Operations Manager - Cable

Accounts Executive

Regional FP&A Analyst

TA Specialist

Senior Manufacturing Engineer

HR Partner IV - SEA

Senior Executive - HSE

Associate Engineer – Factory Innovation

Infrastructure Finance Analyst (Graduate)

Senior Manager - Stage Direction

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Manages the day-to-day operations and long term planning for manufacturing functions, including manufacturing, production control, engineering, inventory control, purchasing and shipping/receiving activities.</li><li>Leading staffing, development, and performance management programs for operations staff; managing, motivating, and developing management team.</li><li>Driving the execution of operations activities, ensuring that schedules and performance requirements are met and system resources are used effectively.</li><li>Defining departmental goals; coordinating strategies, communications, and joint initiatives for multiple and distributed facilities.</li><li>Accountable for overall operations performance and implementing production, cost, and quality control mechanisms.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Generally requires Bachelors degree in appropriate field with 12 or more years of experience; or Masters degree with 10 or more years of experience; or PhD level with 6 or more years of experience; or local equivalent</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Accounts Payable – Third-Party and Staff Claims Processing: <ul><li>Responsible for posting and processing payments for third-party AP invoices and staff claims for two Thailand entities.</li><li>Verify all third-party AP invoices and staff claims to ensure approvals and relevant supporting documents are in place according to the DOA before payment.</li></ul> Accounts Payable – Intercompany Processing and Group System (HFM) Biannual Reconciliation: <ul><li>Responsible for posting and processing payments for intercompany AP invoices for two Thailand entities.</li><li>Verify all intercompany AP invoices to ensure approvals and relevant supporting documents are in place according to the DOA before payment.</li><li>Obtain Statement of Accounts from inter-company suppliers and reconcile with AP Aging in SAP B1.</li><li>Resolve any disputes with intercompany suppliers.</li><li>HFM reconciliation: Upload and match HFM transactions.</li></ul> Cashflow &amp; Loan Management: <ul><li>Provide the monthly cash outflow and inflow forecast for review by Senior Accountant.</li><li>Contribute to maintaining adequate cash flow for operations and proactively alert the Senior Accountant of any foreseeable cash flow issues.</li><li>Ensure loan repayments and interest payments are promptly processed according to the due date/payment terms.</li></ul> Tax Related – VAT/WHT: <ul><li>Prepare VAT/WHT filing/certificates/payments for review by Senior Accountant.</li></ul> Accounts Receivable Tasks: <ul><li>Follow up on collections from customers before the due date or when overdue.</li><li>Record AR transactions in SAP.</li><li>Send AR Aging report to Sales and AR incoming report to Senior Accountant monthly.</li><li>Issue AR Credit Notes based on approved CN form.</li></ul> Other Accounting Tasks: <ul><li>Update exchange rates in SAP and perform month-end revaluations.</li><li>Creation/maintenance of customer and vendor records in SAP.</li><li>Prepare and manage bank guarantees.</li><li>Support audits by providing required documents to external and internal auditors.</li><li>Undertake any ad hoc finance assignments as required.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Degree in Accounting</li><li>Ability to read and communicate in English would be preferred</li><li>Financial Accounting (AP/AR/Tax)</li><li>Administration of intercompany and third-party invoices, as well as staff expense claim payments</li><li>Microsoft Office including Excel and Word</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Financial Reporting &amp; Accounting: <ul><li>Manage month-end close and reporting activities, ensuring timely and accurate submissions.</li><li>Prepare and review profit &amp; loss statements, overhead reports, and variance analyses.</li><li>Ensure accuracy of financial postings across accounts and cost centers.</li><li>Review balance sheet reconciliations and proactively identify potential risks and issues.</li><li>Support statutory reporting requirements and annual financial statement preparation.</li><li>Coordinate tax-related reporting and compliance activities.</li><li>Support internal and external audit processes.</li></ul> Financial Planning &amp; Analysis: <ul><li>Consolidate regional financial results and management reporting across multiple markets.</li><li>Support monthly forecasting, annual budgeting, and long-range planning processes.</li><li>Analyze financial performance and provide actionable recommendations to management.</li><li>Identify key risks, opportunities, and performance drivers.</li><li>Develop reporting tools, dashboards, and financial analyses to support decision-making.</li><li>Provide financial insights on business trends and operational performance.</li></ul> Business Partnering: <ul><li>Act as a key finance contact for regional and local stakeholders.</li><li>Partner with cross-functional teams to collect, validate, and analyze financial data.</li><li>Support alignment of financial assumptions, planning processes, and reporting requirements across markets.</li><li>Present financial information and performance updates to management teams.</li><li>Drive continuous process improvements and promote best practices across the finance function.</li><li>Support regional transformation initiatives, systems implementations, and ad hoc projects.</li></ul> Requirements: Experience: <ul><li>Bachelors Degree in Finance, Accounting, Business, or a related discipline.</li><li>Professional accounting qualification (CA, CPA, ACCA, or equivalent) preferred.</li><li>Minimum 5 years of experience in Finance, FP&amp;A, Accounting, or Commercial Finance.</li><li>Experience with ERP systems such as SAP or equivalent.</li><li>Experience in budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, and management reporting.</li><li>Audit, tax, or statutory reporting experience is advantageous.</li><li>Experience working in a regional or multinational environment is preferred.</li></ul> Skills &amp; Competencies: <ul><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.</li><li>Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and proficiency in PowerPoint.</li><li>High attention to detail and accuracy.</li><li>Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.</li><li>Ability to work independently and take ownership of deliverables.</li><li>Effective time management and prioritization skills.</li><li>Ability to manage multiple deadlines in a dynamic environment.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Executing Hiring Strategies: <ul><li>Collaborate with business leaders, HR partners, and Business teams to understand short- and long-term hiring needs.</li><li>Develop hiring plans, agreed Global SLAs are aligned with the Business Goals</li><li>Stay informed about industry trends, market conditions, and emerging hiring practices &amp; tool</li></ul> Talent Sourcing &amp; Pipeline Development: <ul><li>Build and maintain a strong pipeline of candidates for various key roles such as NPD, NPI, PDE, MPDE and many more.</li><li>Develop and implement innovative hiring strategies using Market intelligence &amp; Talent Mapping tools.</li><li>Leverage a mix of sourcing channels: Internal/External career sites, Social Media Hiring such as LinkedIn, TikTok, Instagram, Facebook etc., Job Boards such as JobStreet, Monster</li><li>Familiar with hiring tools such as HireEz, ZoomInfo.&nbsp;Leverage employee referrals, and University hiring</li></ul> Employer Branding &amp; Candidate Engagement: <ul><li>Position the company as an employer of choice in the Engineering, Tech and manufacturing space.</li><li>Create content and campaigns targeting industry professional (e.g., webinars, blog posts, meetups, TechEvents)</li><li>Craft compelling job descriptions and recruitment materials tailored for manufacturing, Production and Engineering professionals</li></ul> Full-Cycle Recruitment: <ul><li>Manage end-to-end recruitment: sourcing, screening, interviewing, offers &amp; compensation negotiation and onboarding</li><li>Collaborate with hiring managers to define role requirements and ideal candidate profiles.</li><li>Implement structured interview processes, including technical assessments</li></ul> Stakeholder Management: <ul><li>Act as the primary liaison between candidates and internal stakeholders</li><li>Provide regular hiring updates, metrics, and insights to leadership</li></ul> Data-Driven Recruiting: <ul><li>Use analytics to track sourcing effectiveness, time-to-hire, offer acceptance rates, and pipeline health.</li><li>Ensure Global Hiring Metrics, SLA and targets are aligned and achieved</li><li>Publish Daily / Weekly / Monthly / Qtrly reports on the efforts and progress</li><li>Optimize hiring funnel using recruitment metrics and KPI</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>5+ years of recruitment experience, with strong hands-on exposure to direct/permanent hiring in manufacturing or industrial environments.</li><li>Proven experience managing end-to-end recruitment — sourcing, screening, interviewing, offer management and onboarding coordination.</li><li>Strong capability in hiring technical, engineering, production, maintenance and other manufacturing-related positions across various levels.</li><li>Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to work closely with hiring managers and business leaders to understand requirements and deliver hiring targets.</li><li>Strong local talent sourcing network in Chonburi / Eastern Economic Corridor (EEC); proficiency in Thai and English with strong communication and candidate-engagement skills.</li></ul>

Role Description: <ul><li>Manufacturing engineer is responsible for preparing the process sheets, tool design, establish overall strategic goals &amp; objectives of Manufacturing Engineering in alignment with organizational goals.&nbsp;</li><li>This role will be an individual contributor, which reports to MGR I MFG &amp; Process development engineer.&nbsp;</li></ul> Responsibilities:&nbsp; <ul><li>Analyze new technology and manufacturing processes. Plan and assess the feasibility of new and running projects.</li><li>Ensure good interfaces between Production, Production Planning, Engineering, QC and other functions.</li><li>Plan, design, and monitor manufacturing improvement processes using work study techniques.</li><li>Ensure Day to day accountability &amp; support Production team to achieve targets by process improvements, training, FAI etc.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Develop new process and create all process documents like PFC, PFMEA, Control plan and SOP by understanding the depth of product requirements.&nbsp;</li><li>Vendor management, Programming, Installation, and commissioning of new Equipment’s and co-ordinate with CFT for complete process validation.&nbsp;</li><li>NPI/NPD projects execution, development and creation of all required FAI documentations and approvals.&nbsp;</li><li>Implement Process monitoring and Control (SPC &amp; SQC), quality traceability Systems using IOT technology.&nbsp;</li><li>Create, Maintain &amp; Control all the programming software’s and production control documents for Auditing.&nbsp;</li><li>Vendor management and subcon handling and support for external projects.&nbsp;</li><li>Support production team to achieve day wise plan.&nbsp;</li><li>Prepare CT &amp; Investment for new product and work to reduce cost by optimization/automating process.&nbsp;</li><li>Responsible for ordering spares and vendor management, down time reduction Capacity &amp; Layout planning/execution for new product line.&nbsp;</li><li>Support manufacturing for Continuous Improvement, quality issues on the shopfloor, new launches, engineering changes.&nbsp;</li><li>Develop and implement systems that optimize all phases of production process. Conduct Root-Cause Analysis.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Review designs for manufacturing feasibility, suggest changes to the design to ensure product cost effectiveness.&nbsp;</li></ul> Requirements:&nbsp; <ul><li>BE/ B. Tech (Industrial/Electronics, Mechanical).</li><li>Minimum 7 to 9 years of industrial experience with 4 years of project management experience.</li><li>Experience in quality &amp; productivity improvement projects.</li><li>Experience in New product development from scratch i.e. customer order to Production handover.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: HR Policy &amp; Governance <ul><li>Develop, review, and continuously improve company HR policies, procedures, and guidelines to ensure consistency, transparency, and full compliance with regulatory and corporate standards.</li><li>Establish and maintain a structured policy management framework, including standardized documentation, approval workflows, version control, and audit trails.</li><li>Own the lifecycle of HR policies, from drafting, stakeholder alignment, approval, communication, to periodic review and retirement.</li><li>Monitor, interpret, and analyze local labor laws and regulatory changes, translating them into actionable HR policies and practices.</li><li>Proactively assess compliance risks and update policies and processes to mitigate potential legal or operational exposure.</li><li>Design and deliver training programs for employees and managers on HR policies, compliance requirements, and best practices, ensuring strong understanding and adoption.</li><li>Develop clear and effective communication strategies to ensure timely and consistent dissemination of HR policy updates across the organization.</li><li>Partner with HR teams, Legal, and business stakeholders to drive effective implementation and adoption of policies across all functions.</li><li>Track policy implementation, monitor adherence, and conduct regular compliance audits and risk assessments to ensure consistent application across departments.</li><li>Maintain proper documentation and reporting for audits, internal reviews, and regulatory requirements.</li></ul> Project Management <ul><li>Lead and support the execution of global, regional, and local HR initiatives and projects, ensuring alignment with business priorities and HR strategy.</li><li>Develop detailed project plans, including scope definition, timelines, milestones, resource allocation, and risk management plans.</li><li>Monitor project progress, identify risks or bottlenecks, and implement mitigation actions to ensure timely delivery.</li><li>Coordinate cross-functional stakeholders, ensuring clear roles, responsibilities, and effective collaboration across teams.</li><li>Provide regular project updates, reporting status, risks, and outcomes to key stakeholders and leadership.</li><li>Drive standardization and continuous improvement through project learnings, best practices, and process optimization.</li><li>Ensure all projects comply with internal policies, governance standards, and external regulatory requirements.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, or related field.</li><li>Minimum 5+ years of HR experience, preferably within a MNC Manufacturing company environment.</li><li>Hands-on experience in localizing HR policies and employee handbooks across APAC countries, including China, with sound knowledge of labor law compliance and HR governance practices.</li><li>Proven experience in reviewing, localizing, and implementing HR policies across APAC countries, including China, ensuring alignment with local employment legislation, regulatory requirements, and business needs.</li><li>Solid understanding of labor laws, HR compliance practices, and policy governance.</li><li>Strong communication, interpersonal, and presentation skills, with the ability to influence stakeholders at all levels.</li><li>Excellent written communication skills with attention to detail in policy documentation.</li><li>Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities with a proactive, solution-oriented mindset.</li><li>Proficient in HR systems and digital tools (e.g., HRIS, case management, MS Office).</li><li>Ability to manage multiple priorities and deliver results in a fast-paced environment.</li></ul>

Role Description: <ul><li>Senior Executive, Health &amp; Safety provides support and assistance in the monitoring, recording, reporting of HSE issues within DHCM’s residential communities, project site, offices, and other related assets.</li></ul> Responsibilities: <ul><li>The job holder assist, support and coordinate in performing compliance audits, inspections, and reviews, and by constantly improving staff, resident, tenant, contractor, service providers &amp; supplier awareness on HSE risks and management controls.</li><li>Health &amp; Safety Management: Act as a focal point for HSE in allocated work location and responsible to ensure the Implementation of the Health and Safety Management System.</li><li>Enforce policies to establish a culture of health and safety in the delivery of services.</li><li>Ensure that the communities, infrastructure, and auxiliaries meet the highest standards for Health &amp; Safety and fully complies with the statutory requirements of the regulatory authorities Monitor the legal compliance of the allocated location and report any deviation immediately to respective department and to the line manager.</li><li>Attend HSE incidents, accidents and near misses, investigate and corrective actions implemented and keep the records up to date and prepare trend analysis report.</li><li>Take immediate action in case of observing an unsafe act or condition posing an imminent risk and carry out the required communications with all concerned stakeholders.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in engineering/science or HSE Field.</li><li>Lead Auditor qualifications ISO 45001.</li><li>NEBOSH IGC Level 3 qualification in HSE.</li><li>Minimum 5 years of overall experience in Facilities Management / community.</li><li>Management similar or large projects, community, and large malls in HSE role.</li><li>Good knowledge and experience of using automated applications for HSE management</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Drives Business Growth <ul><li>Leads commercializing solutions for new process/material innovations into manufacturing facilities.</li><li>Define, plan &amp; execute process trials with R&amp;D developers &amp; Manufacturing team to validate performance, quality, efficiency &amp; stability.&nbsp;</li><li>Identifies &amp; resolves technical &amp; material issues during commercialization.</li><li>Creates process material &amp; process specifications for the plant during handover.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Collaborates with Product Developers, Technical Service, engineers, supplier &amp; Manufacturing to ensure smooth project handover.&nbsp;</li><li>Supports continuous improvement &amp; standardization of process &amp; material quality specification.&nbsp;</li></ul> Leadership <ul><li>Functions as a Program/Project Manager, Planner, Coordinator, Communicator, and Technical Expert.</li><li>Provides strategic input to cross-functional teams and influences decision-making through technical insights.</li></ul> Innovation / Creativity <ul><li>Identifies &amp; implements process productivity &amp; sustainability improvements workstreams.</li><li>Collaborates with suppliers and global resources for scaling new process solutions.</li></ul> Technical Expertise <ul><li>Serves as the subject matter expert in process engineering (equipment &amp; process flow), raw material specification &amp; Pringle chip finish goods quality.</li><li>Maintains up-to-date knowledge of current operational process technology &amp; finished process quality performance.&nbsp;</li></ul> People Management <ul><li>Manages one direct report, setting performance expectations, conducting evaluations, and supporting career development.</li></ul> Other Duties <ul><li>Based in Enstek Malaysia, with travel (~20%) to manufacturing sites, suppliers, and regional offices.</li><li>May require extended hours, shift work, or weekend support depending on project needs.</li><li>Occasional hands-on operation of process equipment.</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in engineering (Chemical, Process, Mechanical, or Food), Food Science/Process /Technology degree or any related field.</li><li>Minimum 3–5 years’ experience in process development or manufacturing within the food industry. Past managerial experience is preferred.&nbsp;</li><li>Fluent in Bahasa Melayu &amp; English language.&nbsp;</li><li>Technical &amp; Process Knowledge</li><li>Strong understanding of food/process engineering principles (e.g., heat transfer, powder flowability, mass balance, rheology, fluid dynamics, drying, mixing, extrusion, etc.).</li><li>Experience with scale-up from lab/pilot plant to full-scale production.</li><li>Knowledge of manufacturing systems, automation, and equipment capability.</li><li>Familiarity with process validation (CQV – Commissioning, Qualification, Validation).</li><li>Commercialisation &amp; Project Execution</li><li>Able to translate R&amp;D prototypes into commercially viable and scalable processes.</li><li>Competence in trial planning, DOE (Design of Experiments), and data analysis to optimize processes.</li><li>Experience with equipment commissioning, line trials, and factory acceptance testing (FAT/SAT).</li><li>Understanding of manufacturing cost drivers and process efficiency. (OEE, yield loss, etc)</li></ul>

Responsibilities: Accountabilities Financial Analysis &amp; Modelling Support: <ul><li>Assist in preparing, maintaining and updating financial models for infrastructure projects.</li><li>Support financial analysis including business cases, feasibility studies, valuation exercises and investment assessments.</li><li>Collect and organise financial and operational data required for project evaluations.</li><li>Perform sensitivity analyses and scenario modelling under supervision of senior team members.</li><li>Assist in reviewing project budgets, forecasts, and cost estimates.</li></ul> Research &amp; Market Intelligence; <ul><li>Conduct research on infrastructure sectors, market trends, financing structures and industry developments.</li><li>Monitor relevant regulatory developments, government initiatives and infrastructure investment activity.</li><li>Gather benchmarking information relating to infrastructure assets, concessions, PPP projects and financing structures.</li><li>Maintain internal databases of comparable transactions and market intelligence.</li></ul> Transaction &amp; Project Support: <ul><li>Assist with the preparation of presentations, information memoranda, briefing notes and investment committee materials.</li><li>Support due diligence activities by coordinating information requests and organising documents.</li><li>Assist in tracking transaction workstreams, key milestones and deliverables.</li><li>Support the review and organisation of technical, commercial, legal and financial reports.</li></ul> Stakeholder Coordination: <ul><li>Coordinate with internal departments including Development, Legal, Commercial, Strategy and Operations.</li><li>Support engagement with consultants, advisors and external stakeholders.</li><li>Attend meetings, prepare meeting summaries and track follow-up actions.</li><li>Assist in preparing materials for senior management discussions.</li></ul> Reporting &amp; Administration: <ul><li>Prepare periodic reports, dashboards and management presentations.</li><li>Maintain organised electronic filing systems and document repositories.</li><li>Support preparation of monthly, quarterly and annual reporting requirements.</li><li>Assist in ensuring data quality, consistency and completeness across reports and analyses.</li></ul> Learning &amp; Development: <ul><li>Develop understanding of project finance, infrastructure investments, PPP structures and financial analysis techniques.</li><li>Participate in internal training programmes and professional development initiatives.</li><li>Build familiarity with infrastructure sectors including utilities, transport, district cooling, energy and public infrastructure.</li></ul>&nbsp;Requirements: <ul><li>Bachelor’s degree in Finance, Economics, Accounting, Business Administration, Engineering, Mathematics or a related discipline.</li><li>Graduated within the last 0–2 years.</li><li>Strong academic record preferred.</li><li>No prior full-time work experience required.</li><li>Internship experience in finance, investment banking, consulting, real estate, infrastructure, accounting or related fields is advantageous but not mandatory.</li><li>Evidence of strong academic, extracurricular or project-based achievements is desirable</li></ul> Job Specific Skills <ul><li>Strong analytical and numerical skills.</li><li>Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and PowerPoint.</li><li>Basic understanding of corporate finance and financial statements.</li><li>Strong attention to detail and commitment to accuracy.</li><li>Ability to conduct structured research and synthesise information.</li><li>Excellent written and verbal communication skills.</li><li>Strong organizational and time management abilities.</li><li>Willingness to learn and work across multiple infrastructure sectors.</li></ul>

Responsibilities: <ul><li>Supports the Entertainment Director by working closely with Production Manager, Technical Manager and Wardrobe Manager to ensure shows are produced and presented taking all park requirements in to consideration&nbsp;</li><li>Responsible for artistic/creative elements of all live daily productions: through development, operation and perpetual enhancement&nbsp;</li><li>Manages and directs assistant show directors, performance captains, junior choreographers and all other live show staff</li><li>Develops and documents all processes and procedures for the development of the shows (including scripts, blocking charts, music recordings and any other materials used to produce the shows)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>May be responsible for creative input on special events and external rental/corporate events.&nbsp;</li><li>Maintains library of resource materials associated with production and creative development of entertainment.</li><li>Leads creative effort for marquee events and seasonal productions.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Understand and actively participate in environmental, health &amp; safety compliance.&nbsp;&nbsp;</li><li>Develop cross training and seasonal promotion opportunities for staff and cast members.</li><li>Any other duties as may be reasonably requested by the Management Tea</li></ul> Requirements: <ul><li>Education: University degree, diploma, or professional training in Dance or Theatre; Master’s in Theatrical Studies or Business Administration is desirable.</li><li>Experience: Minimum 5 years of professional experience directing live entertainment shows, productions, or events in theme parks, theatres, festivals, or special events.</li><li>Creative Expertise: Strong knowledge of scriptwriting, live stage production, choreography, costume design/development, and themed live shows; video/audio production experience preferred.</li><li>Performance &amp; Leadership Skills: Professional training in dance, stunts, or acting, with strong presentation, communication, interpersonal, teamwork, and multi-project management skills.</li><li>Technical Skills: Strong proficiency in MS Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and related tools; music editing/mixing, Photoshop, and video editing skills desirable.</li></ul>

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