Production Manager

Company OverviewOur client is an established, highly regarded manufacturer specializing in precision-engineered polymer solutions and high-performance industrial components. Operating a modern, high-capacity manufacturing facility in Negeri Sembilan, they deliver customized, heavy-duty packaging and technical structural components to top-tier commercial partners across diverse B2B supply chains. To support their next phase of operational scaling, automation, and lean manufacturing, they are currently seeking a dynamic, hands-on Production Manager to oversee their plant operations.MissionThe Production Manager holds full operational accountability for directing, managing, and optimizing all day-to-day manufacturing activities within the plant (including high-tonnage injection moulding, automated blow moulding, and secondary assembly sections). The primary objective is to execute the production schedule safely and cost-effectively, minimize material scrap/waste, optimize Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), and champion a robust culture of safety, quality, and 5S cleanliness.Key Responsibilities & Activities1. Production Management & Operational ControlScheduling Execution: Plan, organize, and direct daily shop-floor operations to consistently hit volume targets, quality specifications, and on-time customer delivery timelines.Resource Optimization: Maximize the productivity of machinery, raw materials, and manpower across multiple shifts to achieve tight manufacturing cost-competitiveness.Downtime Mitigation: Actively monitor, analyze, and report on line performance, equipment downtime, and process deviations to sustain highly predictable production outputs.2. Quality Governance, Scrap & Rejection ReductionCAPA Leadership: Partner closely with QA/QC to investigate root causes of product rejects and process variations, leading structured problem-solving (e.g., 5-Why, Fishbone) to implement corrective and preventive actions.Material Control: Implement systematic scrap-reduction programs on the floor, monitoring critical machine process parameters to ensure high first-pass yield.ISO Alignment: Support and maintain robust operational workflows in compliance with ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) standards.3. Lean Manufacturing & 5S ImplementationWaste Elimination: Drive productivity improvement and waste-reduction initiatives utilizing Lean Manufacturing principles.Housekeeping Discipline: Maintain and enforce strict 5S housekeeping standards across all manufacturing and storage areas to ensure a highly organized, safe, and professional work environment.Team Synergy: Foster a collaborative, high-performance team culture committed to continuous improvement.4. Leadership & Workforce DevelopmentPersonnel Management: Supervise, train, and motivate a large production team (including Shift Supervisors, Technicians, and General Operators), defining clear KPIs and performance goals.Manpower Allocation: Plan and balance shifts effectively to manage labor costs and overtime, while facilitating seamless communication between shifts.Discipline & Compliance: Ensure all production personnel strictly adhere to company policies, operational procedures, and work instructions.5. Safety, Health & Environment (EHS)Zero-Harm Environment: Enforce total compliance with safety regulations, ensuring all team members are fully trained in safe machine operations and consistent use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).Incident Response: Lead immediate emergency responses during any machinery failures or plant incidents, upholding a proactive, safety-first factory culture.6. Inventory & Material DisciplineConsumption Control: Closely monitor the consumption of raw materials, color masterbatches, and regrind resins, implementing tight controls to minimize compounding and extrusion waste.Material Alignment: Partner with the Warehouse and Planning departments to track Work-in-Progress (WIP) and finished goods inventory, ensuring material availability matches scheduling needs.7. Strategic Reporting & AdministrationExecutive Visibility: Prepare and submit accurate daily, weekly, and monthly production reports to top management, providing clear updates on performance metrics, scrap rates, and efficiency initiatives.Audit Support: Represent the manufacturing department during internal, external, and customer-specific audits, presenting robust and orderly process documentation.RequirementsEducation & Technical CredentialsEducation: Diploma or Bachelor’s Degree in Polymer/Plastic Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related technical discipline.Moulding Mastery: Minimum of 5 years of progressive, hands-on working experience specifically within a plastic injection moulding and blow moulding manufacturing environment.Technical Skills: Deep familiarity with process troubleshooting, high-speed thermal molding equipment parameters, and robotic or automated assembly lines.Methodologies: Solid understanding of ISO 9001:2015 standards, GMP requirements, and structured 5S/Lean tools.Personal Attributes & Language SkillsLanguages: Fluency in English, Bahasa Malaysia, and Mandarin (spoken and written) is required to ensure effective technical communication, design reviews, and vendor coordination across a diverse regional and international stakeholder network.Leadership Profile: A highly independent, dependable leader comfortable reporting directly to senior executive management.Agility: Highly resourceful with strong problem-solving capabilities, ideally available to commence work on short notice.BenefitsCompetitive executive salary package matching seniority and technical specialized moulding expertise.Executive-level medical, insurance, and hospitalization coverage.Daily and performance-based allowances.Structural career development and leadership progression pathways within an expanding manufacturing group.Company OverviewOur client is an established, highly regarded manufacturer specializing in precision-engineered polymer solutions and high-performance industrial components. Operating a modern, high-capacity manufacturing facility in Negeri Sembilan, they deliver customized, heavy-duty packaging and technical structural components to top-tier commercial partners across diverse B2B supply chains. To support their next phase of operational scaling, automation, and lean manufacturing, they are currently seeking a dynamic, hands-on Production Manager to oversee their plant operations.MissionThe Production Manager holds full operational accountability for directing, managing, and optimizing all day-to-day manufacturing activities within the plant (including high-tonnage injection moulding, automated blow moulding, and secondary assembly sections). The primary objective is to execute the production schedule safely and cost-effectively, minimize material scrap/waste, optimize Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), and champion a robust culture of safety, quality, and 5S cleanliness.Key Responsibilities & Activities1. Production Management & Operational ControlScheduling Execution: Plan, organize, and direct daily shop-floor operations to consistently hit volume targets, quality specifications, and on-time customer delivery timelines.Resource Optimization: Maximize the productivity of machinery, raw materials, and manpower across multiple shifts to achieve tight manufacturing cost-competitiveness.Downtime Mitigation: Actively monitor, analyze, and report on line performance, equipment downtime, and process deviations to sustain highly predictable production outputs.2. Quality Governance, Scrap & Rejection ReductionCAPA Leadership: Partner closely with QA/QC to investigate root causes of product rejects and process variations, leading structured problem-solving (e.g., 5-Why, Fishbone) to implement corrective and preventive actions.Material Control: Implement systematic scrap-reduction programs on the floor, monitoring critical machine process parameters to ensure high first-pass yield.ISO Alignment: Support and maintain robust operational workflows in compliance with ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) standards.3. Lean Manufacturing & 5S ImplementationWaste Elimination: Drive productivity improvement and waste-reduction initiatives utilizing Lean Manufacturing principles.Housekeeping Discipline: Maintain and enforce strict 5S housekeeping standards across all manufacturing and storage areas to ensure a highly organized, safe, and professional work environment.Team Synergy: Foster a collaborative, high-performance team culture committed to continuous improvement.4. Leadership & Workforce DevelopmentPersonnel Management: Supervise, train, and motivate a large production team (including Shift Supervisors, Technicians, and General Operators), defining clear KPIs and performance goals.Manpower Allocation: Plan and balance shifts effectively to manage labor costs and overtime, while facilitating seamless communication between shifts.Discipline & Compliance: Ensure all production personnel strictly adhere to company policies, operational procedures, and work instructions.5. Safety, Health & Environment (EHS)Zero-Harm Environment: Enforce total compliance with safety regulations, ensuring all team members are fully trained in safe machine operations and consistent use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).Incident Response: Lead immediate emergency responses during any machinery failures or plant incidents, upholding a proactive, safety-first factory culture.6. Inventory & Material DisciplineConsumption Control: Closely monitor the consumption of raw materials, color masterbatches, and regrind resins, implementing tight controls to minimize compounding and extrusion waste.Material Alignment: Partner with the Warehouse and Planning departments to track Work-in-Progress (WIP) and finished goods inventory, ensuring material availability matches scheduling needs.7. Strategic Reporting & AdministrationExecutive Visibility: Prepare and submit accurate daily, weekly, and monthly production reports to top management, providing clear updates on performance metrics, scrap rates, and efficiency initiatives.Audit Support: Represent the manufacturing department during internal, external, and customer-specific audits, presenting robust and orderly process documentation.

Company Overview

Company Overview

Our client is an established, highly regarded manufacturer specializing in precision-engineered polymer solutions and high-performance industrial components. Operating a modern, high-capacity manufacturing facility in Negeri Sembilan, they deliver customized, heavy-duty packaging and technical structural components to top-tier commercial partners across diverse B2B supply chains. To support their next phase of operational scaling, automation, and lean manufacturing, they are currently seeking a dynamic, hands-on Production Manager to oversee their plant operations.

Mission

Mission

The Production Manager holds full operational accountability for directing, managing, and optimizing all day-to-day manufacturing activities within the plant (including high-tonnage injection moulding, automated blow moulding, and secondary assembly sections). The primary objective is to execute the production schedule safely and cost-effectively, minimize material scrap/waste, optimize Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE), and champion a robust culture of safety, quality, and 5S cleanliness.

Key Responsibilities & Activities

Key Responsibilities & Activities

1. Production Management & Operational Control

1. Production Management & Operational Control

• Scheduling Execution: Plan, organize, and direct daily shop-floor operations to consistently hit volume targets, quality specifications, and on-time customer delivery timelines.

Scheduling Execution: Plan, organize, and direct daily shop-floor operations to consistently hit volume targets, quality specifications, and on-time customer delivery timelines.

Scheduling Execution:

• Resource Optimization: Maximize the productivity of machinery, raw materials, and manpower across multiple shifts to achieve tight manufacturing cost-competitiveness.

Resource Optimization: Maximize the productivity of machinery, raw materials, and manpower across multiple shifts to achieve tight manufacturing cost-competitiveness.

Resource Optimization:

• Downtime Mitigation: Actively monitor, analyze, and report on line performance, equipment downtime, and process deviations to sustain highly predictable production outputs.

Downtime Mitigation: Actively monitor, analyze, and report on line performance, equipment downtime, and process deviations to sustain highly predictable production outputs.

Downtime Mitigation:

2. Quality Governance, Scrap & Rejection Reduction

2. Quality Governance, Scrap & Rejection Reduction

• CAPA Leadership: Partner closely with QA/QC to investigate root causes of product rejects and process variations, leading structured problem-solving (e.g., 5-Why, Fishbone) to implement corrective and preventive actions.

CAPA Leadership: Partner closely with QA/QC to investigate root causes of product rejects and process variations, leading structured problem-solving (e.g., 5-Why, Fishbone) to implement corrective and preventive actions.

CAPA Leadership:

• Material Control: Implement systematic scrap-reduction programs on the floor, monitoring critical machine process parameters to ensure high first-pass yield.

Material Control: Implement systematic scrap-reduction programs on the floor, monitoring critical machine process parameters to ensure high first-pass yield.

Material Control:

• ISO Alignment: Support and maintain robust operational workflows in compliance with ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) standards.

ISO Alignment: Support and maintain robust operational workflows in compliance with ISO 9001:2015 Quality Management System (QMS) standards.

ISO Alignment:

3. Lean Manufacturing & 5S Implementation

3. Lean Manufacturing & 5S Implementation

• Waste Elimination: Drive productivity improvement and waste-reduction initiatives utilizing Lean Manufacturing principles.

Waste Elimination: Drive productivity improvement and waste-reduction initiatives utilizing Lean Manufacturing principles.

Waste Elimination:

• Housekeeping Discipline: Maintain and enforce strict 5S housekeeping standards across all manufacturing and storage areas to ensure a highly organized, safe, and professional work environment.

Housekeeping Discipline: Maintain and enforce strict 5S housekeeping standards across all manufacturing and storage areas to ensure a highly organized, safe, and professional work environment.

Housekeeping Discipline:

• Team Synergy: Foster a collaborative, high-performance team culture committed to continuous improvement.

Team Synergy: Foster a collaborative, high-performance team culture committed to continuous improvement.

Team Synergy:

4. Leadership & Workforce Development

4. Leadership & Workforce Development

• Personnel Management: Supervise, train, and motivate a large production team (including Shift Supervisors, Technicians, and General Operators), defining clear KPIs and performance goals.

Personnel Management: Supervise, train, and motivate a large production team (including Shift Supervisors, Technicians, and General Operators), defining clear KPIs and performance goals.

Personnel Management:

• Manpower Allocation: Plan and balance shifts effectively to manage labor costs and overtime, while facilitating seamless communication between shifts.

Manpower Allocation: Plan and balance shifts effectively to manage labor costs and overtime, while facilitating seamless communication between shifts.

Manpower Allocation:

• Discipline & Compliance: Ensure all production personnel strictly adhere to company policies, operational procedures, and work instructions.

Discipline & Compliance: Ensure all production personnel strictly adhere to company policies, operational procedures, and work instructions.

Discipline & Compliance:

5. Safety, Health & Environment (EHS)

5. Safety, Health & Environment (EHS)

• Zero-Harm Environment: Enforce total compliance with safety regulations, ensuring all team members are fully trained in safe machine operations and consistent use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Zero-Harm Environment: Enforce total compliance with safety regulations, ensuring all team members are fully trained in safe machine operations and consistent use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE).

Zero-Harm Environment:

• Incident Response: Lead immediate emergency responses during any machinery failures or plant incidents, upholding a proactive, safety-first factory culture.

Incident Response: Lead immediate emergency responses during any machinery failures or plant incidents, upholding a proactive, safety-first factory culture.

Incident Response:

6. Inventory & Material Discipline

6. Inventory & Material Discipline

• Consumption Control: Closely monitor the consumption of raw materials, color masterbatches, and regrind resins, implementing tight controls to minimize compounding and extrusion waste.

Consumption Control: Closely monitor the consumption of raw materials, color masterbatches, and regrind resins, implementing tight controls to minimize compounding and extrusion waste.

Consumption Control:

• Material Alignment: Partner with the Warehouse and Planning departments to track Work-in-Progress (WIP) and finished goods inventory, ensuring material availability matches scheduling needs.

Material Alignment: Partner with the Warehouse and Planning departments to track Work-in-Progress (WIP) and finished goods inventory, ensuring material availability matches scheduling needs.

Material Alignment:

7. Strategic Reporting & Administration

7. Strategic Reporting & Administration

• Executive Visibility: Prepare and submit accurate daily, weekly, and monthly production reports to top management, providing clear updates on performance metrics, scrap rates, and efficiency initiatives.

Executive Visibility: Prepare and submit accurate daily, weekly, and monthly production reports to top management, providing clear updates on performance metrics, scrap rates, and efficiency initiatives.

Executive Visibility:

• Audit Support: Represent the manufacturing department during internal, external, and customer-specific audits, presenting robust and orderly process documentation.

Audit Support: Represent the manufacturing department during internal, external, and customer-specific audits, presenting robust and orderly process documentation.

Audit Support: