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Job Summary

Job summary:

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Associate Production Supervisor located in Perai, Penang.

What a typical day looks like:

• Responsible for the production of several processes/lines in a highly technical environment.

• Leads a team comprising of individual professionals (e.g. engineers/officers) to meet quality, cost, delivery and responsiveness requirements.

• Reviews daily/regularly plant operating performance, evaluate areas that may be impacting performance, and advise on changes in operating conditions that will improve efficiencies/quality.

• Troubleshoots/analyses operational problems and advises on their resolution. Holds regular discussions with operators to coach performance and improve operational understanding/capability.

• Listen to and evaluate ideas for plant improvements and work with qualified engineers to develop project proposals to encourage improvements and changes.

• Provides technical/operational advice to project teams.

• May act as principal interface between the operation team and the maintenance function.

• May train and coach junior operators and junior team leaders

• Prioritizes production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency, and materials supply in order to meet customer requirements.

• Initiates and participates in process development and cost improvement projects.

• Assists in department budget planning and manage department expenses.

• Maintains safe and clean work environment by educating and directing personnel on the use of all control points, equipment, and resources; maintaining compliance with established policies and procedures.

• Ensures compliance of standards.

• Ensure that all manufacturing area personnel are trained and certified in their specific functions, and that no task is performed by untrained.

• Ensure that all manufacturing personnel adhere to all safety guidelines.

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience related to production and manufacturing as well as 6 years of operations experience. 

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