Director, Production Engineering

1 month ago

Bangkok, Thailand Pandora Full time

Product Master Production role

Key Objectives:

  • Oversee the creation of exceptional, production-ready product masters.
  • Drive innovation and optimize processes for high-quality product master development.
  • Ensure smooth transition from product master to mass production through strong collaboration.

Key Duties:

  • Lead the product master production processes and standards and supervise and guide the team responsible for product master creation.
  • Actively identify and adopt new technologies, materials, and methods for refining product master development.
  • Ensure seamless coordination and communication with I&PD and design teams for efficient product master translation.
  • Continuously evaluate product master quality, accuracy, and fitness for purpose in mass production and ensure quality control systems and metrics specifically for product master development.
  • Collaborate with the Production Excellence team to address issues arising due to product master imperfections.
  • Manage product master creation timelines and budgets, aligning them with overall project goals.

Pre-Production role

Key Objectives:

  • Oversee the seamless transition of new product designs from product development team to mass production.
  • Drive efficiency, cost-effectiveness, and quality excellence throughout the pre-production stages.
  • Establish strong collaboration across teams for optimized project outcomes.
  • Champion a strategic mindset within pre-production processes and decision-making.

Key Duties:

  • Oversee all pre-production phases, including prototyping, product master handover, tooling, and pilot runs.
  • Develop long-term plans for technology adoption and innovation within pre-production, aligning with the organization's broader strategic goals.
  • Establish, track, and analyze key performance indicators (KPIs) for pre-production efficiency and effectiveness and proactively assess and mitigate risk throughout the pre-production phases to ensure on-time and on-budget product launches.
  • Lead collaboration with I&PD, supply chain, quality, production, and the Product Master team to resolve problems and make data-driven decisions.
  • Identify and recommend new technologies and methods that enhance pre-production processes.
  • Ensure successful handover of new products to production, including all relevant data, documentation, training, and finalized product masters.

 

Production Excellence role

Key Objectives:

  • Lead continuous improvement across production, emphasizing efficiency, productivity, quality, and cost control.
  • Champion collaboration and standardization for best practices across manufacturing locations.
  • Drive production performance with strategic planning and data insights.
  • Align production excellence efforts with the company's overall strategy.

Key Duties:

  • Lead the development of manufacturing strategies and long-term roadmaps emphasizing productivity, resource optimization, cost reduction, or lead time improvements.
  • Perform in-depth benchmark analyses against industry competitors to identify gaps and prioritize strategic focus areas within production.
  • Facilitate knowledge sharing and best practices adoption across various production sites.
  • Evaluate and pilot new technologies or innovations provided by I&PD or other development teams, assessing suitability for mass production.
  • Lead cross-functional troubleshooting teams to solve complex production problems, product quality swiftly and ensure on long-term corrective actions, preventing recurring issue.
  • Design and implement data-driven systems to monitor and analyse key production metrics for strategic decision-making.
  • Build a culture of continuous improvement emphasizing long-term, strategic outcomes alongside immediate gains.

 

10 years or above of experience in manufacturing, background in large scale production manufacturing.  

5 years or above in management roles

  • Dynamic environment of production requires attention and close monitor.
  • Problem solving and decision making under limited timeframe and resources.
  • Proficiency in data analysis tools and MS office Suite
  • Knowledge of safety regulations and compliance in manufacturing environments
  • Experience working in an international firm with diverse cultural and large-scale manufacturing.

 

  • Strategic Mindset: The ability to see the big picture, assess long-term impacts, and link operational and pre-production activities to the broader organizational goals.
  • Data-Driven Decision Making: Comfort with collecting, analysing, and interpreting complex data sets to support informed planning and problem-solving.
  • Innovation Focus: Constantly seeking out new technologies, process improvements, and creative solutions to enhance efficiency and product quality.
  • Collaboration and Communication: Excellent interpersonal skills to build strong working relationships across diverse teams (I&PD, Quality, Supply Chain, cross-site production leaders).
  • Leadership and Influence: Ability to motivate teams, drive change initiatives, resolve conflicts, and inspire a continuous improvement culture across functions.
  • Project Management: Exemplary organizational skills, ensuring multiple complex and concurrent projects proceed on time and within budget.
  • Risk Management: Ability to anticipate potential roadblocks during pre-production, proactively devising mitigation plans and contingencies.
  • Adaptability: Flexible in dealing with evolving project requirements, technological changes, or material supply challenges.
  • Continuous improvement mindset: Proven knowledge of streamlining processes, eliminating waste, and driving continuous improvement culture
  • Benchmarking: Demonstrated ability to research industry best practices, benchmark against competitors, and propose relevant strategies for internal improvement.
  • Financial Acumen: Understands production cost structures, collaborates with finance for efficiency initiatives, and drives cost-optimization efforts.

 

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