Production Manager - Coatings & Process Excellence

Allnex GMBH; Malacca City; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

allnex invites you to join the Production team in Melaka as a Production Manager. You will lead safe, efficient, high-quality manufacturing operations while driving continuous improvement across the site, overseeing performance, people leadership, cost management, and process optimisation to meet business objectives.

This role requires 8-10 years in manufacturing with 3-5 years in leadership, preferably in chemical/resin coatings.

Qualifications

• Minimum 8-10 years of manufacturing experience with at least 3-5 years in a people leadership or management role.
• Experience in chemical, resin, coatings, polymers, or batch manufacturing environments is highly preferred.
• Proven track record in leading safety, quality, operational excellence, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Strong people leadership skills with the ability to build trust, foster open communication, and engage effectively with frontline teams.
• Demonstrated experience in coaching and developing supervisors, team leaders, and manufacturing personnel.
• Proactive, collaborative, and results-oriented mindset with strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work effectively across functions and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organisation.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced manufacturing environment and available to provide support outside normal working hours when required.

Responsibilities

• Lead a strong safety culture and drive zero-incident performance, including process safety, MOC, contractor safety, and housekeeping standards.
• Manage daily production operations to ensure output, quality, and efficiency targets are achieved.
• Partner with Technical teams to optimise processes, resolve production issues, and maintain consistent product quality.
• Drive First Time Right (FTR) performance, reduce quality incidents, and lead investigations into customer complaints, out-of-specification batches, and process deviations.
• Implement continuous improvement, productivity enhancement, and cost-saving initiatives.
• Monitor and control operational costs, including labour, utilities, raw material losses, and inventory.
• Support capital investment projects, site expansion initiatives, new product introductions, and technology transfers.
• Ensure compliance with SOPs, SHE requirements, and company policies.
• Oversee manpower planning, scheduling, leave approvals, and overtime management to meet production requirements efficiently.
• Collaborate closely with Commercial, Supply Chain, Technical, Engineering, Maintenance, and SHE teams to achieve business objectives.
• Maintain optimal plant performance through proactive monitoring of production processes, equipment conditions, and safety requirements.
• Build and develop a high-performing production team through coaching, succession planning, leadership development, and employee engagement initiatives.
• Leverage SAP, Power BI, manufacturing data, and production KPIs to drive operational excellence and informed decision-making.
• Monitor, analyse, and report operational performance metrics to support continuous improvement.

Skills

People Leadership

Safety Management

Operational Excellence

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Analytical Thinking

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Chemical Engineering / Chemistry / Industrial Engineering

Tools

SAP

Power BI

Job description

allnex invites you to join the Production team in Melaka as a Production Manager. You will lead safe, efficient, high-quality manufacturing operations while driving continuous improvement across the site, overseeing performance, people leadership, cost management, and process optimisation to meet business objectives.

This role requires 8-10 years in manufacturing with 3-5 years in leadership, preferably in chemical/resin coatings.