Key Responsibilities
- Plan and manage daily/weekly production schedules based on customer orders and forecasts.
- Ensure production targets, delivery schedules and output requirements are achieved.
- Monitor production progress, WIP, output, rejection, downtime and productivity.
- Allocate manpower, machines and resources according to production priorities.
- Supervise Production Supervisors, Leaders, Operators and other production staff.
- Identify production bottlenecks and take corrective action to prevent delays.
- Coordinate with Purchasing/Procurement to ensure materials and components are available.
- Coordinate with Warehouse/Inventory on material issuance, stock availability and finished goods.
- Work with QA/QC to resolve quality issues, defects and customer complaints.
- Monitor machine utilization and coordinate preventive maintenance or breakdown repairs.
- Control production costs, overtime, wastage, scrap and material usage.
- Ensure production follows BOM, Work Order, SOP, drawings and customer specifications.
- Maintain accurate production records and prepare daily/weekly/monthly production reports.
- Conduct production meetings and report production status, shortages, delays and risks to management.
- Implement process improvements to increase productivity, efficiency and quality.
- Ensure workplace safety, housekeeping and compliance with company procedures.
- Train, guide and evaluate production employees.
- Support new product introduction, production trials and process changes when required.
