Position Title: Production Supervisor
Department: Production
Reports to: Production Manager
Location: Cha-am Factory, Phetchaburi, Thailand
Key Responsibilities
- Supervise daily production activities to achieve Safety, Quality, Cost, Delivery, and Productivity targets.
- Review production plans, manpower, material readiness, production priorities, and machine availability.
- Monitor production progress and resolve bottlenecks, missing parts, waiting time, quality issues, and other production interruptions.
- Coordinate material flow between upstream processes, assembly, testing, packing, and related production areas.
- Use SAP or another ERP/MRP system to monitor production orders, component requirements, material availability, stock balances, reservations, confirmations, and material movements.
- Verify material readiness before production and follow up critical shortages with related departments.
- Support cycle counting, physical stock verification, inventory reconciliation, and investigation of differences between physical stock and system records.
- Monitor production efficiency, productivity, downtime, rework, scrap, and material losses.
- Collect and analyze recurring production and quality problems and coordinate corrective actions.
- Apply problem-solving and continuous-improvement methods such as PDCA, 5-Whys, Pareto Analysis, Root Cause Analysis, Kaizen, Lean, and 5S.
- Ensure that production activities comply with SOPs, Work Instructions, quality requirements, safety rules, and environmental controls.
- Support ISO 9001, ISO 14001, and ISO 45001 activities, including document control, audits, corrective actions, and operational compliance.
- Control production consumables, tools, PPE, indirect materials, and critical supplies, including stock monitoring and purchase planning.
- Coach Team Leaders and operators, maintain the Skill Matrix, and support employee multi-skill development.
- Prepare daily and weekly reports covering production performance, material readiness, inventory issues, quality problems, and improvement actions.
Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Engineering, Production Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Logistics, Supply Chain Management, Industrial Management, Manufacturing Technology, or a related field.
- A Higher Vocational Certificate with relevant manufacturing or material-control experience may also be considered.
- Experience in production supervision, production control, material control, production planning, inventory control, or manufacturing operations is preferred.
