Location: Pasir Gudang, Johor, Malaysia
Requisition number: 49250
Role Purpose: Lead, coordinate and optimise overall production operations to ensure efficient, safe and compliant manufacturing that consistently delivers products meeting quality, safety and delivery requirements. The role manages production planning, resource allocation and operational performance, drives continuous improvement, ensures adherence to standards (including FSSC, GMP, HACCP and BPS), supports audits, resolves issues through root cause analysis, and manages operational and capital budgets.
Main Accountabilities:
- Lead and supervise daily production operations, providing technical guidance and troubleshooting.
- Monitor plant operations and promptly escalate abnormalities, ensuring corrective actions are implemented.
- Maintain high housekeeping standards and enforce 5S across the plant.
- Ensure full compliance with BPS, FSSC 22000, GMP, HACCP and other applicable standards.
- Drive a strong safety culture, including regular toolbox talks with the team.
- Plan, prepare and manage CAPEX and repair & maintenance budgets within approved limits.
- Lead and support new product trials in the plant.
- Identify training needs, design training programmes and coach plant personnel on technical and soft skills.
- Optimise manpower utilisation in compliance with SEDEX and labour standards.
- Provide operational support during commissioning, shutdowns and breakdowns, including standby or call-back readiness.
- Ensure zero spillage and contamination through strict operational and quality control procedures.
- Drive production performance to achieve KPIs, closing gaps with corrective actions.
- Lead shutdown maintenance activities, including coordination of statutory inspections (e.g. JKKP).
- Participate in plant rotation assignments to broaden process knowledge.
- Collaborate with maintenance teams and external contractors to resolve issues affecting production and delivery.
- Prepare and present weekly, monthly and quarterly performance reports with variance analysis and corrective action plans.
- Coordinate with QA, QC, Utilities/Pumphouse and other support functions.
- Carry out additional tasks or projects assigned by management.
How to apply: Apply through the Bunge careers page.