Senior Tooling Manager

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Job Summary

To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add a Senior Tooling Manager located in Flex Skudai.

Reporting to the Director, Supply Chain Solution the Senior Tooling Manager role is responsible to

What a typical day looks like:

• Lead the design team and coordinate with Flex CD for new tool design, fabrication, review the DFM with customer
• Responsible from RQF, Quote, DFM, Tool Design, and Manufacturing to until Tool DPAP done
• Coordinate with Flex CD design team skills development from them and ensure quality tools delivery
• Contact point of customer for new tool manufacturing and ECN's implementation during and after tool fabricate.
• Perform audit/checking functions on critical design changes per procedures and guidelines
• Responsible for the trouble shooting and servicing of tools those running for the production of the precision components
• Providing engineering assistance in tooling manufacture, optimization, and commissioning
• Inspecting finished dies for smoothness, contour conformity, and defects, test, repair broken or damaged patterns, modify articles to suit the specifications. 
• Cross verifying 100% manufacturability, tolerance, quality and accuracy of drawing within existing entitlement of lead times
• Manage, coach and develop a high performing tool room team that meets agreed objectives and which delivers best practice results, added value and continuous improvements
• Set department objectives/KPIs and review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports
• Report on achievement of targets and identify any actions required

The experience we’re looking to add to our team:

• Typically requires a Bachelor’s Degree in a related field or equivalent experience and training.
• At least 15 years of related experiences in plastic molding tool design and development
• Minimum 8 years of managerial capacity
• Good knowledge of MS Office, Auto CAD, UG NX 10 & 11, Mold Flow, Moldex, ,3D/2D drawing, CNC Programming, EDM, Wire-cut

What you’ll receive for the great work you provide:

• Full range of medical benefits, dental, vision
• Life Insurance
• PTO

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