Specialization Operation / Manufacturing
Business nature Box Build High Mix Low Volume Assembly
Reporting directly to the Plant Director.
Lead and manage operation teams of more than 900 people (production) to
fulfill customers’ demand in box build production of Process Power, High Voltage,
high/low frequency power supply.
Develops, communicates, and implements plans consistent with organizational and
business unit goals. Includes expense and capital budgeting, resource planning, goal setting, and prioritizing and managing time.
Establishes departmental yearly/monthly objectives and takes initiative to lead the
production team to achieve the goals and objectives.
Develop and manage departmental P&L, deliver execution on operational excellence
savings.
Works and drives cross-functionally with Production Planning, Materials,
Purchasing, Engineering, Warehouse and other key interfaces to review, analyze, and
optimize new and existing products and processes.
Responsibilities
Creates an environment that stimulates new ideas, provides effective work direction
and motivation, sets challenging work goals through personal growth, respect, trust, and
empowerment of the individual.
Drive and improve product quality and On-Time-Delivery to meet customers’
requirements.
Improves production efficiency and reduces lead time from order placement to finish
goods delivery.
Develops and implements structures that promote work team ownership of
continuous improvement and corrective action processes.
Drive and manage accuracy of inventory of indirect materials, production usage
chemicals, bulk materials, sub-assembly and packaging materials.
Provides coaching, mentoring, employee development, and team-building to
employees. Trains production supervisors, trainers and line leaders to improve their
management skills.
As second batch pioneer to set up and build a strong production team (AEMY startedin 2019Q4) by improving organization reporting structure.
Achievements
Increased 28% of total product shipped from 34,735 units (2021) to 48,527 units
(2022) with additional hiring, proper OJT training and skill certification.
Prepared by: LA Kuek 2
Resolved kitting material discrepancy vs BOM, developed new processes, reduced
kitting materials handover process from warehouse to production.
Improved Direct Labour productivity from 32% (Q1) to 47% (Q4) in 2021 by
reducing reluctant processes and increase output.
Reduced OT from 44% (Q1) to 36% (Q4) in 2021 by proper OT management.
Improved assembly workmanship issues and reduced customer complaints.
Setup kanban and JIT system, resolve packaging material shortage and scrap,
manage more than 100 types of packaging materials in 2022Q2.
Setup and manage bulk materials, online materials and chemicals used in shopfloor
in 2022Q3.

Specialization Facility / maintenance / Operation / Manufacturing
Business nature Manufacturing and Medical Device Assembly
Reporting directly to the Plant Director.
Lead and manage operation teams of more than 150 people (production, data entryand maintenance) to fulfill customers’ demand in plastic injection molding, precision
cleaning for semiconductor, wafer shipper, precision packaging trays; thermoforming for
medical device packaging; and sterilize medical device assembly class 3 for negative
pressure wound drainage.
Constantly drive, manage and provide leadership in the continuous improvement
within operation (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Cash, Employee, Productivity) to achieve
the operational excellence thru Six Sigma and LEAN methodology.
Lead, establish, monitor and review with the teams on daily KPI to ensure operation
performance runs smoothly and according to the company objectives, policy and compliance
to rules and regulations set by the company during daily management review meetings.
Continually improve the production and material yield, reduce downtime, resolve
production and product quality issues with design analysis and manufacturing perspective
Responsibilities
by using LEAN concepts, DOE, SPC and statistical tools.
Lead and manage the maintenance & facility department to ensure all preventive
maintenance and ad hoc facility, machine or equipment breakdown are settled in a timely
manner.
Lead and co-work with Planning, Engineering and QA departments to ensure on
time delivery with good product quality.
Constantly review and develop long term strategy plan and technology roadmap in
plastic molding, thermoforming, medical assembly operation by upgrading the facility and
machinery within the capital expenditure.
Develop and adhere to the departmental CAPEX and budgets, close monitoring of
the allocated funds and achieve the company given goals.
Accountable for the company profit and loss, gross profit analysis, inventory
turnover, cost model of plastic injection products, equipment and tooling budget.
Purchase, cost reduction, manage inventory, aging stock of indirect materials.
Prepared by: LA Kuek 3
Maintain overall operation systems, equipment and machines in good condition and
compliance to the EN ISO 13485, ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 audit process.
Chairman of Continuous Improvement / Kaizen; 5S, Safety, Health and
Environment, initiate and promote the culture for continual improvement.
Project leader of Industry 4.0 Smart Factory in MES from design of user
experience, framework development and software realization.
Constantly deliver company performance, goals, expectation and business changes
to department staff.
Recruit, supervise, mentor, manage, coach and appraise other personnel and
department staff by ensuring the resources, training, skills and competence are up to level
and achieve departmental goals and KPI.
Lead role in setup, maintain and upgrade Cleanroom ISO Class 5 to Class 8.
Upon on board 2 months, resolved 7 major NCR in EN ISO13485 relating to
production and maintenance within two weeks, audited by MedCert (Germany) in August
2017.
Reduced dusty environment in production floor by relocation of crushing machines,
year 2017.
Improved 17% productivity for medical life science products, from 540 to 630 daily
output, year 2017. Improved 10% productivity from 630 to 700 daily output, year 2020.
Enhancement, improvement and implementation to comply with the GMP, EN ISO
13485:2016 & ISO 9001:2015 for production and maintenance, year 2018.
Obtained TUV and SIRIM certificate by maintaining and updating documentation,
year 2018.
Water bill cost saving about RM16.8k in 2018 and RM13.8k in 2019, about 27% and
30% reduction in total bill of year 2017 and 2018 respectively thru recycle project.
Reduced maintenance downtime from average 0.955% in 2017 to average 0.67%,
year 2018 by upgrading machines, equipment, accessory.
Achievements
Setup, operate and maintain the thermoforming and injection molding production
in cleanroom class 8 (100k).
Achieved maintenance capital expenditure approved budget in 2018/2019/2020.
Achieved 4% headcount cost reduction on direct labour versus to sales demand in
2019.
Material utilization saving RM220k in 2019 and RM420k in 2020. Maximize scrap sell
to RM49k in 2020.
Appointed by CEO as Corporate Affairs Committee in 2019/2020 to propose to EXCO
any ideas which could potentially make a positive impact to the organization and execute
various tasks given by EXCO.
Promoted from Senior Manager II to Senior Manager I in January 2020.
Develop a logic and web-base database of the Manufacturing Execution System of
Smart Factory together with IT programmer, year 2020.
Team leader in developing the Texchem Group Intranet with vendor in 2020.
Develop and set up the production in short lead time to launch the face shield
products and meet daily out of 20,000 sets/day in one week, year Jun/2020.

Design and Development / New Product Introduction / Supplier Quality Engineering /
Specialization
Manufacturing
Business nature Printing System industry
Reporting to VP of Engineering based Singapore.
Lead and manage global, cross-discipline projects, sustaining engineering and
functional departments spread over multiple sites to define scope of project (objectives,strategy, processes, deliverables, timeline, business requirements), to remove undesired
project barriers, to ensure continue delivery of substantial cost reductions with quality
enhancements, to fulfill customers’ demand and improve operational performance.
Constantly drive, manage the box build operations and provide leadership in the
continuous improvement within operation (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, Cash, Employee,Productivity) to achieve the operational excellence thru Six Sigma and LEAN methodology.
Lead, design, evaluate, collaborate and approve the design review, technology
transfer, components and mechanical hardware with improved costs, quality, delivery and
reliability.
Continually improve the production yield, reduce material rejection, resolve
Responsibilities
production issues and product quality issues with design analysis and manufacturing
perspective by using LEAN concepts, DOE, SPC, statistical tools, maintain the jigs & fixtures
in good condition and pass the audit process.
Technical sign off, maintain and document on all project related and change
management processes plastic injection molding, metal stamping, rubber and etc including
ECOs, BOM, FAI, PPAP, DFM, DFA, D/PFMEA and supplier changes that representing
company and the global teams to achieve high quality standard of part delivery.
Recruit, supervise, mentor, manage, coach and appraise other personnel and
department staff by ensuring the training, skills and competence are up to level and achieve
departmental goals.
Develop and adhere to the departmental budgets, close monitoring of the allocated
project funds and achieve the company given goals and accountable for the project profit
and loss.
Reduced 5% of warranty returns for benchtop printers.
Reduced the incoming quality issue from 15% to 2% within a year.
Reduced the supplier PPAP preparation lead time from 3 weeks to 2 weeks.
Improved productivity from 95% to 98% by implementing LEAN.
Achieved 100% of cost, quality and delivery for transfer of new product and tooling
from US.
Delivered 100% commitment of NPI program during design development and to
production division.
Achievements
Reduced the tooling fabrication lead time from 12 weeks to 10 weeks.
Delivered, re-designed, re-sourced, localized the printer enclosure and met 98% of
the product target cost.
Reduced and negotiated the tooling cost at least 25% from initial quote.
Reduced at least 10% of the tooling modification cost (Plastic, Sheet metal, Die castand etc).
Resolved the ultrasonic welding issue at Brady Xiamen, battery pack at Sub-con
(CPI) within 3 working days.

Specialization New Product Development / New Product Introduction / Manage Contract Manufacturer
Business nature Hygiene industry
Reporting Engineering Manager based in Penang.
Responsible and delivered project milestone update with R&D division, localized and
setup contract manufacturer to ensure the projects are on track as per project plan.
Present the operation performance of CM, analysis and recommendations to senior
managers with presentations effectively and persuasively through the use of a variety of
techniques.
To facilitate or manage ad-hoc project teams and CM, ensuring that strategic issues
are considered by such teams.
Responsibilities
Provide strategic support to senior management of sufficient sophistication to
enable the company to maximize value for money for the benefit of the company.
Develop design, drawings, Engineering Spec, Purchase Items Specification, Product
Performance Specification, Testing Procedures for plastic injection molding, metal stamping,
rubber, label and etc while ensuring the requirements are clearly documented and complied
by CM.
Maintain change management, ISO 9001, OSHA and other documents.
Supervise, train, mentor, manage, coach other junior mechanical engineering
personnel while ensuring they are competent to do the jobs.
Delivered and managed effectively by the contract manufacturer on daily operation
and reporting.
100% on time delivery for multiple projects from USA, UK, New Zealand customers’
projects.
Reduced and negotiated the tooling cost at least 20% from initial quote.
Achievements
Delivered and re-design, re-source the materials to meet the 98% of product target
cost.
Resolved and reduced 20% of the customer complaints on the products.
Resolved the ultrasonic issues on the Breakthrough Mop and fragrance refill
products.
Resolved quality issue of FumaCare's Sanitary products in 3 weeks.

Specialization Manufacturing / Production Engineering
Ensure the NPD, D/PFMEA, VA/CD (Value Add/Cost Down), BOM and change
Responsibilities
management are carried out in a timely manner and comply with company policy.

Drive the PPAP, develop acceptance criteria, resolve the issues for plastic injection
molding, metal stamping, rubber and secondary processes such as spraying, chrome plating,
hot stamping, silk screen and etc. comply with the Sony Quality Standard.
Provide constructive solutions on defective parts in assembly production,
productivity improvement thru design improvement.
Participate in various yearly supplier audits.
Promoted to Senior Engineer within 2 and a half years of working.
Successfully introduced new local products and transferred/localized Japan products
within the schedule.
Achievements
Solved the production line problem and provided a long term solution for high
volume products.
Established a new Sony Quality Standard of new product category (Rack System).