Production Manager

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.