Upholstery Production Manager

Lead & manage end-to-end upholstery production to ensure on-time delivery, cost efficiency, and quality excellence, aligned with company’s operational and business targets.

Key Responsibilities:

Production Management:

• Oversee daily production activities for upholstery (sofa, chair, cushions).
• Ensure production plan meets delivery schedule & output targets.
• Monitor capacity, manpower allocation & production efficiency.
• Control production flow: cutting – sewing – assembly – finishing.

Quality Control:

• Ensure products meet internal & client quality standards.
• Reduce defect rate, rework, and customer complaints.
• Work with QA/QC for quality improvements.
• Lead root cause analysis & corrective actions.

Cost & Productivity Optimization:

• Drive lean manufacturing / continuous improvement (Kaizen, 5S).
• Optimize labor productivity & material usage.
• Control production cost vs budget.
• Improve line balancing & cycle time.

Team Leadership & Development:

• Lead production team (Supervisors, Line leaders, Workers).
• Build strong middle layer capability.
• Train workforce on skills, safety & quality standards.
• Drive performance culture.

Safety & Compliance:

• Ensure compliance with EHS standards.
• Maintain safe working environment.
• Lead safety training & incident prevention.

Cross-functional Collaboration:

• Work with Planning, IE, QA, Supply Chain.
• Support new product development (NPI).
• Coordinate with Sales/Customer.

Experience:

• 5–10+ years in furniture manufacturing.
• 3+ years in management role.
• Upholstery experience required.

Technical Skills:

• Upholstery process knowledge.
• Lean / IE tools.
• Production planning.
• Quality control.

Leadership:

• Strong leadership & coaching.
• Manage large workforce.
• Hands-on mindset.

Soft Skills:

• Problem solving.
• Communication.
• Result-driven.

Preferred:

• Export market experience.
• ERP/MES knowledge.
• English communicationReporting Line.