Assistant Section Manager (Tooling Planning & Operations)

SHIMANO (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LIMITED; Singapore; On-site; SGD 110,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

SHIMANO (SINGAPORE) PRIVATE LIMITED is seeking a seasoned Tooling Scheduler to develop and maintain production and delivery schedules for tooling, ensuring on-time shipments from design to shipment.

The role requires 5+ years in tooling scheduling within a precision manufacturing environment, strong leadership, stakeholder management, and the ability to coordinate with Japanese stakeholders.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in tooling scheduling/planning within a precision manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency in precision manufacturing processes, including machining, tooling production and production planning.
• Sound understanding of quality inspection methods, tooling specifications and quality-control requirements.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to communicate effectively with Japanese stakeholders; proficiency in Japanese is an advantage.
• Proven leadership skills in managing and developing high performing teams.
• Able to work under pressure and tight deadline.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain tooling production and delivery schedules to ensure tooling shipments are completed on time.
• Monitor tooling progress from design through inspection, trial and shipment.
• Coordinate with design, production, quality and logistics teams to meet specifications and shipment requirements.
• Ensure quality inspections, approvals and documentation are completed before shipment.
• Identify schedule or quality risks early, escalate issues promptly and coordinate recovery actions to meet delivery dates.
• Provide regular status updates to stakeholders and track on-time delivery and quality performance for continuous improvement.

Skills

Tooling scheduling

Production planning

Quality inspection

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Problem solving

Decision making

Japanese language

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering or related discipline

Job description

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Develop and maintain tooling production and delivery schedules to ensure all tooling shipments are completed on time.
• Monitor tooling progress from design, material preparation and machining through inspection, trial and shipment.
• Coordinate with design, production, quality and logistics teams to ensure tooling meets specifications and shipment requirements.
• Ensure all required quality inspections, approvals and documentation are completed before shipment to prevent quality issues.
• Identify schedule or quality risks early, **escalate** issues promptly and coordinate recovery actions to meet committed delivery dates.
• Provide regular status updates to stakeholders and track on-time delivery and quality performance for continuous improvement.

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related discipline.
• Minimum 5 years of experience in tooling scheduling/planning within a precision manufacturing environment.
• Proficiency in precision manufacturing processes, including machining, tooling production and production planning.
• Sound understanding of quality inspection methods, tooling specifications and quality-control requirements.
• Excellent analytical, problem-solving and decision-making skills.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management abilities.
• Ability to communicate effectively with Japanese stakeholders; proficiency in Japanese is an advantage.
• Proven leadership skills in managing and developing high performing teams.
• Able to work under pressure and tight deadline.