Ma. Sarah Esperida

I. Certified Black Belt, Trainer and Program Leader of 6Sigma and Lean Methodology

 SME / Trainer for Green Belt (GB) and Yellow Belt (YB) Certifications with consistent 5-star trainer rating conducting avg 2 GB and 5 YB classes per FY

 Chairperson of 6Sigma Review Board with weekly meeting to review Black Belt and Green Belt projects (avg 4 project reviews per mtg)

 Spearheaded 6Sigma activities liaising with Productivity, Zero Defect and Yield Improvement

projects. Drove GB & BB projects with ~MYR 21.18 million cost savings

 Pillar driver for Program Office communication amongst Infineon’s Program Officers

 Authored 6Sigma Electronic Interchange

 Conducted 1x/quarter 6sigma Webinar covering all Infineon sites

 Chaired and facilitated Task Forces and Focus Teams to achieve set goals until closure of key action items and process has stabilised (~bi-monthly)

 Handled statistical requests (avg ~8/wk), inquiries and customer presentations (avg 1x/month)

II. Yield Lead

 Identified and analysed yield focus areas by package and machine level that resulted to consistently meeting yield goals for FY2017 until FY2019 and consecutive green status for Cost of Yield

 Spearheaded yield improvements projects (top detractors / focus projects, avg ~12projects per FY)

 Defined yield loss escalation guidelines to ensure yield bleeding are easily identified and taken action in a 24/7 business operation

 Key contact person for for DPAK's Assembly and Test Yield topics. Presenter to Bosch, ATV & PMM Yield review platforms (avg 1x/quarter)

I. Quality Assessment and Data Analyses

 Performed quality assessments checks covering end-to-end processes from planning

and preparation, execution, follow-through and closure of findings (avg ~3processes per wk)

 Determined gaps and areas for improvement essential both for risk management and

effective service delivery

 Ensured that all processes conforms to the different internal control drivers in order to

mitigate risk and maintain a controlled environment

II. Compliance

 Ensured team compliance on applicable governance requirements by launching Internal

Compliance Check

 Enhanced and implemented a robust Balanced Scorecard Check to ensure accurate and

appropriate KPIs are implemented

III. Continuous Improvement / Special Projects

 Project managed Service Delivery Control Governance eLearning modules

 Facilitated learning bytes to up-skill compliance competency of team members via Insights and Brownbag sessions

 Key point-of-contact on governance requirements

 Regularly checked team’s KPIs to ensure compliance to set standards

 Identified opportunities for performance improvement and developed

proposals for efficiency initiatives

I. Team Leader – Statistical Process Control (SPC) Team

 Managed resources of the SPC/FMEA Systems Team to ensure effective and efficient

utilization taking into account work-life balance

 Ensured work progress by guiding personnel activities through performance

measurement and evaluation, personnel counselling and development and

enforcement of discipline as necessary

 Monitored section's performance and instituted the necessary actions to ensure quality

of work to the satisfaction of internal and external clients.

 Provided direction and counsel to teams engaged in problem solving

II. Failure Mode and Effect Analysis (FMEA) Systems Expert

 Co-Authored FMEA Handbook

 Handled FMEA consultations, queries and system enhancement projects

 Championed FMEA Systems Procedural specification review and revisions

 Led the Quarterly FMEA Review across all plants and ensured 100% on-time

compliance

 Conducted FMEA systems compliance audit

III. SPC Systems / Process Capability Performance

Indices

 Co-authored SPC / Capability Indices Handbook

 Conducted Process Control System audits (e.g. Total Control Methodology (TCM)

compliance; Control Plan compliance) and SPC courses

 Co-championed SPC enhancements and automation projects

 Managed control chart methodology change project (from Xbar-R to Zbar-w)

 Handled capability index report standardization & continuous improvement plans

 Reviewed and approved corrective action commitments

 Handled SPC and Capability Performance queries

IV. Core Champion - Statistical Competency

 Certified Subject Matter Expect (SME) on Statistics and Process Control Systems

 Provided statistical insights on papers, studies and engineering reports

 Designed and conducted statistical trainings / special discussions enhancing

Engineering’s statistical competency

 Led the statistical core competency of the company

 Co-trainer of Machine and Process Capability Study (MPCpS)

V. Facilitator of Cross Functional Teams / Consultancy Services

 Maintained a forum that meets weekly to review and discuss process control system changes and procedures for effective implementation

 Led discussions to help resolve process control issues for systemic solutions

 Initiated exchange of knowledge to increase statistical engineering competency

 Provided statistical inputs / analyses on Change Review Board and Technical Review

Board for sound decisions before a change is made

 Presenter on Client audits

 Handled clients’ projects from contact signing to project closure

 Devised and evaluated methods and procedures for collecting data (such as surveys, opinion

polls or questionnaires)

 Conducted interviewer briefings, trainings and field verification

 Handled quantitative research projects, sample generation, quantitative data analyses, final

reports, and presentation of research results to Clients