Loh Soon Sim

Experience

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  Applied Magnetics(M) Sdn. Bhd

  Feb 1997 - Feb 1998

  Quality Assurance Engineer

  ACCOMPLISHMENTS(1997~1999)• Achieved in implementation of quality system set-up at Integrated Microelectronics Inc. Philippines. It's a new start up company.• Successfully increased production yield from 90% to 98% at Integrated Microelectronics Inc. (IMI) Philippines.

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  Applied Magnetics(M) Sdn, Bhd.

  Mar 1998 - Jul 1999

  Equipment & Metrology Engineer

  ACCOMPLISHMENTS(1998~1999)• Accurately correlated all ZYGOs’ machine and achieve r-square > 0.9.

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  Advanced Disk Technology Sdn. Bhd.

  Jun 1999 - Oct 2003

  Production Engineer II& R/D Engineer II

  ACCOMPLISHMENTS(1998~2003)• Successfully transferred, set-up and qualified edge polishing process from Japan to Kulim High Tech. It's a new start up company.

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  Agilent Technologies

  Nov 2003 - Feb 2010

  ACCOMPLISHMENTS(2003~2010)• Certified Six Sigma Black Belts. Completed 2 projects and achieved USD555k savings per year.• Won Merit, Gold, Silver and Bronze Award in Agilent. • Successfully transferred, set-up and qualified all power meter and specials products from Scotland to Agilent Penang. It's a new start up division.• Successfully transferred, set-up and qualified Power Meter NPI from California to Agilent Penang. ACCOMPLISHMENTS(2003~2005)• Reduce overall process lead time from 8 working days to 6 working days.• Successfully increased Camera Module yield from 45% to 83%.

  • Senior Process Mechanical Engineer

    May 2005 - Feb 2010

  • Senior Production Engineer

    Nov 2003 - Apr 2005
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  St. Jude Medical

  Jan 2010 - Jan 2011

  Senior Production Engineer

  ACCOMPLISHMENTS(2010~2011)• Successfully transferred SR and DR pacemaker products from Sylmar, California to Penang, Malaysia, completed line set-up, qualified, validated and shipped the products from ground zero. It's a new start up company.

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  St. Jude Medical

  Sept 2011 - Oct 2015

  Senior Continuous Improvement Engineer

  ACCOMPLISHMENTS(2011~2015)• Successfully set-up 5s golden line for leads and device manufacturing line and achieved 5s level 3.• Certified Lean Orange Belt. Completed 5 kaizen ideas and save USD30k.• Improved crimping process Cpk baseline from 0.69 to 1.83. It has improved by 165% within 3 months monitoring.• Improved Leads Tendril Training process duration from 26.75 days to 8.5 days and replicate to Device, Header and Final Pack production lines.• Conduct training for Six Sigma Green Belt class for exempt employees. • Conduct Lean training for CI Workshop and Lean Games for exempt and non-exempt. Show less

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  B. Braun Group

  Oct 2015 - Jan 2020

  Manager of Operational Excellence Asia Pacific

  ACCOMPLISHMENTS1. Transform non-lean line to lean manufacturing.2. Implemented One Piece Flow.3. Implemented Kanban System and Andon light.4. Implemented Milk Runner and Supermarket System.5. Organize Lean Award and Sharing Expertise Workshop activities.6. Work closely with 3 divisions cross functional teams for lean and six sigma projects.7. Provide coaching and consultation for lean and six sigma tools.8. Conduct VSM and Makigami Workshop and go Gemba at manufacturing area. 9. Organize Japan Lean Study and Local Lean Factory Benchmarking.10. Support Asia Pacific Operational Excellence. Show less

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  BD

  Jan 2020 - Jan 2021

  Continuous Improvement Manager

  1. Manage a team of 7 CI associates consist of 4 engineers and 3 CI Analyst. 2. Facilitate Kaizen Blitz to get 6% Cost to Win.

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  Ansell

  Jan 2021 - Dec 2023

  Manager - Global Business Process Improvement

  ACCOMPLISHMENTS1. Instrumental in integrating SPC with other strategic Ansell initiatives, contributing to the development and improvement of the manufacturing process control, and working closely with production and quality teams. 2. Performed improvement in capability in various critical quality/process parameters in the plants, alignment of SPC CTQ/CTP to product QFD, and integration of SPC into the ERP D365 system and APS.