor Singapore
09.2020 - Current

Company Overview: Industry: Semiconductor/Wafer Fabrication


  • Lead Industrial Engineering (IE) team and developed high-performing engineers with IE capability to support long-term and short-term capacity planning, layout expansion, Tool Productivity Planning and Capital Expenditure (Capex) management
  • Work closely with the Management Team, Business, and Finance to develop the Long Term Capacity plan that strategically balances capital investment and demand profiles
  • Collaborate with Engineering Team, Facility, and Purchaser to propose Capital expenditure (Capex) budget plan to the Management Team for purchasing tools to support Fab Capacity expansion and changes in product mix
  • Develop strategies with cross-functional departments (Business, Production Control, Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance) to support customer demand and maximize the organization's revenue and gross margin
  • Collaborate and drive the Fab Engineering team to achieve 1.5% year-on-year tool productivity improvement, increasing Fab capacity without additional capital expenditure investment
  • Collaborate with the Headquarter cross-functional team in Taiwan to develop and maintain dashboard in Singapore Fab to track key performance metrics and drive data-driven decision-making
  • Enhance the Fab layout space to accommodate the installation of additional tools, effectively responding to evolving demand mixes
  • Work together with Facility, Safety team, Manufacturing and Engineering team to optimize the arrangement of tools and reduce facility costs
  • Ramp management and regular reviews with the Management team, Engineering, Manufacturing, Integration, and Purchasing to adhere to the approved budget, ensuring timely tool delivery, installation and qualification to fulfil customer orders
  • Capex Management with Finance team and Fab General Manager to maximize the efficiency of the company’s annual spending
  • Drive regular review meetings with the Fab General Manager and key stakeholders from Singapore and Taiwan for Capacity and Capex proposal material before presenting to the Chairman for approval
  • Collaborate with Integration, Technology development and Business team to evaluate New Technology Transfer for Capacity and Capex investment to support future demand
  • Industry: Semiconductor/Wafer Fabrication

Deputy Manager, Industrial Engineering & Planning

Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Co. Pte.Ltd (SSMC)
05.2010 - 09.2020

Company Overview: Industry: Semiconductor/Wafer Fabrication


  • Long Term CAPEX and Capacity Planning Support capacity expansion within and beyond current building size to achieve optimal economies of scale
  • Manage capacity and budget planning to support scenario planning in line with company business plans
  • Collaborate with Purchasing on approved budget to ensure tools delivery on time to fulfil customer order
  • Collaborate with layout and facility team in optimizing tools layout arrangement and facility cost
  • Capacity modelling and validation to ensure accuracy of capacity planning in supporting production needs
  • Create capacity flexibility to meet fluctuations in customer demand based on Sales Demand forecast
  • Drive short term productivity with stakeholders to ensure smooth output delivery to meet committed shipment
  • Work closely with Technology Development Team for New Technology Transfer capacity planning and propose available maximum capacity, Capex investment in line with company business strategy
  • Developed companywide Tool Performance Measurement System to drive for tool productivity
  • In house design and development of one centralize database for tracing and maintaining the tool target performance
  • Overall Capex management by optimizing company yearly Capex spends for capacity or non-capacity related activities within capital budgeting
  • Industry: Semiconductor/Wafer Fabrication

Industrial Engineer

GlobalFoundries Singapore
06.2007 - 05.2010

Company Overview: Industry: Semiconductor/Wafer Fabrication


  • Optimize capacity and propose solution to meet customer demand requirements
  • Weekly assessment of wafer start matrix (WSM) with Planning and Production Control to determine Fab daily start, bottleneck tools and improve WIP un-linearity issues
  • Spearhead execution of long-term growth plans with 3% year-on-year productivity target to minimize overall capex required for capacity expansion
  • Communicate productivity requirements to Operations and negotiate commitments for gap closure
  • Drive cost saving project by proposing shut down tools during downturn period
  • Lead for productivity improvement project with Engineering Team to improve and gap closure
  • Etch and Litho equipment output modelling and validation through stop watch time study
  • Industry: Semiconductor/Wafer Fabrication

Education

Bachelor’s Degree - Engineering (Mechanical-Industrial)

University Technology Malaysia (UTM)
06.2007

Skills

  • Proficient in Microsoft Word
  • Proficient in Microsoft Excel
  • Proficient in Microsoft PowerPoint
  • Beginner in Microsoft Access

Personal Information

  • Age: 41
  • Ethnicity: Chinese
  • Date of Birth: 07/04/84
  • Gender: Female
  • Nationality: Singaporean
  • Marital Status: Married

Key Achievements

Vanguard International Semiconductor Singapore

  • Strategically increase Fab capacity by 13% (+5K wafers per month) in Y2022 with a minimum Capex investment of less than US$10M per 1K ramp.
  • Successfully developed a high-performing IE team with the capability to drive the Fab Engineering to achieve 1.5% year-on-year improvement in tool productivity and increase Fab capacity by +1.5%/year from Y2022 to Y2024 without additional capital expenditure investment.
  • Collaborate and drive the operation team (Engineering, Manufacturing, and Integration) to increase bottleneck tool capacity for the new product from 3K/m to 10K/m (+7K/m) within 6 months tool qualifications to support the urgent surge in demand.
  • Collaborated with headquarters in Taiwan (CIM, IE, Business, Fab Production Control) to complete setup two systems (Capacity Planning System by part and Tool Performance Measurement System) in Singapore Fab to enhance capacity forecast accuracy and created a dashboard to track tool performance index.
  • Effective project management and expedited completion layout space readiness with cross-functional team (Facility, Engineering, Safety, Manufacturing, CIM) within 4~6 weeks for timely support of 3 bottleneck tools move in Y2024 to facilitate new product ramp up by +7K/m.
  • Excellence collaboration, engagement and communication with Singapore Management team and Headquarter Management team in Taiwan to support company business strategy planning., Received promotion in Y2022 as Head of Department of Industrial Engineering.


Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Co. Pte.Ltd (SSMC), Singapore

  • Support Fab expansion with cleanroom space 2600m2 for installation of ~ 45 tools for business and capacity growth in Y2018-2020.
  • Eight years of consecutive Top Performance from 2011 to 2018.
  • Support Fab capacity ramp +22% within 4 years from 2012 to 2016.
  • Awarded 'High Performance Workforce' in year 2013 and 2015.
  • Represented SSMC to share symposium in Taiwan ISSM (International Symposium on Semiconductor Manufacturing), seminar, 6-Sep-2013.
  • Lead and developed Tool Output Auto Measurement System to improve tool productivity.
  • Lead and Win 'Silver Award' in SSMC 2016 Transform Competition for Fab Space Optimization Project.


GlobalFoundries Singapore

  • Received promotion in Y2009 for contribution in long term and short term capacity planning
  • Etch and Litho module support.
  • Recognition award in short term capacity planning in Y2008.
  • Recognition award with efforts in Excellence Shipment support in Y2007.
  • Developed wafer start matrix to assist Planning and Production Control Team.
  • Experienced to execute new product introduction in factory within short term period in order to utilize fab capacity.

Timeline

Head of Department, Manager, Industrial Engineering

Vanguard International Semiconductor Singapore
09.2020 - Current

Deputy Manager, Industrial Engineering & Planning

Systems on Silicon Manufacturing Co. Pte.Ltd (SSMC)
05.2010 - 09.2020

Industrial Engineer

GlobalFoundries Singapore
06.2007 - 05.2010

Bachelor’s Degree - Engineering (Mechanical-Industrial)

University Technology Malaysia (UTM)
PEI SHAN LEONG