Senior Tooling Manager

Job Description : SENIOR TOOLING MANAGER THAILAND An exciting Senior Tooling Manager (x1 vacancy) job based in Rayong has just become available at a highly respected global manufacturing organisation of innovation that has over 30 production sites across the globe and great reputation of their products for over a hundred years. Reporting directly to Head of Engineering (Foreigner), this is a role for an outstanding Tooling Manager with in-depth experience who thrives on challenging opportunity. You will play an essential role to ensure tooling fabrication and maintenance performance to support plant’s new product introduction and production volume delivery objectives through management of machine acquisition; implementation of methods and layout changes; and establishment of KPIs and management system. You will be leading the team of 20 people in the first year with continuing expanding in following years. This role offers a competitive base salary with allowance and bonus. Manage tool shop areas & teams such as material preparation, CAM programming, CNC machining, EDM/WEDM erosion, CMM measuring, bench fitting, polishing and tool maintenance Be responsible for hiring, training, evaluating, and replacing work force Support machine installation, setup, and validation with maintenance, delivering proper documentation (machine manual, spare parts list) Implement and manage tool shop KPIs such as efficiency, quality rate, machine downtime, maintenance SLA, and new tooling output Work close with the production & planning to ensure tool maintenance prioritisation to minimise risk of back order Benchmark the tool shop process with the other geographies and identify/put in place the best practices Partner with the quality and production teams for defect troubleshooting Work in a close relation with NPI Team for release of new models’ prioritisation To succeed in this role, you must have the ability to lead and coach effectively and possess a keen understanding & experience in tool room management within dynamic manufacturing environment. Bachelor's Degree or higher in Engineering or related fields At least 15 years’ manufacturing experience in tool shop management and machining process Proven leadership background and strong leadership capabilities Pleasant personality and manner with strong service minded attitude

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