Regional Industrial Engineering & Supply Strategy Manager

Michael Page; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 350,000 - 550,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Regional scope

Senior exposure

Career development

Job summary

Michael Page partners with a leading global FMCG organisation to appoint a Regional Manufacturing Strategy Lead, overseeing manufacturing footprints across Asia. The role translates growth plans into regional manufacturing and supply strategy, assesses capacity across multiple sites and drives productivity improvements.

The successful applicant will have a degree in Industrial/Manufacturing Engineering or Supply Chain, strong experience in manufacturing excellence, and proven stakeholder

Qualifications

• Degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain or a related discipline.
• Strong experience in manufacturing, industrial engineering or operations excellence.
• Good understanding of plant KPIs and productivity drivers.
• Exposure to CapEx planning or network optimisation is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Partner with leadership to map growth plans into manufacturing strategy.
• Assess capacity and bottlenecks across sites.
• Support network design and footprint optimisation across Asia.
• Identify opportunities to boost productivity and efficiency.
• Collaborate with Engineering on debottlenecking and automation.
• Support make-vs-buy, sourcing decisions.
• Develop capital investment plans short/medium/long term.
• Drive actions to improve COGS, productivity and margins.
• Benchmark performance and identify improvements.
• Serve as strategic partner across Supply, Business, Eng, Finance, Plant.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

Analytical thinking

Strategic thinking

Stakeholder management

Education

Degree in Industrial Engineering

Degree in Manufacturing Engineering

Degree in Supply Chain

Related discipline

Job description

About Our Client

Our client is a leading global FMCG organization with a strong manufacturing footprint across the world and a diverse portfolio of well-established consumer food and beverage products.

• Shape regional manufacturing strategy
• Step into high-impact strategic role

About Our Client

Our client is a leading global FMCG organization with a strong manufacturing footprint across the world and a diverse portfolio of well-established consumer food and beverage products.

The organization is continuing to invest int its manufacturing and supply network to support growth, improve competitiveness and build a more agile and efficient operation model.

Job Description

• Partner with Business and Supply leadership to translate long-term growth and innovation plans into manufacturing and supply strategy.
• Assess capacity, capabilities and bottlenecks across multiple manufacturing sites.
• Support Supply Network Design and manufacturing footprint optimisation across Asia.
• Identify opportunities to improve plant productivity, line efficiency and operational performance.
• Partner with Engineering and Operations teams on debottlenecking, automation and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Support make-versus-buy, sourcing and external manufacturing decisions.
• Develop and prioritise short-, medium- and long-term capital investment requirements.
• Drive initiatives to improve COGS, conversion costs, productivity and margin performance.
• Benchmark operational performance and identify opportunities for improvement.
• Act as a strategic partner across Supply, Business, Engineering, Finance and Plant leadership teams.

The Successful Applicant

• Degree in Industrial Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations or a related discipline.
• Strong experience in manufacturing, industrial engineering, manufacturing excellence or operations excellence.
• Well versed with the FMCG industry
• Demonstrated understanding of plant KPIs, capacity, bottlenecks, productivity and operational losses.
• Exposure to Supply Network Design, manufacturing strategy, capacity planning or network optimisation.
• Experience working across multiple manufacturing sites, locations or product categories.
• Exposure to CapEx planning, make-versus-buy, sourcing, COGS or cost improvement will be highly advantageous.
• Strong analytical, commercial and strategic thinking capabilities.
• Excellent stakeholder management and influencing skills, with the ability to work across Business, Supply and Manufacturing.
• Regional / Asia Pacific experience is preferred.

What's on Offer

• Regional scope and strategic influence
• Direct exposure to senior business, supply and manufacturing leadership
• Broad career development

Quote job ref: JN-092026-7109157