Assistant Manager, Manufacturing | Food Production #HMS

Recruit Express Pte Ltd; Singapore; On-site; SGD 61,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

Recruit Express Pte Ltd is seeking an experienced food manufacturing professional to take ownership of production operations, manpower, equipment reliability and plant improvement initiatives.

Assistant Manager, Manufacturing role focuses on leading daily production, improving efficiency, maintaining quality and food safety, and driving Lean manufacturing across the plant.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in food manufacturing or similar production roles.
• Experience leading production operations and teams.
• Knowledge of ISO and food safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily production operations and meet customer production plans.
• Drive efficiency across output, speed, downtime and wastage.
• Ensure finished products meet quality and food safety standards.
• Lead, supervise and motivate the production team.
• Optimise manpower deployment and training needs.
• Maintain compliance with statutory, ISO and internal requirements.
• Lead equipment design, installation and qualification of new/modified lines.
• Establish and maintain maintenance programmes.
• Manage preventive and corrective maintenance to improve reliability.
• Review risk management including ERM, BCP and workplace safety.
• Lead cross-functional plant improvement projects for cost and energy savings.
• Support production trials and new product launches.
• Drive continuous improvement and Lean initiatives.

Skills

Production planning

Lean Manufacturing

Equipment maintenance

People management

Quality & food safety

Job description

Assistant Manager, Manufacturing | Food Production

Up to $6,000/month

Permanent Position

Established Food Manufacturing Company

Excellent opportunity for an experienced food manufacturing professional to take ownership of production operations, manpower, equipment reliability and plant improvement initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily production operations and ensure production plans are achieved according to customer requirements
• Drive production efficiency across output, speed, downtime and wastage
• Ensure finished products meet required quality and food safety standards
• Lead, supervise and motivate the Production team
• Optimise manpower deployment and identify training and development needs
• Ensure production processes comply with statutory, customer, corporate, ISO and internal requirements
• Lead the design, installation and qualification of new or modified production equipment and process lines
• Establish and maintain equipment maintenance programmes
• Manage preventive and corrective maintenance to improve equipment reliability and minimise downtime
• Review production and maintenance risk management including ERM, BCP and workplace safety
• Lead cross-functional plant improvement projects covering cost savings, energy savings and productivity improvements
• Support production trials and new product launches
• Drive continuous improvement and Lean Manufacturing initiatives