Assistant Production Manager

Purpose of Position

Key Accountabilities
- Reports to the Production Director.
- Manage production activities by undertaking the following job roles and responsibilities - monitoring effectiveness of production processes, coordinating employees, handling quality, overseeing manufacturing team, ensuring products are manufactured on time, creative problem solving and troubleshooting, production plans and scheduling, data analysis, WIP, lead time and resources planning and management, procuring and monitoring use of production equipment product standards, and ensuring compliance to SOPs and regulatory standards such as ISO 13485 and 14001.
- Budget preparation: To prepare budget based on forecast from SCM team (Capex, Controllables, Major Revenue, Small Assets, etc)
- Assist the Production Director in the day-to-day manufacturing activities:

- Provide leadership and direction to all employees.
- To effectively communicate business goals and targets to his/her team and ensure that these goals and targets are effectively communicated throughout the entire team.
- Collaborate with all supporting departments, to ensure continuity of production.
- Liaise with area supervisors, identify headcount needs and staff each production area adequately. Organize employee schedule.
- Identify training needs, conduct training, coaching, and mentoring to keep production crew knowledgeable and motivated.
- Develop production crew to remove barriers between inter departments and create an environment where all employees participate, take ownership, take responsibility and work toward common workplace goals.
- Follow up production schedule to ensure the right products are manufactured accordingly at the specified dipping lines, the right quantity and quality.
- Trouble shoot quality issues by collaborating with area supervisor by identifying root causes and determine permanent solutions and reduce scrap.
- Optimize uptime by
- Continuously monitor production to understand real time status and use predictive alerts to avoid unplanned downtime.
- Leverage historical data analysis to identify patterns that have consistently led to excessive unplanned downtime, changeover time or wasted material.
- Notify teams when changeovers, maintenance or other downtime causes are taking longer than planned.
- Carry out DOM meeting to follow up performances and provide leadership.
- Attend meetings in the absences of the Production Director as assigned.
- Follow up and control bill of material accuracy, AS 400 transaction accuracy and timeliness, avoid/minimize wastages.
- Ensure that quality, sustainability, environment, health and safety procedures and policies are followed.
- To liaise with R&D and Engineering for problem solving requiring technical input.
- Improve output performances while reducing manufacturing cost, inventory levels and wastages.
- Support R&D in the introduction and implementation of new products, new material, processes etc., as a continuous improvement initiative.
- To perform data analysis on yield losses, scrap losses, rework, lot released failure, etc and come out with improvement plan.
- To ensure all functions are in accordance with the Medical Devices - Quality Management System (ISO 13485), FDA Quality System Regulation (21 CFR Part 820), MHLW Ministerial Ordinance No. 169, Environmental Management System (ISO 14001) and Occupational Health & Safety Management System (ISO 45001).
- To ensure documentations related, Medical Devices - Quality Management System (ISO 13485), FDA Quality System Regulation (21 CFR Part 820), MHLW Ministerial Ordinance No. 169, Environmental Management System (ISO14001) and Occupational Health & Safety Management System (ISO 45001) are maintained up to date.
- To ensure staff are continuously trained on the relevant requirements of Medical Devices - Quality Management System (ISO 13485), FDA Quality System Regulation (21 CFR Part 820), MHLW Ministerial Ordinance No. 169, Environmental Management System (ISO14001) and Occupational Health & Safety Management System (ISO 45001).
- Involves actively in management activities such as departmental projects, 5S, Suggestion Initiative Scheme (S.I.S) & Lean/TQM for continuous improvement.

Capabilities; Qualifications and Experience
- Minimum Bachelor’s degree.
- Proven skills in manufacturing environment at management middle management level, ideally within a continuous process industry, e.g. latex/polymer, food, or chemicals with experience of working in a controlled environment to GMP standards.
- Self-motivated.
- Analytical and strategic thinking skills.
- Knowledge of regulatory requirements & standards for medical devices, including Sustainability & EHS standards.
- Good leadership skills.
- Good problem-solving skills/analytical skills/entrepreneurship/innovative.
- Product/Material knowledge.
- Manufacturing excellence knowledge in Lean or 6-sigma with continuous Improvement mindset and practices.
- Good communication skills in English