JOB DESCRIPTION
Job Title: NPI Value Stream Program Manager, Korea
Location: Pyeongtaek, South Korea (Hybrid), with global support responsibilities
Travel: 10–20% domestic and international
Position Summary
The NPI Value Stream Manager, Korea is a Korea-based operations role. The position leads and coordinates programs supporting AAOC localization, China OEM qualification and integration, and continuous improvement of Korea Operations processes. The role works across Operations, Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing, Purchasing, Planning, Quality, Finance, IT, Trade Compliance, Customer Support, and regional teams to establish scalable processes, resolve execution barriers, and improve cost, quality, delivery, and operational readiness. NPI and Engineering involvement is limited to obtaining the technical decisions, documentation, testing, and change support required for localization and operational execution
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
- Work with a cross functional team for AAOC localization of parts, assemblies, test capability, suppliers, and manufacturing processes.
- Align integrated localization plans, schedules, action trackers, risk registers, decision logs, readiness criteria, and leadership updates between the AAOC and Beverly.
- Help Coordinate local sourcing and supplier-readiness activities with Cost out, Gross Margin, Strategic Sourcing, Purchasing, Quality, Manufacturing, and regional suppliers, including first-article, qualification, capacity, cost, and delivery requirements.
- Help prioritize localization opportunities based on operational need, customer support, supply-chain resilience, cost, quality, and implementation feasibility.
- Support China OEM programs by coordinating supplier qualification, technical and commercial readiness, audit actions, test planning, part approval, and integration into AAOC operations.
- Coordinate with China, Korea, and global stakeholders to ensure China OEM activities have clear requirements, accountable owners, schedules, documentation, and escalation paths.
- Partner with Engineering and Quality to obtain the technical reviews, drawings, specifications, test requirements, design clarifications, and approvals needed for China OEM and AAOC localization activities.
- Identify, map, and improve Korea Operations processes across planning, purchasing, material flow, work orders, inventory, receiving, quality, logistics, repairs, master data, and reporting.
- Facilitate current-state and future-state process mapping, root-cause analysis, RACI development, control-point definition, UAT, training, standard work, and handoff to Korea functional owners.
- Use ERP, PLM, Power BI, and other available data to identify bottlenecks, monitor program performance, improve data integrity, and reduce manual work.
- Coordinate with Finance, IT, Trade Compliance, Quality, and Legal when process changes affect financial controls, system configuration, customs, product movement, or auditability.
- Support AAOC manufacturing and operational growth by identifying resource, equipment, tooling, training, floor-space, and process-readiness gaps and coordinating closure plans.
- Provide NPI-to-Engineering support when needed for Korea execution, including technical issue escalation, change coordination, build or test readiness, and transition of released requirements into Operations.
- Ownership for the NPI Value Stream Manager’s responsibilities, including overall product-development schedules, Alpha/Beta build leadership, design-review ownership, or end-to-end NPI governance.
- Present concise status, milestones, risks, decisions, resource needs, and recommendations to Operations and business leadership.
- NSE program support
Minimum Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.
- 8–10 years of experience in manufacturing operations, supply chain, localization, program management, engineering support, or a related function.
- Experience leading complex cross-functional programs across multiple functions and regions without direct authority.
- Working knowledge of semiconductor capital equipment manufacturing, supplier qualification, and associated operational processes.
- Experience with ERP, PLM, work-order, inventory-control, and business-intelligence systems.
- Ability to work effectively with teams and suppliers in Korea, China, the United States, and other international locations.
EQUAL OPPORTUNITY STATEMENT
It is the policy of Axcelis to provide equal opportunity in all areas of employment for all persons free from discrimination based on race, sex, religion, age, color, national origin, disability status, medical condition (including pregnancy), veteran status, sexual orientation, marital status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. Axcelis will provide reasonable accommodation necessary to enable a disabled candidate or employee to perform the essential functions of the position, unless the accommodation would create an undue hardship for the Company.
U.S. BASE SALARY RANGE
₩107,068,348 - ₩160,602,522
This base salary range reflects the typical compensation for this role across U.S. locations.
Our salary ranges are determined by role and level; individual pay is determined based on
multiple factors, including job-related skills, experience, relevant education or training, work
location, and internal equity. The range provides the opportunity for growth and progression as
you develop within the role.
Base pay is one part of our U.S. total compensation package which includes eligibility in the
Axcelis Team Incentive bonus plan, and comprehensive benefits package (for regular
employees working 20+ hours a week).
