Our client is a growing premium food manufacturer in Thailand seeking an experienced and proactive Production Manager to lead factory operations. This role will oversee production performance, process optimization, food safety compliance, and team management while driving operational efficiency and continuous improvement in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities: Production Operations Management

Lead and manage daily manufacturing operations to achieve production targets, quality standards, and delivery timelines.
Oversee production planning and execution across processing, forming, cooling, packaging, and related production activities.
Ensure optimal machine utilization, labor efficiency, and production line performance.
Monitor and improve OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness), yield, downtime, waste reduction, and labor productivity.
Coordinate closely with Planning, Warehouse, QA, R&D, Purchasing, HR, and Maintenance teams to ensure smooth operations.
Support scale-up activities for new product launches from pilot phase to mass production.

Food Safety & Quality Compliance

Ensure full compliance with GMP, HACCP, FSSC 22000, Halal, FDA, internal food safety standards, and SMETA ethical standards.
Maintain strict process control to ensure product consistency, quality, and process stability.
Ensure proper traceability and production documentation throughout manufacturing operations.
Work closely with Quality Assurance teams to investigate and resolve deviations, complaints, and non-conformities.

Team Leadership & Development

Lead, train, and develop production supervisors, operators, and support staff.
Build a disciplined, accountable, and performance-driven production culture.
Establish clear KPIs and performance expectations for the production team.
Support workforce planning, shift scheduling, and manpower optimization.
Drive operational engagement, problem-solving, and continuous learning within the team.

Continuous Improvement & Cost Management

Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve efficiency, quality, safety, and operational reliability.
Reduce production waste, material loss, rework, and downtime.
Support cost optimization initiatives related to raw materials, packaging utilization, labor productivity, energy consumption, and process improvement.
Participate in CAPEX planning, commissioning, and process improvement projects.

Technical & Process Management

Ensure proper operation and process understanding of manufacturing and packaging equipment.
Troubleshoot production and process issues to maintain product consistency and line stability.
Support implementation of new technologies and automation initiatives where appropriate.

Requirements:

Bachelor’s degree or higher in Food Science, Food Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related fields.
Minimum 5 years of management experience within the food manufacturing industry.
Experience in food manufacturing, confectionery, bakery, or related FMCG production would be a strong advantage.
Strong understanding of food safety systems including GMP, HACCP, FSSC 22000, Halal, and FDA requirements.
Hands-on experience in production management, process optimization, manpower management, and operational improvement.
Strong knowledge of chocolate processing operations including tempering, cooling, moulding, enrobing, and packaging systems.
Experience in OEE monitoring, productivity improvement, waste reduction, and downtime management.
Proven ability to lead teams, manage cross-functional coordination, and drive operational discipline.
Good problem-solving, analytical, and decision-making skills with a continuous improvement mindset.
Strong communication, leadership, and presentation skills.
Good command of both Thai and English.
Able to work under pressure, manage tight deadlines, and support night shift or standby operations when required.
Positive attitude, well-organized, transparent, collaborative, and proactive personality.

Competitive

Mueang Chachoengsao, Thailand

Continuous Improvement Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION

AviusULD

Job Title Senior Continuous Improvement Engineer Reporting to Director of Business Excellence

Department Continuous Improvement Department, Business Excellence Function Scale

Job Purpose: The purpose of the Senior Continuous Improvement Engineer function is responsible to lead the improvement projects throughout the organization. S(he) is responsible for energizing the organization using Lean and Sigma tools to positively impact Cost, Quality, Delivery Performance, Cash and Customer Satisfaction. S(he) will work closely with leadership at all levels to ensure continuous improvement efforts are driven throughout the organization through implementation & sharing of best practices. Also responsible for creating, developing, and improving digital systems and tools. S(he) participates in improving the digital performance of the whole area in the organization.

Duties / Responsibilities: The Senior Continuous Improvement Engineer is responsible to: ▪ Implement, drive, maintain and facilitate the idea suggestion project & teams at short, middle and long terms (Idea Management) ▪ Be a supporter & generator of ideas and provide recommendations to the different departments (5S & Idea Management) ▪ Support bottom-up improvement dynamic and promote the good practices sharing ▪ Drive, Improve and achieve sustainability for 5S in the production & administration ▪ Facilitate operational value stream mapping ▪ Identify the constraints and bottlenecks at site level and propose related Improvement and Development projects ▪ Establish gap analysis between Current state and Future state ▪ Lead change ▪ Support Green Belts, DMAIC and Kaizen event projects ▪ Support the Continuous Improvement roadmap; projects & workshops ▪ Support the company's strategic goals and execution of its plans ▪ Support the operations in the implementation of fool-proof methods, tools and system ▪ Ensure that the working environment reaches or exceeds the high standards ▪ Seek an opportunity for automation or new technology implementation: Automation & Digitalization 4.0 ▪ Design, develop and test digital platforms, mainly MS365 platforms (PowerApps, PowerAutomate, PowerBi, etc) ▪ Plan and execute digital development projects ▪ Collaborate with team and other functions to develop innovative solutions needs ▪ Work closely with teams for UX and UI design ▪ Conduct hands-on testing and debugging of digital projects ▪ Participate and be involved in the SMART Factory and product projects ▪ Maintain department records in (paper and electronic) archiving system ▪ Follow the company procedures, work instructions, regulations and comply with environmental, health and safety requirements ▪ Responsible that all work is done in compliance with the requirements set out in EASA Part 21. ▪ Additional tasks on request by the superior

Authorization:

▪ Described in AviusULD LoA (Limit of Authority) Matrix, available in the Finance Department. ▪ Analysis, recommendation & implementation to solve the problem, ideas for improvement and cost control ▪ Stop or prohibit the work and report to the supervisor/manager when there is any reason to suspect a problem or safety is a risk

Required Qualifications: ▪ Bachelor or master degree in Industrial Engineering or related field ▪ At least 5 years of experience as a Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing and Lean or Industrial Engineer. ▪ Experience in Continuous Improvement programs/methods such as Lean, Kaizen, TQM, TPM, OEE, 5S and 6 Sigma ▪ Experience in project management, performance and productivity improvement is preferred ▪ Ability to multi-task working, work under pressure and meet required deadlines ▪ Proficiency in the of use Microsoft Office (PowerPoint, Excel, Teams, Outlook) and Statistic analysis programs ▪ Leadership, capacity to involve and confederate ▪ Advantage, Green Belt or Black Belt certified ▪ Able to create Microsoft PowerApp, PowerAutomate and PowerBi ▪ Practical experiences of lean tools and methods ▪ Very good problem solving, presentation and moderation skills ▪ Capacity to understand business issues & problem solving skills ▪ Excellent organization, coordination, human relationship and leadership skills ▪ Capacity to work in a multicultural & international environment ▪ Excellent in English & Thai language ▪ Core competencies: Customer focus, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity, Teamwork

JOB DESCRIPTION

AviusULD

Job Title Continuous Improvement Engineer Reporting to Director of Business Excellence

Department Continuous Improvement Department, Business Excellence Function Scale

Job Purpose: The objective of the Continuous Improvement Engineer is to lead the improvement projects throughout the organization.

S(he) is responsible for energizing the organization using Lean Sigma tools to positively impact Cost, Quality, Delivery Performance, Cash and

Customer Satisfaction.

Duties / Responsibilities: ▪ Support for the idea suggestion project (Idea Management)

▪ Be a supporter of ideas and provide recommendations to the different departments (5S & Idea Management)

▪ Support bottom-up improvement dynamic and promote the good practices sharing

▪ Support and improve to achieve sustainability for 5S in the production & administration

▪ Participate in the operational value stream mapping

▪ Identify the constraints and bottlenecks at site level and propose related Improvement and Development projects

▪ Support the gap analysis between Current state and Future state

▪ Support the improvement changes

▪ Support Green Belts, DMAIC and Kaizen event projects

▪ Support the Continuous Improvement roadmap; projects & workshops

▪ Support the company's strategic goals and execution of its plans

▪ Support the operations in the implementation of fool-proof methods, tools and system

▪ Ensure that the working environment reaches or exceeds the high standards

▪ Seek an opportunity for automation or new technology implementation: Automation & Digitalization 4.0

▪ Design tools and processes that improve efficiency and productivity while reducing waste and costs

▪ Identify opportunities for reducing costs and improving productivity while coordinating the implementation of these improvements and

executing the improvements

▪ Follow the company procedures, work instructions, and regulations and comply with environmental, health, and safety requirements. ▪ Responsible that all work is done in compliance with the requirements set out in EASA Part 21. ▪ Perform as assigned by superior.

Authorization: ▪ Described in AviusULD LoA (Limit of Authority) Matrix, available in the Finance Department.

▪ Analysis, recommendation & implementation to solve the problem, ideas for improvement and cost control.

▪ Stop or prohibit the work and report to the supervisor/manager when there is any reason to suspect a problem or safety is a risk.

Required Qualifications: ▪ Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or an applicable field.

▪ Minimum 1-3 years of experience in Continuous Improvement, Manufacturing and Lean

▪ Knowledge of Lean or Six Sigma

▪ Knowledge and experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint)

▪ Knowledge of other tools in MS365, Sharepoint, Viva, planner, etc

▪ Practical oral and writing communication skills

▪ Good English communication

▪ Integrity and exemplarity in all circumstances

▪ Proven interpersonal skills

▪ Main functional competencies: Communication, Problem Solving, Project Management

▪ Core competencies: Customer focus, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity, Teamwork

JOB DESCRIPTION

AviusULD

Job Title Product and Customer Quality Engineer Reporting to Product and Customer Quality Manager

Department Quality/ Business Excellence Function Scale

Job Purpose: The objectives of the Product and Customer Quality Engineer is to warrant the conformity of the product delivery by defining characteristics of producing good products with the capability to satisfy customers. S(he) participates in improving the performance of the production, while ensuring customer satisfaction by meeting their requirements. S(he) conducts her/his job with a high focus on definition of the product delivered and defining improvement plans that enhance site production quality performance and contributes to quality initiatives to generate savings. S(he) participates in and performs APQP activity. S(he) actively supports the Product and Customer Quality Manager to meet the company objective related to Quality.

Duties / Responsibilities: ▪ Performs regular reporting and controls to assess customer satisfaction, product compliance, and process performance. ▪ Ensures the internally identified deviations or escapes to the customer are recorded, processed with effective corrective and preventive

actions. ▪ Performs continuous improvement and quality mindset by implementing effective quality tools (visual management, QRQC, 5S, and 8D) ▪ Ensures, if necessary, cross-functional communication of any customer encountered discrepancies. ▪ Communicates to the quality program all the relevant information in the event of non-conformities exported to the customer. ▪ Participates the risk mitigation on manufacture products before delivery to the customer by using the FMEA production tools. ▪ Participates in the multi-functional team to set up the product risks management (FMEA, Control Plan, Self-inspection, and standard of

inspection) ▪ Performs Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Product Part Approval Process (PPAP) on new product launches and current

product or process changes. ▪ Performs the product and process validation. ▪ Performs the initial process capability studies. ▪ Participates in the First Article Inspection (FAI) activity and performs the First Article Inspection Report (FAIR). ▪ Coordinates the monitoring of projects and ensures consistency and synergy between production quality approaches. ▪ Provide measurement tools for new products. ▪ Control calibration of measurement and testing equipment and maintain the record. ▪ Training of staff in case new procedures or work instructions are implemented. ▪ Manage the work off-site manufacturing. Ensure that the workstation is verified and have a qualification to assembly the container. ▪ Ensure that the workstation assemble and inspection container according to drawing, CMM and IPL before release of EASA Form 1. ▪ Ensure that the training, inspection, evaluation record of work off-site manufacturing are maintained and kept properly. ▪ Follow the company procedures, work instructions, and regulations and comply with environmental, health, and safety requirements. ▪ Responsible that all work is done in compliance with the requirements set out in EASA Part 21. ▪ Perform as assigned by superior.

Authorization: ▪ Described in AviusULD LoA (Limit of Authority) Matrix, available in the Finance Department. ▪ Stop or prohibit the work and report to the supervisor when there is any reason to suspect a problem or when safety is at stake. ▪ Can stop Production at any time when there is any reason to suspect a quality problem. ▪ Can stop shipment of finished goods when there is any reason to suspect a quality problem. ▪ Can stop the use of Purchased materials when there is any reason to suspect a quality problem. ▪ Approve the verification of products and process.

Required Qualifications: ▪ Bachelor’s degree in industrial engineering, Mechanical Engineering, or an applicable field. ▪ At least 0-3 years of experience in Quality and manufacturing process field. ▪ Knowledge of Problem-Solving tools (Pareto chart, Fishbone diagram, 5Whys analysis, etc.). ▪ Knowledge of Statistical process control and data analysis skills. ▪ Knowledge of Quality tools (measures in production, nonconformance, tracking, calibration, etc.). ▪ Knowledge of Advanced Product Quality Planning (APQP) and Product Part Approval Process (PPAP). ▪ Knowledge of Aerospace and Defense industry and its regulations. ▪ Knowledge and experience using Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint). ▪ Practical oral and writing communication skills. ▪ Integrity and exemplarity in all circumstances. ▪ Proven interpersonal skills. ▪ Ability to negotiate: to explain and to persuade. ▪ Main functional competencies: Quality Awareness, Communication, Problem Solving, Project Management. ▪ Core competencies: Customer focus, Innovation, Excellence, Integrity, Teamwork.

Competitive

Mueang Samut Prakan, Thailand

Supplier Quality Engineer

JOB DESCRIPTION

Job Title

Supplier Quality Engineer

Reporting to

Supplier Quality Manager

Department/Function

Purchasing

Job Purpose: The Supplier Quality Engineer is responsible for ensuring that purchased materials, components, and outsourced processes consistently meet company, customer, and regulatory requirements. The role focuses on supplier quality management, incoming quality control, supplier qualification, material validation, and supplier performance improvement. Working closely with Suppliers, Engineering, Procurement and Production, this position drives effective problem solving, supplier development, and continuous improvement to minimize supplier-related quality risks and achieve company quality objectives.

Duties Responsibilities:

Supplier Quality Management

Conduct supplier qualification, supplier audits, and periodic supplier performance evaluations.
Monitor supplier quality performance through KPIs and drive supplier development and continuous improvement activities.
Manage supplier non-conformance reports (NCR/SCAR) and verify the effectiveness of corrective and preventive actions. Quality claims and Cost of Poor Quality (COPQ) related to supplier defects
Lead supplier root cause investigations using structured problem-solving methodologies (8D, 5 Why, Fishbone, etc.).
Review supplier quality documentation, technical specifications, Certificates of Conformance (CoC), and inspection records.
Support new supplier qualification, supplier process changes, First Article Inspection (FAI) and approval activities.
Develop, performance testing and execute annual product verification and material testing plans to ensure continued compliance with customer, regulatory, and company requirements.

Incoming Quality Control

Supervise and support Incoming Inspectors to ensure effective inspection activities.
Monitor incoming quality performance and analyze inspection data to identify trends and improvement opportunities.
Support counterfeit material prevention and traceability requirements.

Quality System & Continuous Improvement

Support internal quality system audits and follow-up audits to verify corrective action effectiveness.
Lead continuous improvement initiatives related to supplier quality and incoming inspection processes.
Ensure compliance with EASA, company quality standards, customer requirements, and applicable regulatory requirements.

Cross-functional Support

Coordinate with Procurement, Sourcing, Engineering, Production, Logistics, and suppliers to resolve supplier quality issues.
Prepare supplier quality reports, incoming quality KPIs, audit reports, and management presentations.
Support the Supplier Quality Manager in strategic supplier quality initiatives and departmental projects.
Perform other duties as assigned.

Authorization:

Described in AviusULD LoA (Limit of Authority) Matrix, available in the Finance Department.
Report the error, problem things, ideas for improvement, and cost control
Stop or prohibit the work and report to the supervisor when there is any reason to suspect a problem or when safety is at stake
Can stop Production at any time when there is any reason to suspect a quality problem and report to Supplier Quality Manager
Can stop shipment of finished goods when there is any reason to suspect a quality problem and report to Supplier Quality Manager
Can stop the use of Purchased materials when there is any reason to suspect a quality problem and report to Supplier Quality Manager

Required Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree or higher in Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Materials Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, or a related engineering discipline.
At least 3-5 years of experience in supplier audits, supplier development, supplier quality performance monitoring, and supplier claim management in related fields and in manufacturing environments, Automotive field is preferred
Proficient in Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook) for data analysis, reporting, and technical documentation.
Good command of written and spoken English, with the ability to communicate effectively
Ability to effectively coordinate and influence cross-functional teams and suppliers to drive timely resolution of quality issues, effective corrective actions, and continuous quality improvement.

Competitive

Mueang Samut Prakan, Thailand

Production Manager (Pastry)

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