Assistant Manager, Supply Chain & Inventory Excellence

Edmundoptics; Malaysia; On-site; MYR 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Edmund Optics is seeking a Supply Chain Assistant Manager to support daily operations like purchasing coordination, planning, inventory control, and shipment planning. The role emphasizes material availability for production, inventory accuracy, cost control, and adherence to LMW compliance and documentation standards.

You will collaborate with Production, Quality, Engineering, Customer Service, and Logistics to prevent delays, manage supplier performance, and ensure timely delivery to

Qualifications

• Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business Administration, Manufacturing Management, or related field.
• Minimum 5 years of working experience in supply chain, planning, purchasing, warehouse, logistics, or manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

• Support purchasing, planning, warehouse, inventory control, and shipment coordination.
• Work with Production, Quality, Engineering, Customer Service, and Logistics teams to ensure material availability and smooth production flow.
• Monitor supplier material shortage, delivery status, and production requirements to avoid shipment delays.
• Review and follow up purchase orders, supplier commitments, delivery schedules, & overdue materials.
• Coordinate with warehouse team to ensure proper receiving, storage, issuing, stock accuracy, and cycle count activities.
• Support inventory control activities, including slow-moving stock, excess materials, FG stock, WIP status, and stock reconciliation.
• Assist in shipment planning to meet customer delivery requirements and revenue targets.
• Prepare supply chain reports such as shortage list, inventory report, shipment plan, supplier delivery performance, and action tracking.
• Support improvement projects related to material flow, warehouse layout, inventory accuracy, lead time reduction, and process efficiency.
• Work with cross-functional teams to resolve supply chain issues, including material delay, wrong delivery, quality issue, customs/logistics delay, or urgent customer demand.
• Ensure supply chain activities follow company procedures, safety requirements, ISO standards, and internal control guidelines.
• Lead or support team members in daily problem solving, follow-up actions, and continuous improvement activities.
• Handle and support LMW related activities, including import/export documentation, customs declaration support, material movement control, and compliance with LMW requirements.
• Coordinate with Logistics, Warehouse, Purchasing, Finance, and external agents on LMW documentation, shipment clearance, and customs-related matters.
• Monitor LMW inventory movement, including raw material, WIP, finished goods, scrap, return goods, and bonded stock accuracy.
• Ensure all LMW records, permits, reports, and supporting documents are properly maintained for audit and customs inspection.
• Support monthly or periodic LMW reporting, reconciliation, and internal checking to ensure compliance with company and government requirements.
• Follow up with relevant departments to ensure LMW transactions are updated correctly in the ERP/system.

Skills

ERP systems navigation

Communication with suppliers

Problem solving

Leadership

Documentation accuracy

Cross-functional collaboration

Data analysis with Excel

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain or related field

Tools

SAP

Oracle

Job description

Edmund Optics is seeking a Supply Chain Assistant Manager to support daily operations like purchasing coordination, planning, inventory control, and shipment planning. The role emphasizes material availability for production, inventory accuracy, cost control, and adherence to LMW compliance and documentation standards.

You will collaborate with Production, Quality, Engineering, Customer Service, and Logistics to prevent delays, manage supplier performance, and ensure timely delivery to