Manager, Production (Hybrids Cleanroom)

Advanced Energy; Seberang Perai; Hybrid; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

Disability & life insurance

Health screening

Paid time off

Maternity/Paternity leave

Scholarship program

Employee referrals

Career development

Job summary

Advanced Energy in Penang Science Park, Simpang Ampat, seeks a Manager of Production for Hybrids Cleanroom to lead planning, scheduling, and continuous improvement. You will coach teams, drive efficiency, and collaborate across Engineering, Quality, Planning, and Purchasing to meet delivery and quality targets.

The role emphasizes developing and delivering new products, improving processes, and maintaining high standards of safety and performance.

Qualifications

• Collaborate and involve others in decision-making and problem solving.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Good command of English, both written and verbal.
• Lean Manufacturing understanding.
• Experience with SAP ERP.
• Supervisory experience in Operations/Manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Develops, communicates, and executes strategic operational plans and budgets.
• Lead production team to meet goals on quality, delivery, and cost.
• Coach and mentor supervisors and line leaders.
• Work cross-functionally with Engineering, Quality, Planning, Materials, Purchasing.
• Drive Kaizen and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure safety, 5S, and environmental compliance.
• Maintain confidentiality of production information.

Skills

Collaboration & problem solving

Leadership

Communication (written & verbal)

English proficiency

Negotiation & prioritization

Lean manufacturing

Motivation & team building

Decision making & confidentiality

Disciplinary issue handling

Effective idea presentation

AE appraisal process knowledge

Education

Bachelor’s in Electrical/Mechanical Eng

Master’s degree (preferred)

Tools

SAP ERP

Job description

Manager, Production (Hybrids Cleanroom)

POSITION SUMMARY:

Basic functions including planning, scheduling, resource allocation, problem-solving, interviewing, staffing, and employee relations. Acts as a coach and facilitator to lead team members to achieve operational goals and objectives. Builds a shared responsibility work team through development of individual & team skills and competencies. Gets involved with special projects and with the development and delivery of new products and assemblies. Drives activities to improve production efficiency and quality.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

1. Develops, communicates, and executes strategic operational plans aligned with organizational and business unit objectives. Accountable for expense and capital budget management, workforce and resource planning, labor productivity, operational efficiency, goal deployment, and prioritization of resources to achieve production, quality, delivery, and cost targets.
2. Responsible for exercising significant discretion and independent judgment in making operational, financial, and strategic decisions that impact the organization’s direction and performance.
3. Establishes departmental yearly/monthly objectives and take initiative to lead production team to achieve the goals and objectives.
4. Creates an environment that stimulates new ideas, provides effective work direction and motivation, sets challenging work goals through personal growth, respect, trust, and empowerment of the individual.
5. Provides coaching, mentoring, employee development, and team-building to employees. Trains production supervisors, trainers and line leaders to improve their management skills.
6. Works cross-functionally with Engineering, Quality, Production Planning, Materials, Purchasing, and other key interfaces to review, analyze, and optimize new and existing product and processes.
7. Teams up with team members to improve products quality and On-Time-Delivery to meet customers’ requirements.
8. Improves production efficiency and reduce lead time from order placement to finish goods delivery.
9. Develops and implements structures that promote work team ownership of continuous improvement and corrective action processes.
10. Facilitates continuous improvement actions in production and engineering related areas.
11. Lead the team to drive Kaizen / QCC event.
12. Maintain confidentiality of all information related to the production processes and components, business and other technology including materials.
13. Ensure activities meet with and integrate with organizational requirements for quality management, health and safety, code of conduct, legal stipulations, environmental, 5S policies, and general duty of care
14. Other duties as assigned.

WORK ENVIRONMENT:

• Location: Penang Science Park, Simpang Ampat.
• Works in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Also works in a standard office environment and uses general office equipment (telephone, PC, copier, fax machine, etc.).

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to collaborate and involve others in decision-making and problem solving.
• Strong leadership.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Good command of English, both written and verbal.
• Ability to negotiate effectively and to set priorities.
• Well understanding of Lean Manufacturing.
• Good at motivation and team building.
• Ability to apply specific, work-related information and observations, to promote, and to facilitate improvements to employees’ job performance.
• Ability and initiative to identify, address, and resolve employee disciplinary issues.
• Ability to present ideas in a clear and persuasive manner. Good command of presentation skills.
• Strong working knowledge of the AE performance appraisal process, as well as familiarity with applicable rules and/or regulations governing the relationship between employee and employer.

EXPERIENCE:

Essential:

• Prefer 8+ years of experience in Electrical/Electronics Manufacturing and Operations Management.
• Understanding of Lean Manufacturing.
• PC hardware and systems literacy.
• Experience with a high mix/mixed volume part and product manufacturing environment preferred.
• Previous supervisory experience in an Operations/Manufacturing/Repair environment required.

Desirable:

• Experience in successfully managing cross-functional teams.
• Experience in SMT related assembly.
• Reflow process
• Soldering process
• Wirebonding process
• Washing/potting process
• Knowledge of Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) is an added advantage.
• Familiar with SAP ERP.
• Prefer self-directed work teams experience.
• Knowledge of 6 Sigma management.

EDUCATION:

Essential :

Bachelor Degree in Electrical/ Mechanical Engineering or equivalent combination of technical education and experience.

Desirable:

• Master’s degree is preferred.

WHY JOIN US!!

As part of our total rewards philosophy, we believe in offering and maintaining competitive compensation and benefits programs for our employees to attract and retain a talented, highly engaged workforce.

Our compensation programs are focused on equitable, fair pay practices including market-based base pay, an annual pay-for-performance incentive plan, and etc.

In addition to our competitive compensation practices, we offer a strong benefits package in each of the countries in which we operate. In Malaysia., we offer a rich benefits package that includes:

• Medical - health care plan, dental, and vision.
• Short and long-term disability and life insurance.
• Executive Employee Health Screening package.
• Generous paid time off starting at 15 days and 19 public holidays.
• 98 days of paid maternity leave for Moms and 7 consecutive days of paid paternity leave for Dads.
• AE Child-Of-Employee Scholarship Program.
• Employee Referral Program.
• Career Growth and Learning Opportunity.