Digital Transformation Lead

Position Overview

The Digital Transformation Lead is a senior, hands-on technical role driving digital transformation across POET's Penang operations. Working with the Senior Manager – Digital Transformation & Data Science and business stakeholders, the role delivers digital solutions that improve efficiency, planning and decision-making. This is a technical leadership role with no formal people-management responsibility initially.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead digital transformation initiatives across supply chain, manufacturing, operations and supporting functions.
• Partner with stakeholders to map current processes, identify pain points and design future-state digital workflows.
• Translate business requirements into technology and data solutions, including Advanced Planning Systems, analytics platforms, workflow automation and digital applications.
• Design and review data pipelines, APIs and integrations across ERP, manufacturing systems, external partners and analytics platforms, developing in Python and SQL where needed.
• Drive process automation to replace manual, spreadsheet-based and repetitive workflows.
• Establish standards for architecture, coding, testing, documentation, deployment and support, and technically mentor engineers in the Penang team.
• Coordinate projects across Penang, Singapore, IT, Engineering, Supply Chain and external partners, and report on progress, risks, dependencies and business benefits.
• Support change management, user adoption and training for newly implemented digital solutions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, Information Systems, Supply Chain or a related discipline, with at least 6 years of experience in digital transformation, data engineering, enterprise applications or manufacturing systems.
• Strong hands-on Python and SQL skills, with solid knowledge of databases, ETL/ELT, data modelling, APIs and system integration.
• Good understanding of supply-chain fundamentals, including demand, supply, inventory, production, capacity and procurement.
• Proven ability to lead technical projects from requirements to adoption, with strong stakeholder-management, communication and mentoring skills.
• Experience in manufacturing, semiconductor or electronics environments, or with ERP, MES, APS, cloud or modern data platforms, is advantageous.