Manager, Planning

Jobstreet Malaysia; Perak; On-site; MYR 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Sitiawan, Perak is seeking a Production Manager to oversee the master planning of production activities. The ideal candidate will have at least 7 years of experience in the food or manufacturing industry and proven managerial skills. Responsibilities include managing production scheduling, ensuring on-time delivery, and optimizing resource utilization. This position also requires continuous improvement of production processes and stakeholder engagement for quality management.

Qualifications

• Minimum 7 years of experience in the food or manufacturing industry.
• At least 3 years in a managerial role.
• Relevant degree or diploma in related fields.

Responsibilities

• Manage production scheduling and workforce utilization for cost efficiency.
• Monitor market demands and direct plant production.
• Optimize equipment effectiveness and plan maintenance.
• Ensure quality and efficiency in production and logistics.

Skills

Production planning

Inventory management

Stakeholder engagement

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in relevant field

Diploma in Industrial Engineering

Job description

Overview

Strategize and direct the overall master planning of production activities to meet delivery dates according to sales forecast and/or customers’ orders while meeting standards of safety and quality.

Ensure production results and on-time delivery according to sales forecasts or customer orders and appropriate inventory levels. Identify challenges and perform root cause analysis for variation and recommend for solutions accordingly.

Responsibilities

• Manage the entire production scheduling at the plant encompassing optimal workforce utilisation taking into consideration cost benefit of overtime cost against the production targets that has been set.
• Monitor the business market demands and orchestrate the plant production while taking into consideration the upstream supply from the broiler farm which includes (but not limited to) managing bell curve utilized to ascertain the bird size, scratches, Coefficient of Variance (CV), harvesting and logistics, which all will have impact on the quality of the poultry products.
• Drive towards optimal levels of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) in the plant to ensure equipment is availability for production and timely completion of preventive maintenance, through close coordination with Engineers from P1 to P8 on the autonomous machineries.
• Work closely with relevant stakeholders on Inventory management, warehousing and logistics to ensure production quality, efficiency in meeting customers’ demands.
• Develop good liaison with FP&A team for cost-effective evaluations, Marketing for effective stock sales and movement (broaden marketing base to minimize stock going into the cold room), and HR on Learning and Growth.
• Work closely with upstream broiler suppliers (Stakeholder Engagement) to reduce the quality defects of birds coming into the plant; uniformity, (wing and drumstick bruises, yellow and red scratches, ammonia burns on the hock joint and foot pads).
• Analyse production specifications and plant capacity data and perform mathematical calculations to determine manufacturing processes, tools, and etc.
• Continuously review, monitor & analyse customer requirement, supplier performance, planning and actual production in order to achieve customer’s satisfaction.
• Optimize production planning and control with up-to-date information on demand variation affecting raw material requirements, and ultimately affecting production planning and overall operation.
• Monitor production results and ensure on-time delivery according to sales forecasts or customer orders and appropriate inventory levels.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree, Diploma in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Food Technology, Food Processing Engineering, Business Administration or equivalent.
• Minimum 7 years of working experience in the relevant field preferably in food/manufacturing industry, with at least 3 years experience in Managerial role.
• This position is based at Sitiawan, Perak.