Production Manager

What You'll Do - Plan and manage the daily/weekly production schedule, sequencing jobs against order deadlines and flagging conflicts before they become late deliveries. - Own quality control on the shop floor — set and enforce checkpoints (e.g. final inspection before packing), and catch defects before they reach the client. - Manage materials and inventory: oversee receiving and grading of lumber and other raw materials, track consumables, and reorder at the right time. - Supervise, train, and schedule shop floor workers; onboard new hires and sign off when they're ready to work a station independently. - Enforce workplace safety practices and lead safety induction for new workers. - Maintain and improve our SOPs and job aids — you'll be the process owner who keeps documentation current, not just a user of it. - Make routine floor-level decisions independently (job re-sequencing, minor material rejections, training sign-offs) and know exactly when to escalate to ownership (e.g. client change requests, one-off deviations from a written SOP). - Coordinate with the design/sales side to keep production timelines aligned with client commitments. Requirements What We're Looking For - Hands-on experience running or supervising production in a furniture, cabinetry, joinery, or similar manufacturing/workshop environment. We're flexible on years of experience — what matters most is that you've actually run a shop floor and can do it independently from day one. - Working knowledge of woodworking processes and quality standards (or a fast learner with strong general production management skills). - Comfortable managing people directly — scheduling, training, and holding a small team accountable to quality and deadlines. - Organized and detail-oriented, especially around materials tracking and quality checkpoints. - Clear communicator, comfortable documenting processes (SOPs, checklists) rather than keeping know-how in your head. - Able to make sound day-to-day decisions on the floor and knows when a call needs to go to ownership instead. - Basic proficiency with spreadsheets/documents for scheduling and inventory tracking. Nice to Have - Prior experience setting up or working with SOPs / standardized processes in a small manufacturing setting. - Familiarity with lumber grading and material receiving. - Bilingual (Bahasa Malaysia / English). What We Offer - Statutory benefits (EPF, SOCSO, EIS). - Annual leave, medical benefits, other perks - A role with real ownership — you'll shape how the factory runs, not just execute the SOP.