Production Planning - Control Senior Manager

Executive Compass; Kulim; On-site; MYR 240,000 - 360,000; Full time

Job summary

Executive Compass is seeking a Production Planning - Control Senior Manager in Malaysia to drive SAP-based planning and shopfloor scheduling. The role involves coordinating with SCM and Production to meet output targets, optimise WIP distribution, and support investment decisions.

You will lead capacity planning, ensure staff readiness, and push for continuous improvements in lead time and SAP-related processes while achieving departmental goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required; MBA preferred.
• Minimum 15 years of experience in planning within manufacturing.
• Experience in related industry preferred.
• Minimum 3 years in a managerial role.

Responsibilities

• Develop and implement SAP-based production planning and control functions.
• Establish and optimize shopfloor dispatching and scheduling systems.
• Coordinate with SCM, Production and related departments for loading and output management.
• Lead capacity and material planning, foresee constraints, and support investment decisions.
• Manage WIP distribution and optimize capacity utilization across stations.
• Lead or participate in continuous improvement projects for lead time and SAP-related processes.
• Ensure staff readiness and policy adherence while achieving departmental goals.

Skills

Strategic planning

Cross-functional leadership

Supply chain coordination

People management

Education

Bachelor Degree

MBA

Tools

SAP

Job description

Production Planning - Control Senior Manager

• Develop and set up SAP system for production planning and controlling functions.
• Develop and set up shopfloor dispatching and scheduling system.
• Communicate and coordinate with SCM, Production and other related departments for loading/shipment/output management.
• Establish production planning and controlling in the plant in order to fulfil CSR targets for both sample and mass production orders as defined.
• Optimize WIP distribution of production orders to each production processes.
• Provide the production planning to all production departments in order to achieve the output targets at each station as defined.
• Make short & long term capacity & material planning, foresee potential constraints & provide basis for new investment decision making.
• Maintain the capacity data up to date for forecast planning.
• Optimize capacity utilization in each station and set output target of each station and evaluate their performance.
• Set production priority and evaluate the priority follow up status.
• Maximize the order loading by utilizing the bottle neck processes in the most optimized way.
• Seek for alternatives actively with production department involvement on the bottle neck processes in order to maximize the output/loading.
• Anticipate on, and recognize and take action for events/situations that could adversely affect production efficiencies.
• Lead the annual WIP physical inventory with related departments.
• Lead or actively participate into the projects for continuous improvement of lead time, capacity and SAP related.
• Demonstrate positive two-way communications, fair and consistent administration of company policy and procedure, responsiveness to employee concerns and problems.
• Achieve the staff qualification rate as defined.
• Ensure no impact on the production ramp-up due to PPC system and staff readiness.
• Achieve the departmental goals as set with the superior.
• Lead or actively participate in to continuous improvement of shopfloor dispatching and scheduling system

Job Requirement

• Bachelor Degree, MBA is preferred
• Minimum 15 years of experience in/as
• Planning experience in manufacturing industry preferred.
• Experience in related industry preferred.
• Minimum 3 year in a Managerial role