Vice President Manufacturing - Malaysia

NS BlueScope; Kapar; On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

NS BlueScope is seeking a Vice President of Manufacturing to lead its operations in Malaysia. This role requires a dynamic leader with proven experience in safety management, operational excellence, and transformational leadership. The VP will drive innovation and cultivate high-performing teams to meet business objectives across multiple sites, ensuring manufacturing excellence and sustainable growth.

Benefits

Professional development opportunities

Inclusive leadership culture

Positive and passionate team environment

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in safety leadership and operational success.
• Preference for candidates with experience in a multi-national manufacturing environment.
• Ability to manage multiple sites with different processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead transformation initiatives and drive operational efficiency across sites.
• Develop leadership capability and foster a high-performance culture.
• Support strategic commercial and operational objectives.

Skills

Safety leadership practices

Operational excellence

Lean manufacturing

Data-driven decision making

Continuous improvement

Change management

Education

Degree Qualification in Engineering or Science

Job description

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Vice President Manufacturing - Malaysia

Apply locations Kapar, Malaysia time type Full time posted on Posted 30+ Days Ago job requisition id R-2510084 BlueScope is a global success story with 15,000 people across 16 countries. Within NS BlueScope, our team of over 2,000 employees is our strength, and we are committed to ensuring our people thrive at work. As leaders in transforming steel into smart solutions, we drive innovation and sustainability, supporting communities today and into the future.

As VP, Manufacturing (Malaysia), you will lead and transform NS BlueScope Malaysia’s manufacturing operations across two sites with different maturity levels. You will play a critical role in driving performance, leading transformation and digitisation, and developing leadership and technical capability to prepare the business for future growth.

You will be part of the Malaysia Country Management Team and work closely with ASEAN and functional leaders to shape manufacturing excellence and deliver sustainable business success.

What you will do:

Operational and Technical Leadership

• Lead two manufacturing sites, ensuring safe, stable, and efficient operations while navigating complexity and site maturity differences.

• Drive operational excellence and cost competitiveness through lean manufacturing, digitisation, and data-driven decision making.

• Champion HSE and compliance, fostering a strong and visible safety-first culture.

• Uphold and continuously improve quality and process reliability to deliver superior customer outcomes.

• Optimise capacity planning and ensure readiness to support commercial growth and evolving business objectives.

• Be responsible for accurate budget/cost management including rigorous CAPEX submissions and management.

Transformation and Innovation

• Lead the transformation agenda by embedding new ways of working and accelerating digitisation across manufacturing.

• Foster a culture of continuous improvement and innovation, challenging the status quo to deliver breakthrough performance.

• Lead change initiatives to help teams embrace and adopt new technologies, systems, and processes.
  

People and Capability Development

• Build and sustain a high-performing and resilient manufacturing leadership team.

• Develop technical depth and future leadership capability through structured development and succession planning.

• Foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performance culture across manufacturing operations.

• Provide visible and hands-on leadership, driving engagement, energy, and stability at all levels.

Business Partnership and Collaboration

• Partner closely with Commercial, Supply Chain, HSE, and Regional leadership to align manufacturing with broader business goals.

• Provide strategic insights and leadership as a key member of the Malaysia Country Management Team.

• Ensure seamless cross-functional collaboration to deliver on enterprise-wide priorities.

What you will need:

• Solid and demonstrated safety leadership practices and experiences.

• Degree Qualification in Engineering, Science or similar field of study.

• Previously held a senior level position of similar or larger size manufacturing and within a multi-national company.

• Manufacturing experience within a continuous process plant/equipment and heavy industry.

• Established manufacturing and technical capability including effective repair and maintenance strategies.

• Experience managing multiple sites with different manufacturing processes.

• A proven leader of people and teams.

• Must be mobile, open to 6–9 months stationing in Thailand as part of onboarding and
  regional business alignment.

Why Join NS BlueScope:

As we’re creating strength for the future through our people, products and solutions, BlueScope gives you opportunities to innovate, learn and grow with the business, supported by inclusive leadership and a positive, passionate team. At BlueScope, you’ll:

• Learn and develop as you grow. We work with you to chart your professional development, empowering you to learn at your own pace to reskill and upskill, with plenty of opportunities to learn and grow. Get global exposure and own your career at BlueScope.

• Create innovative solutions. Seek better, smarter ways to solve problems, create sustainable solutions and make things happen.

• Experience connection and care. Experience a positive and inclusive working environment where we look out for the safety and wellbeing of each other and our communities.

• Deliver work that matters. Every action you take matters in delivering for our customers and strengthening communities for the future. We value your contribution.

It’s an exciting time as, together, we work towards Our Purpose “We create and inspire smart solutions in steel, to strengthen communities for the future.”

Join us, creating strength for the future.

At NS BlueScope our success comes from our people. We choose to treat each other with trust and respect. We understand that the range of perspectives that result from having a diverse and inclusive workplace will strengthen NS BlueScope’s capability for continued and sustained business success.

About Us

Our Purpose

At BlueScope, we have a responsibility to one another, to our families, customers, shareholders and the broader community, to build a sustainable business that contributesto protecting all of our futures.

As a global organisation with thousands of employees who share passion and expertise in one of the world’s most useful materials, steel, we see an opportunity for BlueScope to contribute and make a real difference.

Created by our people, Our Purpose sets our course and gives us the courage and confidence to deliver what matters to our communities around the world, and to attract and retain the very best people to enable us to get there.

Our Purpose speaks to why we operate and where we want to be – to see our people work together to inspire our customers, meet our sustainability commitments, deliver value to our shareholders and strengthen our communities for the future.

Our Bond outlines the guiding principles that strengthen our business every day. It identifies our key stakeholders, guides how we work together and conduct ourselves, and continues to be our benchmark for success and choosing to do what is right.