Production Manager (Contract 1 year)

Sri Nona Food Manufacturing Sdn. Bhd.; Rawang; On-site; MYR 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career advancement

Continuous learning opportunities

Job summary

Sri Nona Food Manufacturing Sdn Bhd is seeking a skilled manager to lead safety, quality and production operations at our Malaysian facility. You will champion SH&E policies, drive investigations, and ensure compliance with HACCP, GMP, HALAL, ISO 9001 and FSSC 22000 while coordinating with cross-functional teams to maintain production efficiency.

The role requires a degree in Food Science/Technology or Engineering and 5–7 years in manufacturing, with strong SAP proficiency and leadership

Qualifications

• Degree in Food Science/Food Technology/Engineering.
• Strong leadership, analytical and communication skills.
• Experience with ISO 9001, HACCP, FSSC 22000, GMP and SAP.
• Proficient in SAP production modules.

Responsibilities

• Lead safety, health and environment programs and investigations.
• Oversee quality monitoring to ensure HACCP and ISO compliance.
• Manage daily production operations, planning and inventory.
• Drive cost management and production efficiency improvements.
• Coach and mentor department staff and ensure regulatory compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Analytical thinking

Communication

Problem solving

Education

Degree in Food Science/Food Technology/Engineering

Tools

SAP

Job description

Sri Nona Food Manufacturing Sdn Bhd (formerly known as Cocoaland)’s journey has been one of reinvention – from our humble beginnings as a family-owned, local snacks and fruit gummy producer to now a major confectionary manufacturer that is listed on Bursa. Today, Sri Nona Food Manufacturing Sdn Bhd is a wholly owned subsidiary of Fraser & Neave Holdings Bhd (F&NHB), after a full acquisition on 4 November 2022.

What will you do?

Management ambassador for all management safety, health and environment policies, direction and values.

Lead investigation for any accident/incident/near miss to identify the root cause and propose corrective/preventive actions.

Ensure safe workplace environment for employees at all the time.

Quality Management

Lead and coach team on the Quality Monitoring Scheme to ensure manufacturing process meeting the expectation on the food safety & quality aspects of control.

Ensuring team’s compliance with food safety regulations and requirements in HACCP, GMP, HALAL, ISO 9001 and FSSC 22000 by performing regular inspections, verifications, audits and maintaining precise documentation.

Audit the team’s routine check, monitor and verification on the production recording to ensure accurate and timely reporting.

Be the production lead actively in the audit process to ensure audit process run smoothly.

Ensure that production meet quality standards, implement quality control measures, and address any issues.

Supply Management

Manage and coach the team on daily production operation ; production planning, inventory control to ensure production meeting the expected timeline.

Analyse and work out the corrective or preventive action on any deviation in the daily production output, attainment and downtime in the relevant documents and files inclusive of routine meeting information board ; Daily Operation Review (DOR).

Coach team on the coordination with the support team for the production planning to include maintenance program, stock count, planned downtime or annual shutdown.

Audit the production reporting to ensure accurate & timely production order reporting (Goods Issue & Goods Receipt) in Production Orders (SAP).

Lead the team in identifying and resolving production issues, such as material shortages, equipment malfunctions and any manufacturing related problems.

Cost Management

Ensure team update the daily production material and labour usage in the designation form/template/system.

Analyse and verify the routine check, monitor, verification and justification on the variances in Production Orders (SAP).

Analyse and verify the routine check and monitor for the production consumables purchase and usage.

Ensure team performing routine monitoring for inventory management i.e. stock count, consumption, write-off, reconciliation, material transfer.

People Management

Maintains industrial harmony and ensures compliance to all labour laws related.

Audit and verify the routine approval on the peoples’ leave and overtime to ensure accurate and timely reporting.

Lead the team people related issue i.e. disciplinary issue, training, career progression, talent development and coaching.

Coach the team within department staff, providing on-the-job training and fostering a culture of continuous improvement.

General Management

Ensure team attend and contribute to relevant meeting related to the individual production line.

Ensure confidentiality on the critical information related to production recipe/process (BOM,FML,BMR) by not sharing the information through any communication tools

Lead, anticipate and analyse potential problems by taking proactive action to resolve problems and escalation before its’ result in incompliance/loss time injury/process deviation/food safety issue/quality issue/equipment failure/short supply/losses/complaint/damage company reputation.

Lead and coach the team in develop, maintain and improve the production processes to ensure safety, quality, efficiency and cost meeting the requirements.

Prepare the necessary information for performance report and analyse the production information or data to identify the issue or area for improvements.

Working with cross-functional teams (Safety, Quality Assurance, Supply Chain, Maintenance, Engineering, Store, Project) to streamline operations and resolve issues promptly professionally as a MBU leader.

Encourages team in participates in the implementation of any continuous improvement/project/new product development/trial/audit related to individual production line.

Report to superior for any abnormality or non-compliance action/activity.

Perform any task that assign by the management.

About you?

Functional Skills and Capabilities required

Experience & knowledge in ISO 9001, HACCP, FSSC 22000, GMP & SAP.

Computer literature and well verse with Microsoft Ofiice.

Strong leadership skill, analytical and communication skill with management and supervisory experience.

Familiar and experience in using problem solving tools.

Requirement

Degree in Food Science/Food Technology/Engineering and/or minimum of 5-7 Years’ experience in manufacturing environment.

What we offer ?

• We believe in investing in our people. Our benefits include continuous learning opportunities, career advancement pathways, and a supportive work culture that encourages innovation, teamwork, and professional growth.

Sri Nona, in the F&NHB group, is a leading Malaysian household brand in the food industry with a history spanning more than 40 years in delivering quality taste from Asia to the World. Ketupat, sauces and cooking ingredients, ginger-based beverages and desserts are Sri Nona’s winning products that has been tantalizing taste buds all over the world, not just Malaysians.

In conjunction with its continuous growth globally, Sri Nona is looking for caliber individuals to start a rewarding career to jointly realize the vision of the company.

Sri Nona, in the F&NHB group, is a leading Malaysian household brand in the food industry with a history spanning more than 40 years in delivering quality taste from Asia to the World. Ketupat, sauces and cooking ingredients, ginger-based beverages and desserts are Sri Nona’s winning products that has been tantalizing taste buds all over the world, not just Malaysians.

In conjunction with its continuous growth globally, Sri Nona is looking for caliber individuals to start a rewarding career to jointly realize the vision of the company.