o Responsible for the overall operations in assigned manufacturing
organization.
o Planning, coordinating, directing and supervising the entire day-to-day
operations.
o Ensure optimal and efficient staff allocation and time management at
production orders to deliver on time, in full, meeting specified quality while
maintaining cost effective of process.
o Manage, sustain and improve all operational or production relevant
processes to meet manufacturability, yield, quality requirements and industry
standards.
o Responsible for recrutiment, leading, coaching and support all employees in
production.
o Provide necessary training and support to employees ensuring that they
understand and are able to apply the skills required to produce quality
products and to perform in-process, documented inspection according to VAT
and customer requirements.
o Organising and managing conditions of production to meet production and
organizational goals, primarily the improvement and maintenance of high level
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productivity, operations efficiency, wastage reduction and control and product
quality in terms of meeting the specification in a sustainable manner.
o Perform long term machine capacity planning and manpower requirement
according to forecast, ensure resources are utilized fully and effectively.
o Participates actively in new product introduction. Supports and implements
the transition of products and manufacturing processes from prototype to full
production with consideration of manufacturability and yield performance.
o Defining and consolidating the process landscape, taking into account
lean management in production: introducing, optimising and documenting
processes at existing and new workstations, including layout planning. In doing
so, pay attention to achieving the high quality and cleanliness requirements,
optimum manufacturing costs and short throughput times.

Malaysia
Support business expansion at VAT Manufacturing Malaysia Sdn Bhd through
transfer of manufacturing technology centered upon bonding or adhesion
of perfluoroelastomers to aluminum and stainless steel substrates from
Switzerland for end use applications as vacuum valve seals employed in
vacuum valve that is utilized in the manufacture of semiconductors.
o Responsible for maintenance and replacement of existing vulcanizing tools.
o Collaboration in project teams for the development and introduction of
new part vulcanising tools as well as the associated operating and testing
equipment.
o Defining and consolidating the process landscape, taking into account
lean management in production: introducing, optimising and documenting
processes at existing and new workstations, including layout planning. In doing
so, pay attention to achieving the high quality and cleanliness requirements,
optimum manufacturing costs and short throughput times.
o Close cooperation with quality assurance and the other specialist
departments.
o Planning, implementation and control of production-side maintenance and
servicing of systems and operating equipment. Active cooperation with the
plant maintenance department.
o Provide necessary training and support to employees ensuring that they
understand and are able to apply the skills required to produce quality
products and to perform in-process, documented inspection according to VAT
and customer requirements.
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o Recommend improvements in work instructions, methods, processes,
policies and equipment and ensures that operators are kept updated of any
changes.
o Call for support from other functions as required.
o Initiate and recommend corrective and preventive actions.

Kedah, Malaysia
o To support manufacturing relating to process improvement so that it
contribute towards the profitability & sustainability of the company.
o To collaborate with other cross functional groups such as R&D, Global
Engineering, Global QA etc. for new product development, product transfer,
new/ technology transfer & quality improvement activities.
o To provide technical support/advice to plant troubleshooting/laboratory
testing procedure, processing, etc.
o To carry out the material, product and process validation and handover
to manufacturing upon successful validation under the change, design and
development process.
o To involve and participate actively in continues improvement activities within
the company.
o To undertake specific projects as assigned.
o Review and improve on processes and procedures to comply with regulatory
requirements.
o Ensure the established safe work practices for individual tasks with
known risks of injury or illness immediately report injuries, near misses
incidents, unsafe act and unsafe conditions to EHS personnel and immediate
supervisors.
o To ensure all practices are adhere to the company environmental, quality
and health & safety policy at all times.
o To investigate, improve, recommend any changes that would improve
consistency, cost, quality & increase efficiency.
o To sustain 5S, GMP, Lean & Entitlement Quality practices in company.
o To provide accurate, reliable test results or data analysis to strengthen the
statistical back-up in all relevant projects & department activities.
Achievements/Projects:
o Improved consistency of glove palm width by optimizing ovens and dryer
parameters.
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o Control of undesirable glove’s cuff shrinkage through curing profile
optimization.
o Improve robustness of production process by identifying “preferred settings”
from historical production data.
o Successful validation of new product with 100% FPY and 0.98% reject on
first commercial run.

Perak, Malaysia
o Focuses on the approval of raw materials, process chemicals and formers
and to implement in the production with the targets of cost efficiency, fulfilling
required products and process requirements.
o Drive continuous improvement in quality, cost and yield, ensure compliance
to product specification and drive technology change to keep abreast
competition.
o Evaluate and execute innovative solution for process improvement and
stability.
o Ensure samples preparation for customers and pre-shipment are conformed
to process and product specification requirement.
o Support qualification activities.
o Coordinate for customer’s complaint investigation and improvement plan.
o Liaise with external chemical supplier or hardware supplier to know latest
advance technology to enhance quality, productivity and cost reduction
projects.
o Streamline broad spectrum into few formulation, colour and weight to
facilitate product handling and quality stability.
Achievements/Projects:
o Qualification of new grade of titanium dioxide and dispersion formulation.
o Formulating 3.0 g nitrile examination glove with 6.0 N force-at-break; one of
the thinnest and highest strength on market at that point (preliminary stage,able to meet minimum requirements).
o Improving in-house dispersion formulations for better latex compound
stability.

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Kedah, Malaysia
o Perform research and development on latex compounding and latex dipping
process.
o Take charge of catheter dipping pilot plant (including pilot scalecompounding churn) operations and project executions.
o Evaluate failures, identify root cause and take corrective and preventive
action.
o Evaluate new processing methods and equipment and assists in
development of production technique.
o Assist implementation of the transfer process and product from other Bard
facilities.
o Coordination and implementation of projects in the company.
o Ensure all the activities undertaken in the development projects conform to
the company quality requirement system.
Achievements/Projects:
o Catheter dipping pilot plant qualification, set-up, operations and technical
projects execution.
o Study on in-house latex compounding formulations and formulating matrix
relating in-coming latex parameters to consistent latex compound output.
o Propose new dipping sequences for improved catheter size output
consistency.
o Qualification of new polymer for catheter lubricious coating.
o Involvement in the qualification of new catalyst for silicone coating
formulation.

Penang, Malaysia
o Be the local technical interface with Surgical Products - Gloves R&D
projects.
o Work with local universities, Rubber Research Institute and other external
partners on technologies that compliment R&D work.
o Provide effective project management to insure appropriate procedures of
design controls of new products are followed.
o Coordinate with various parties including contract manufacturer to execute
activities of the assigned projects.
o Ensure proper documentation of design activities.
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o Perform laboratory studies and production trial runs to prove out new
technologies.
o Conduct process validation for new products or processes.
o Support Operation/MT for new product transfer from R&D to production.
o Manage technical resources at non-exempt level to support area of focus.
Achievements/Projects:
o Powder-free coagulant development for surgical gloves, including process
re-designs to cater required surface grip and ease of donning through
chlorination and surface lubrication.