Noor Afizah Muhamad

Production Operations

• Manage end-to-end production operations across multiple food categories including frozen food, paste products, snacks, flatbread, Ready-to-Eat (RTE) products and pastry products.
• Plan daily cooking schedules and production activities based on customer orders to ensure on-time delivery.
• Manage daily production capacity of approximately 1,000 cartons.
• Coordinate production for 10–15 SKUs, depending on customer demand.
• Monitor production efficiency, quality standards and operational performance.

Production Planning & Resource Management

• Develop daily and weekly production plans to optimise manpower, machine utilisation and production efficiency.
• Supervise 2 direct reports and approximately 40–50 production operators.
• Allocate manpower according to production priorities and operational requirements.
• Work closely with Warehouse, Purchasing and QA/QC to ensure uninterrupted production.

Product Costing & Material Planning

• Prepare and review product costing to ensure manufacturing costs remain competitive and commercially viable.
• Analyse raw material and packaging costs to identify cost optimisation opportunities.
• Prepare weekly Purchase Orders (PO) for production requirements.
• Manage production planning involving more than 120 raw material items.
• Coordinate material availability to avoid production downtime.

Food Safety & Regulatory Compliance

• Lead and coordinate Halal certification activities and maintain compliance with Halal requirements.
• Participate in audits involving Halal Malaysia (JAKIM), MeSTI, HACCP and ISO 22000.
• Prepare audit documentation and respond to Non-Conformance Reports (NCR).
• Implement Corrective and Preventive Actions (CAPA) to ensure continuous compliance.
• Serve as an Internal Audit Committee member to ensure audit readiness and continual improvement.
• Ensure compliance with GMP, SOPs and food safety management systems throughout production operations.

Research & Development Support

• Collaborate with the R&D team during new product development and production trials.
• Support product transfer from development stage to commercial production.
• Recommend process improvements to ensure production feasibility and consistent product quality.

• Coordinated daily production activities, ensuring adherence to schedule and minimising downtime.
• Monitored machine performance and usage to maintain efficient, safe operation.
• Maintained strict quality control to meet company product standards.
• Performed routine quality inspections to spot and fix potential production issues.
• Supervised staff adherence to SOPs, GMP, and HACCP, enhancing safety and compliance in production.
• Troubleshot operational problems and implemented process changes, resulting in increased production efficiency.