Production Lead

EPS Malaysia; Kedah; On-site; MYR 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturing company in Malaysia is seeking a production supervisor to ensure workplace safety and support the production manager. This role requires problem-solving skills, effective KPI management, collaboration with HR, and consistent adherence to quality standards. The ideal candidate will oversee operations, manage resources, and promote good work practices to meet production targets efficiently.

Responsibilities

• Ensure workplace safety compliance to protect employees and stakeholders.
• Support the production manager in planning and decision-making.
• Resolve operational issues such as machine breakdowns and manpower shortages.
• Align departmental actions with production manager's master plan.
• Achieve KPIs in safety, output volume, quality, and efficiency.
• Ensure product quality meets customer standards.
• Collaborate with HR for recruitment and employee development.
• Promote good housekeeping and work practices.
• Organize resources for daily production operations.
• Provide clear direction to direct reports for efficient workflows.
• Manage workplace discipline and identify training needs.
• Monitor production orders and schedule activities effectively.
• Coordinate shift transitions with supervisors.

Job description

• Ensuring workplace safety is being complied at all time to ensure employees and stakeholders are free from any safety risk.
• Be the first-hand support for production manager’s goals, visions and organization’s planning and act on behalf of the manager in decision making, handling ad-hoc issues, attend management meeting within the given roles when production manager is not present.
• Responsible for first level problem solving, finding immediate solutions or escalate promptly the operational and workplace issues such as machine breakdowns, manpower shortage, delay and workplace harmony.
• Consistently aligns with production manager in terms of departmental master plan direction and actions required.
• Accountable to KPI results. Consistently works in the most effective manner with the team to meet targeted KPIs in safety, output volume, quality, efficiency and speed to meet the company’s objective in the best possible ways.
• Adheres to all quality system requirements as well as ensuring that production processes consistently deliver products of maximum quality in accordance with customers' expectation, requirements and standards.
• Close collaboration with HR business partner in human resources related matters including selecting candidates and hiring the right talent, disciplinary management and developing employees under respective supervision.
• Maintains and controls of workplace healthy and good housekeeping by promoting, encouraging and enforcing good work practices in accordance with established policies and procedures.
• Plans and organizes of resources such as manpower, direct and indirect material, machines (and spare parts) as well as preventive maintenance for smooth daily operations of the respective production lines/units in a cost-effective manner.
• Provides clear work direction and expectation to direct reports including but not limited to line leaders to ensure efficient and effective workflows including but not limited to only ensuring smooth shift transition.
• Manages the respective group of employees, i.e.: line leaders & operators in workplace discipline, welfare, work performance and identifying the right on-the-job training.
• Monitor and closely follow-up on daily production orders by efficiently planning and scheduling production activities in accordance with priority.
• Coordinates with supervisors to ensure smooth transition from shift to shift.