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Open nowPosted 8 days ago

Plant Manager

MyCareersFuture94,028 open roles

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SGD 5,000 – SGD 6,000 a month
Where
West, Singapore
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Role Summary We are seeking an experienced, results-driven Plant Manager to lead and optimize all day-to-day operations of our precision CNC manufacturing facility. In this role, you will take full operational and P&L accountability for site performance, directing cross-functional teams across Production, Engineering, Quality Assurance, Maintenance, Facilities, and Procurement.

The ideal candidate blends strategic operational leadership with hands-on shop-floor engagement. You will drive continuous improvement, operational excellence, safety compliance, and supply chain efficiency to hit aggressive operational and commercial targets.

Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):

Revenue: Facility output and throughput meeting or exceeding planned financial revenue targets.

On-Time Delivery (OTD): ≥ 98% on-time, fulfillment rate to customers.

Operational Cost: Adherence to operational expenditure (OpEx) budgets, cost reduction, and scrap reduction.

Profit Margins: Gross margin expansion through optimization, lean manufacturing, and direct labor/overhead efficiency.

Customer Satisfaction: Minimization of customer quality complaints (PPM/returns) and responsiveness to delivery schedules.

Key Responsibilities

Operational & Strategic Leadership

  • Direct end-to-end plant operations to ensure safety, production schedules, product quality, and cost efficiency align with corporate strategy.
  • Formulate and execute annual operating budgets, managing capital expenditures (CapEx) and operational costs (OpEx).
  • Foster a strong culture of workplace health, safety, and environmental stewardship (EHS), ensuring strict adherence to ISO and local regulatory standards.

Functional Oversight

Production:

  • Oversee master scheduling and project execution to maximize overall equipment effectiveness (OEE) and output.
  • Implement Lean Manufacturing methodologies (5S, Kaizen, Six Sigma, Value Stream Mapping) to eliminate waste and reduce cycle times.
  • Implement digital systems, automations, and AI to increase efficiency
  • Manage direct and indirect labour performance and costs

Engineering:

  • Partner with process and manufacturing engineering teams for First Articles (FA), automate processes, and de-bottleneck manufacturing lines.
  • Champion automation, tooling upgrades, and technical troubleshooting to improve plant capability.

Quality Assurance & Control:

  • Ensure compliance with relevant industry quality management standards (e.g., ISO 9001, IATF 16949, or ISO 13485).
  • Lead root-cause analysis (RCA) and corrective/preventive actions (CAPA) for any internal deviations or customer non-conformances.

Maintenance & Facilities:

  • Establish and direct total productive maintenance (TPM) and predictive/preventive maintenance schedules of machines to minimize unplanned downtime.
  • Oversee facility infrastructure, utilities, HVAC, energy management, and physical site security.

Procurement & Supply Chain:

  • Partner with procurement to establish supplier reliability, negotiate material costs, and sourcing of better cost/quality suppliers.
  • Optimize inventory turnover and raw material/WIP levels to prevent bottlenecks while freeing working capital.

People& Team Leadership

  • Lead, mentor, and upskill department heads and supervisors across all operations functions.
  • Drive employee engagement, retention, performance reviews, and succession planning across technical and non-technical workforce.

Qualifications& Experience

Education:

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering (Mechanical, Industrial, Electrical, Chemical) or Operations/Supply Chain Management. Master’s degree or MBA is a plus.

Experience:

  • 8–12+ years of progressive manufacturing operations experience, with at least 5 years in a senior operational leadership role (Plant Manager, Director of Operations, or Operations Manager).
  • Direct experience leading multi-disciplinary teams across production, engineering, maintenance, quality, and procurement.

Technical & Methodological Expertise:

  • Proven track record in Lean / Continuous Improvement (Lean Six Sigma Green or Black Belt preferred).
  • Demonstrated experience managing site P&L, budgeting, and cost accounting within a manufacturing environment.
  • Proficient with ERP/MRP systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, NetSuite) and manufacturing execution systems (MES).

Skills & Competencies:

  • Exceptional leadership, communication, and conflict-resolution capabilities.
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a data-driven approach to root-cause analysis.
  • High business acumen with a clear focus on customer satisfaction and margin growth.
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