Production Manager

Asia Cosmos Cosmetics Manufacturing; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 420,000 - 640,000; Full time

Job summary

Asia Cosmos Cosmetics Manufacturing in Metro Manila is seeking a Production Supervisor to plan, organize, and oversee daily production to meet targets and schedules. You will lead a workforce of 50–70 employees including operators, line leaders, and support staff.

The role requires GMP knowledge, hands-on leadership, and strong ability to coordinate with QA/QC, R&D, and maintenance while ensuring safety and compliance in a fast-paced cosmetics manufacturing environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field and GMP knowledge.
• 1 year of relevant manufacturing experience.
• Experience supervising 50–70 employees.
• Strong leadership and problem-solving abilities.
• Familiarity with cosmetics or personal care production is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and oversee daily production to meet targets and schedules.
• Lead a production workforce of 50–70 employees.
• Manage manpower allocation, scheduling, attendance, and productivity.
• Ensure GMP compliance and adherence to formulas, batch records, and SOPs.
• Monitor output, yield, downtime, material usage, and costs.
• Coordinate with QA/QC, R&D, Warehouse, Maintenance, and Planning for smooth operations.
• Investigate issues and implement corrective actions.
• Ensure sanitation, safety, and housekeeping across production areas.

Skills

Leadership

People management

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Organizational skills

Production planning

Education

Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Food Technology, or related field

Tools

ERP/MRP systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

Key Responsibilities

• Plan, organize, and oversee daily production activities to meet production targets and delivery schedules.

• Lead and manage a production workforce of approximately 50–70 employees, including production operators, line leaders, and support personnel.

• Manage manpower allocation, scheduling, attendance, productivity, and performance to ensure efficient production operations.

• Manage the manufacturing process, including weighing, compounding, mixing, filling, packing, and labeling of cosmetic products.

• Ensure production activities comply with approved formulas, batch records, SOPs, work instructions, and GMP requirements.

• Monitor production output, yield, manpower productivity, material usage, downtime, rejects, and production costs.

• Coordinate with QA/QC, R&D, Warehouse, Purchasing, Maintenance, and Planning to ensure smooth and uninterrupted production operations.

• Investigate production issues, deviations, rejects, equipment-related problems, and process inefficiencies, and implement appropriate corrective and preventive actions.

• Ensure proper sanitation, housekeeping, equipment operation, workplace organization, and safety practices within all production areas.

• Supervise, train, coach, and evaluate production personnel; establish clear performance expectations and ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.

• Develop and maintain effective manpower and production schedules based on production requirements and delivery commitments.

• Maintain accurate production records, batch documentation, and other manufacturing reports.

• Prepare and present regular production performance reports, including output, efficiency, yield, downtime, manpower productivity, rejects, and other key performance indicators (KPIs).

• Support continuous improvement initiatives to reduce waste, downtime, rejects, rework, and manufacturing costs while improving productivity and operational efficiency.

• Identify opportunities to improve production processes, manpower utilization, equipment efficiency, and overall workflow.

• Assist with new product launches, production scale-up, process improvement, validation, and product transfers.

• Participate in internal, customer, and regulatory audits as required and ensure timely implementation of corrective actions.

• Ensure effective communication and coordination across production shifts and departments.

• Perform other duties and responsibilities related to production operations as assigned by management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Chemical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Pharmacy, Chemistry, Food Technology, or a related field.

• Minimum 1 year of relevant manufacturing experience, preferably in cosmetics, personal care, pharmaceutical, food, or other GMP-regulated industries.

• At least 1–2 years of experience in a supervisory or managerial production role, preferably with experience managing a large production workforce.

• Proven experience in directly managing and leading approximately 50–70 employees is highly preferred.

• Strong knowledge of GMP, manufacturing processes, quality systems, production planning, and workplace safety.

• Experience in cosmetics or personal-care manufacturing is highly preferred.

• Familiarity with Philippine FDA requirements and Cosmetic GMP is an advantage.

• Strong leadership, people-management, problem-solving, organizational, and communication skills.

• Ability to manage multiple production lines, priorities, and operational issues in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

• Strong understanding of production KPIs, manpower productivity, yield, material utilization, downtime, rejects, and manufacturing costs.

• Proficient in Microsoft Office; experience with ERP/MRP systems is an advantage.

• Willing to work extended hours, weekends, or shifting schedules when required.

• Willing to work in a hands-on production environment and take an active role in resolving day-to-day manufacturing issues.