Our Manufacturing Plant in Puchong Selangor is hiring a Supervisor - Production (Sewing and Upholstery). This role is to lead operation team members at Sewing and Upholstery area and ensure good qualities products produce in accordance with customers or specified standards and safety/ Quality system standard are complied with. He / She is also responsible to provide timely production and other performance indices report and any related assignments delegated by the Superior/ Production Manager.
Duties and Responsibilities:
- Leading & facilitate production team (for specific lines/processes) and support team for daily accountability. Interface with Planner, QA, Material Store, Maintenance, Operation Engineering, and others department.
- Organizing, monitoring, and prioritizing tasks to meet production goals.
- Develop controlled experiments on established standards using Math and Science in Sewing & Upholstery section align with Quality Acceptance Standard.
- Evaluating various stations of the production operation to ensure optimum efficiency and identified chronic issues with problem solving method e.g. Pareto analysis, etc.
- Enable and Empower High Performance Team and Zone Member to improve their standards.
- Govern a harassment-free, knowledgeable / aware team environment using effective communication, leveraging Steelcase Culture, Core Values, and Company Strategies
- Participate in Line set up and resources planning to meet on demand.
- Maintain/meeting production schedules and supervise the production operation in the lines or areas allocated.
- Responsible for general administration e.g., manpower status, attendance, leaves, production set up, discipline, control etc.
- Responsible to develop HPT (High Performance Team) in every process. Responsible for skill development of production team which includes HPT, Zone members and Specialist.
- To counsel and guide employees in respect of work- and work-related problem affecting their performance and escalate to higher level if deemed necessary.
- To perform any other duties as and when required by management.
- Ensuring compliance with safety and professional standards within a facility.
- Maintaining and promoting LEAN culture and Principles (FLOW, PROCESS DICIPLINE & CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT) entire organization.
- Responsible to ensure all operators are trained and follow as per standard.
- Manage a High Mix and Low Volume order model at sewing and upholstery section.
- Manage and control zone member performance related to sewing and upholstery.
- Supporting on new template development and new sewing capabilities together with Engineer.
- Identify training needs and coordinate skill development programs to enhance team capabilities in Sewing & Upholstery.
- Develop and implement strategies to optimize productivity and efficiency in sewing and upholstery operations.
- Managing the visual aspect on acceptance for the color fabrics, appearance, characteristics.
Requirements Profile:
- Knowledgable of Production management and manufacturing processes with Planning Skill, Inventory Management Skill.
- LEAN Knowledge
- Communication and leadership skills
- Able to manage multiple projects simultaneously, set priorities, identifies and addresses problems, meet deadlines and stay within budget.
- Independent and resourceful
- Ability to write reports legibly and accurately.
- Computer literate. IT skills, especially using data analysis software, able to read SPC, analyzing IIOT.
- Knowledge of IR 4.0 program and activities.
- Proficiency in English and Bahasa Malaysia written and spoken.
- Strong leadership skills with the ability to motivate and inspire team members.
Education/Experience
- Defree/diploma in Mechanical engineering/textile engineering or relevant qualification
- Technical and vocational in sewing & upholstery is a plus.
- Minimum 5 years experience in manufacturing especially in low volume high mix manufacturing environment with LEAN system
- Working as supervisor in sewing and upholstery line/process.
- Strong knowledge of sewing and upholstery techniques, materials, and equipment.
- Skill and knowledge in design, developing and maintain the pattern to the respective fabric variant.
