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Summary:
To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we're looking to add a
Production Manager located in
Prai, Penang.
Guides and coordinates activities of employees engaged in the following areas of a manufacturing department; multi-level assembly, electronic card/system testing and quality assurance to attain production goals consistent with cost, quality, and delivery requirements.
What a typical day looks like:
- Guides department activities to hold up design of new products, modify existing designs, improve production techniques, and helps on test procedures.
- Explores technology trends and market demand to plan projects.
- Contributes with management, production, and marketing staff to resolve manufacturing feasibility, cost effectiveness, and customer demand for new and existing products.
- Forecasts operating costs of department and directs preparation of budget requests.
- Partners with team and management in the development of the strategic plan and Annual Operating Plan (AOP) for the function.
- Reviews and establishes material, equipment, and manpower resource requirements.
- Prioritizes production schedules based on product introduction, equipment efficiency, and materials supply in order to meet customer requirements.
- Coordinates production activities with other functional groups such as planning and distribution.
- Selects and develops personnel to ensure the efficient operation of the production function.
- Accountable for controlling manufacturing operation and ensuring that production quality and cost targets are met.
- Working in extremely complex problems where the research of situations or data from an evaluation of intangible factors.
- Reviews budgets and schedules required by management.
- Regulate relations with the executives and/or major customers to maintain relationships with them.
- Resolve controversial situations, customer negotiations, or influencing and persuading management levels for the achievements of the plant.
The experience we're looking to add to our team:
- Typically requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in addition to 5 years of operations management experience.
- Demonstrates detailed expertise in very complex functional/technical area or broad breadth of knowledge in multiple areas; understands the strategic impact of the function across sites.
- Demonstrates advanced people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
- Demonstrates knowledge of multiple functional technologies/processes, industries or functions and understanding of interdependencies of such processes at the site.
- To perform the major job responsibilities the use of the following tools may be required: Office Skills: telephones, word processing, spreadsheet (PC), presentation and database software.
- Demonstrates expert functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
- Demonstrates expert knowledge of the function and a thorough understanding of Flex and related business.
What you'll receive for the great work you provide:
- Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision
- Life Insurance
- Paid Time Off
- Allowances & Bonuses*
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