Operations Manager

About WhiteCrow

We are global talent research, insight, and sourcing specialists with offices in the UK, USA, Singapore, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Dubai, and India. Our international reach has helped us to understand and penetrate specialist markets at a global level. In addition to this, our service is also extended to complement our client's in-house talent acquisition teams.

About our client

For more than 80 years, our client's engineers and product specialists have partnered with customers to produce highly engineered connectivity and sensing solutions that make a connected world possible. Their focus on reliability, durability, and sustainability exemplifies their commitment to progress. The unmatched range of their product portfolio enables companies, large and small, to turn ideas into technology that can transform how the world works and lives tomorrow.

As an Operations Manager, you will be responsible for...

Policies and Procedures (10%)

• Developing and implementing manufacturing-related policies and procedures to align with government regulations and corporate policies, defining the responsibilities of management personnel at all levels, and optimizing the internal structure and staffing.
• Developing and implementing assembly function budgets and plans, allocating functional targets to subordinates, and monitoring budget achievement and overall performance to meet targeted plant performance objectives.

People Management (15%)

• Allocating and balancing workloads across direct reports.
• Reviewing and providing timely performance feedback to direct reports.
• Mentoring, developing, and motivating team members.
• Helping resolve people-related and functional issues within the team.
• Submitting manpower applications and interviewing candidates to achieve targeted departmental performance and retain key talent.

Production (25%)

• Supervising and monitoring production activities and processes.
• Helping resolve critical production issues.
• Collaborating with other functions within the molding department and across other departments to obtain the necessary support and ensure smooth day-to-day production.

Assembly (25%)

• Reviewing maintenance plans.
• Monitoring maintenance plan execution.
• Approving purchase requests for spare parts.
• Providing overall mold, die, and tool maintenance instructions and monitoring their execution to ensure normal die operation and improve daily operating efficiency.

Equipment Maintenance (5%)

• Reviewing maintenance plans.
• Monitoring maintenance plan execution.
• Approving purchase requests for equipment and parts.
• Providing overall equipment maintenance instructions and monitoring their execution to ensure reliable equipment operation and improve daily operating efficiency.

Engineering (10%)

• Allocating new projects to engineers.
• Monitoring new project progress and controlling costs and schedules.
• Coordinating across functions and departments.
• Helping resolve critical technical issues to ensure successful project completion.

EHS (5%)

• Formulating and improving the departmental EHS management system and operational procedures, and ensuring their effective implementation.
• Understanding and implementing EHS responsibilities to ensure departmental EHS activities meet relevant requirements.
• Setting departmental and individual EHS performance targets in accordance with applicable laws, regulations, and company requirements, and regularly reviewing and evaluating target achievement.
• Regularly inspecting production site safety conditions to eliminate unsafe factors and prevent accidents.

Project Management and Activities (10%)

• Organizing and planning key improvement projects, such as Tebit Saving and Kaizen, and monitoring their implementation to reduce departmental costs and improve efficiency.
• Actively participating in training and applying improvement tools, such as VS Transformation and CCF, to support the plant in achieving operational excellence objectives.

What you already have...

• Bachelor and above Degree.
• Good English skills (written and oral).
• Min. 10 years shopfloor management experiences in elec. Industry, above two years on managerial positions.
• Solid Lean/6 Sigma knowledge and project experiences.
• Familiar with quality system and tools.
• Rich experiences in operator training and development.
• Planning knowledge and experiences.
• Proficient PC skills.