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Asia Service Desk and Deskside Operations Manager

at Applied Materials in Singapore, SG

Work Type: On Premise | Employment Type: Full Time

Experience Level: Mid Level | Posted Date: 2025-04-12

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Description

Who We Are

Applied Materials is the global leader in materials engineering solutions used to produce virtually every new chip and advanced display in the world. We design, build and service cutting-edge equipment that helps our customers manufacture display and semiconductor chips – the brains of devices we use every day. As the foundation of the global electronics industry, Applied enables the exciting technologies that literally connect our world – like AI and IoT. If you want to work beyond the cutting-edge, continuously pushing the boundaries of science and engineering to make possible the next generations of technology, join us to Make Possible® a Better Future. 

What We Offer

Location:

Singapore,SGP

At Applied, we prioritize the well-being of you and your family and encourage you to bring your best self to work. Your happiness, health, and resiliency are at the core of our benefits and wellness programs. Our robust total rewards package makes it easier to take care of your whole self and your whole family. We’re committed to providing programs and support that encourage personal and professional growth and care for you at work, at home, or wherever you may go. Learn more about our benefits. 

You’ll also benefit from a supportive work culture that encourages you to learn, develop and grow your career as you take on challenges and drive innovative solutions for our customers. We empower our team to push the boundaries of what is possible—while learning every day in a supportive leading global company. Visit our Careers website to learn more about careers at Applied.

Key Responsibilities

Manages the Asia service desk and deskside support which includes centralized service desk center and distributed on-site deskside operations in Asia countries (China, Japan, Korea, South East Asia, and Taiwan). Responsible for managing the service and cost structure and lifecycle of Asia service desk and deskside operations.

Responsible for negotiating SOWs and SLAs to deliver most cost effective solution. Ensure that Asia service desk and deskside operations is meeting customer needs and initiates training, documentation and marketing to improve full value of the service is realized.  

Works with managers and other senior department staff to coordinate scheduling and prioritization of all related projects and participates in assignment of projects to staff or outsides resources. Reviews root cause analysis of outages or incident trends (often working with managed services partner).  Approves preventative actions 

This role also plans and manages complex changes and manages resolution of complex problems and outages.  The detailed job scope is as the following:

Organization, management and full integration of the operation

• Owner of MSA & - Ensuring operational compliance with the MSA
• Owner of SLA Compliance - Owns Key Measurements, Service Levels & Critical Deliverables
• Reporting - collect data for key deliverables and generate reports as per SOW requirement.
• Owner of TR Compliance – Enforce TR control process to meet relevant TR regulations.
• Process design, review, audit and improvement
• Document Control – Owns Document Control Compliance
• Change Management – Owns change management process
• Knowledge Transfer – Monitors & reports on knowledge transfer continuity and accuracy.
• Continuous Improvement – Perform trend analysis, assist in root cause analysis, utilize best practices, and assess customer satisfaction survey results to determine areas for improvement.
• Global application FPOC to Applied.
• Organize and host Monthly, Weekly, Quarterly meeting.
• Staff On-Boarding – Contributes to screening of candidates, Non-Technical Consistent training for English speaking agents, includes language, customer service technique training for both new hire and existing employee.
• Transition Phase – Owns critical milestone compliance

Functional Knowledge

• Regarded as the technical expert in service desk and deskside operations
• Demonstrates in-depth and/or breadth of expertise in own discipline and broad knowledge of other disciplines within service desk and deskside operations

Business Expertise

• Anticipates business and regulatory issues; recommends product, process or service improvements 

Leadership

• Leads projects with notable risk and complexity; develops the strategy for project execution

Problem Solving

• Solves unique and complex problems with broad impact on the business; requires conceptual and innovative thinking to develop solutions

Impact

• Impacts the direction and resource allocation for program, project or services; works within general functional policies and industry guidelines

Interpersonal Skills

• Communicates complex ideas, anticipates potential objections and persuades others, often at senior levels, to adopt a different point of view

Additional Information

Time Type:

Full time

Employee Type:

Assignee / Regular

Travel:

Not Specified

Relocation Eligible:

No

Applied Materials is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, national origin, citizenship, ancestry, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran or military status, or any other basis prohibited by law.