IN AN INDUSTRY driven by breakthroughs, Flextronics - one of the world's largest electronics manufacturers - is embarking on an extensive recruitment drive to expand its mainland activities. That involves hiring managers and other senior personnel from Hong Kong.
The company is expanding its manufacturing facilities at its Doumen Industrial Park in Zhuhai to meet the demands of high-profile clients such as Xerox, Casio, SanDisk, Motorola, Sony Ericsson, Microsoft and Johnson & Johnson, and is looking for experienced personnel to run its operations.
Tim Dinwiddie, Flextronics South China operations senior vice-president, said electronics companies relied on manufacturers such as Flextronics to provide a variety of services.
The company offers end-to-end manufacturing solutions to its clients. These include design and engineering, printed circuit boards, fabrication, assembly and logistics services.
Flextronics plans to hire about 13,000 employees locally over the next 18 months and at least 150 managers from Hong Kong, starting with 25 personnel to take up key roles. The company has developed a strategy to recruit Hong Kong staff in increments of 50 as new production facilities come online. Flextronics employs about 27,000 people at the purpose-built industrial park and almost 130,000 staff on the mainland.
It needs people with management experience in materials, purchasing, logistics, programming, engineering, quality and testing, procurement, equipment and facilities. It also needs senior personnel with experience in printed circuit board production, injection moulding, prototyping, mould making, verification and validation.