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requirements to develop, optimise, and share best practices across manufacturing plants. Our Team You will be part of the Consumer and Commercial Solutions Manufacturing Engineering team based in Malaysia. In this role, you will collaborate closely with Manufacturing Managers, Production Engineers, Chemical Engineers, Process Engineers, Production Planners, and internal and external vendors to support plating manufacturing, process improvement, and project execution. What You Will Do Lead plating new product development, modified product development, and transfer product development by developing and implementing production and processing methods and controls to meet cost, quality, and production goals for new, transferred, and existing products. Work closely with Japan and Korea Design Engineering, Tool Engineering, and Quality teams to drive design and process improvements that enhance product quality and throughput. Partner with Sourcing and Purchasing teams on external plating vendor selection and capability assessments. Plan, track, and provide timely updates on plating project status and activities while liaising with internal project teams. Apply the Decision-Making Framework to determine whether plating should be completed in-house or externally sourced for new or transferred product requests by validating plant capacity and capability. Perform design reviews for new plating machines when in-house plating capability is required. Ensure all improvement activities comply with approved methods, procedures, and quality standards. Develop project resource and timeline plans and lead projects to successful completion. Work closely with suppliers to sustain plating production processes and resolve technical issues. Engage suppliers during the development stage and partner with R&D and SQE teams to drive continuous improvements. Lead electroplating tooling design improvements to support precious metal cost savings. Collaborate with suppliers, vendors, and fabricators on design-for-manufacturing activities related to tooling design. Evaluate the effectiveness of tooling trial runs for RTP implementation. Lead plating improvement projects to enhance quality, productivity, and efficiency through Lean, Six Sigma, DMAIC, or JDI methodologies. Drive profitability improvement initiatives such as speed enhancement, gold usage reduction, chemical cost savings, and other cost optimisation activities. Support quality improvement initiatives by reducing chronic QAP issues such as peel-off, slant pin, and other plating-related defects. Resolve quality issues systematically by partnering with internal and external stakeholders. Implement approved improvements and modifications to electrical, mechanical, and chemical processes, tooling, components, and equipment. Continuously review the performance of plating materials, products, and processes, taking appropriate actions to improve quality, productivity, and overall manufacturing performance. Provide plating technical guidance and mentoring to new team members. Develop plating training materials and training programmes for new employees. Maintain equipment instructions and established procedures while training and guiding technicians to support development and implementation projects. Support and contribute to Molex Total Quality Management (TQM), Lean Six Sigma (LSS), ISO, Environmental, Health and Safety (EH&S), and other management systems by following established policies and procedures. Perform other duties and