Plant Director

• Growing and Expanding organisation|Challenges that comes with rewarding benefit
  
  
  

About Our Client

This company is one of the largest PCBA tooling manufacturers, provide high-quality engineering solutions, including product design, process development, and quality assurance across various industries. This company is currently undergoing a factory expansion, and is looking for a Plant Director to oversee the day to day operations in the current plant.

Job Description

Lean Manufacturing

• Focus on Efficiency: Implement and maintain lean manufacturing practices throughout the production areas.
• Demand-Driven Production: Ensure production aligns with customer demand, using methods like Takt time, cell structure, Kanban, SMED, TPM.
  
  
  

Mentorship and Training

• Skill Development: Guide and support the training of CNC machinists, programmers, CAD designers, assemblers, and planners.
• Resource Allocation: Ensure necessary resources are available for training and development.
  
  
  

Recruitment

• Talent Acquisition: Identify, evaluate, and select qualified manufacturing employees for various roles.
  
  
  

Production Management

• Order Prioritization: Schedule and coordinate customer orders based on priorities.
• Team Leadership: Manage staff through performance management, goal setting, coaching, and evaluation.
• Issue Resolution: Address daily challenges and monitor performance related to staffing, scheduling, quality, tooling, maintenance, etc.
• Policy Enforcement: Ensure adherence to attendance, overtime, company policies, and procedures.
  
  
  

Quality Assurance

• Product Inspection: Monitor work in progress and inspect final products for quality.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work effectively with other departments to ensure overall quality.
  
  
  

Inventory Management

• Cost Optimization: Monitor inventory levels to maintain cost-effectiveness and ensure adequate supply.
  
  
  

Staffing and Resource Allocation

• Staffing Authorization: Approve and allocate staffing for production.
• Team Support: Provide guidance and assistance to production leads in managing their areas, scheduling, and achieving team goals.
  
  
  

Leadership and Culture

• Fill-in Role: Act as a backup for production leads when needed.
• Culture Building: Foster a departmental culture that emphasizes safety, quality, delivery, cost, and growth.
• Direct Supervision: Oversee production, engineering, quality, warehouse/shipping, planning, and purchasing for the plant.
  
  
  

The Successful Applicant

• Experience working in the contract manufacturing industry
• Process development / Engineering experience preferred
• Experience in implementing Lean Manufacturing Processes / Toyota Production System Methodologies (5s, Gemba walks, Six Sigma, reduction of waste (Muda, Muri, Mura), Kanban, SMED)
• Supervisor/Management Experience in a manufacturing environment is preferred but not required
• Experienced with metal (stainless steel, titanium, aluminum) and plastics machining preferred
• Knowledgeable of CNC machine tools is preferred by not required; CNC Horizontal and Vertical Mills, 5-Axis, Lathes, and EDM.
• Education: Bachelor's degree in Manufacturing/Industrial Engineering (preferred). Equivalent work experience will be considered.
• Five or more years of progressively complex technical experience involving the latest state-of-the-art applications and techniques in production and project management experience. Three or more years of supervisory experience (Preferred).
  
  
  

What's on Offer

RM 240000

Contact: Joanna Darmarajah

Quote job ref: JN-092024-6525347