Lead Production Supervisor III — Drive Ops Excellence

Boston Scientific; Penang; On-site; MYR 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Boston Scientific in Penang, Malaysia is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor to lead daily operations on the shift and drive productivity across core metrics. You will plan hiring, training, capacity modelling, and manage space utilization in collaboration with Engineering, QA, and Logistics.

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and 5–7 years in manufacturing, with strong leadership, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills to sustain GMP compliance and

Qualifications

• Candidate must possess at least Bachelor's degree.
• Minimum 5–7 years of relevant working experience in a manufacturing or production environment.
• Responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, and monitoring the daily activities of production operators to ensure efficient operations.
• Ensure all manufacturing activities are carried out in compliance with established process specifications, quality standards, and safety requirements.
• Provide leadership, guidance, coaching, and performance oversight to operators to drive productivity and continuous improvement.
• Support production scheduling, capacity planning, and resource allocation to meet business objectives.
• Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams to resolve operational issues and implement improvement initiatives.
• Drive problem-solving activities and support operational excellence within the PSPI area.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of all key performance metrics on a particular shift/project, with a particular focus on Core 5 and 9 panel metrics.
• Planning - including developing /maintaining a viable plan incorporating hiring, training, capacity-modelling, efficiency/yield assumptions, ramp-rate, learning-curve etc.
• Liaising with warehousing, quality assurance, bulk-packaging and sterilization areas to ensure prompt shipment of product.
• Maintaining GMP / Housekeeping at a high level within the department through the involvement of all team members.
• Cross-functional management of QA, materials, IS and HR support for the team.
• Interacting and liaising with the other manufacturing teams and Logistics to prioritize backorders.
• Managing process and material flows, space management, and working with the Engineering group to maximize utilization of space designated for specific operations area.
• Administration duties which include Time and Attendance system, Holiday planning, Build Plan review Back Order review, Travel planning etc.
• Works with EHS to identify significant environmental impacts of BSIL operations and to establish goals and targets around significant environmental impacts.

Skills

Supervisory skills

People management

Cross-functional

Capacity planning

Problem-solving

Operations management

MS Office

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office

ERP systems

Job description

Boston Scientific in Penang, Malaysia is seeking a Manufacturing Supervisor to lead daily operations on the shift and drive productivity across core metrics. You will plan hiring, training, capacity modelling, and manage space utilization in collaboration with Engineering, QA, and Logistics.

The successful candidate will have a Bachelor's degree and 5–7 years in manufacturing, with strong leadership, problem-solving, and cross-functional collaboration skills to sustain GMP compliance and