Director, Manufacturing Excellence Transformation - Malaysia Lead

Role purpose: Lead the Malaysia Manufacturing Excellence transformation delivery—building the roadmap, team, and adoption system that enables high-touch assembly excellence and high-touch automation, creating Lighthouse-aligned use cases to support Malaysia’s site master plans and rapid network growth. Why this role matters: Malaysia’s growth agenda requires rapid capability uplift while maintaining safety, quality, and delivery performance. This role ensures Manufacturing Excellence becomes the operating system for Malaysia: MES foundations, Lean maturity, disciplined digital routines, and practical high-touch automation use cases—delivered through strong people leadership and change adoption discipline.

Responsibilities

Lead the Malaysia Manufacturing Excellence transformation delivery—building the roadmap, team, and adoption system that enables high-touch assembly excellence and high-touch automation, creating Lighthouse-aligned use cases to support Malaysia’s site master plans and rapid network growth; Own Malaysia's Manufacturing Excellence roadmap from strategy to execution; Drive MES deployment and operational discipline to enable scale; Develop high-touch automation + Lighthouse-aligned use cases; Build and scale a high-performing transformation organisation; Deliver change management excellence during rapid growth; Accelerate Lean value creation and quality stability

Requirements

Proven transformation delivery in manufacturing operations; Strong MES and IT/OT exposure; Ability to partner effectively with engineering, quality, and digital teams; Demonstrated people leader who can build and scale teams rapidly during growth; Strong change leadership and adoption discipline; Strong financial acumen and structured program governance capability

Nice to have

Ideally in high-touch assembly environments; Experience in Southeast Asia hubs strongly preferred

Benefits

Bonus plan; Working from home flexibility; Referral bonus and preferred shareholding programme; Competitive benefits; Internal career opportunity - joining an international fast-paced and massively growing company