Scott Lim

In this role, I was assigned additional responsibility of turning around our Klang facility operations. Through a process of personnel interviews and product profitability analysis, we made the decision to discontinue certain loss-making product lines, reduced total factory manpower by 30%, and introduced the concept of choose & focus by diverting certain products to other sister production facilities. Through this exercise, Sales Volume(MT) was reduced by 30%, wastage/kg reduced by 50% and as a result, PBT improved 102.4% Y-o-Y

In FY2020 (Aug-19 - Jul-20), despite the covid challenges, my team achieved a 15% increase in sales volume and a 95% increase in PBT Y-o-Y. 2 New Blown Film lines and 1 Converting line was also commissioned during the lockdown period. In FY2021, I was assigned additional responsibility of our plant in Sungai Siput. This plant focuses in Hygiene Film, Label Films and Bakery Bags. During the year, we had to resize the cost structure of the plant to fit the sales volume. Efforts to implement this included manpower reduction, process streamlining, machine planning focus. With these action plans, Electricity cost per MT was reduced by 15% Y-o-Y, and PBT/MT was maintained Y-o-Y despite the lower sales volume.

In my role as General Manager for Plant Chemor, I was fully responsible for the P&L KPIs for the plant. During this period, my team delivered an increased PBT of 60% compared to the previous financial year. This was made possible with a significant reduction in internal rejects and wastage. In the same year, we commercialized a new innovative product, 105um FFS film, reducing cost for our customers and taking another step to be more sustainable. We also closed 2 major long term contracts this year that would contribute an estimated 7000MT annually. We also implemented and coordinated a business continuity plan to supply packaging from our sister companies during periods of high order volume. Following this, we started an expansion plan to increase FFS Film Extrusion Capacity and Valve Sacks Converting Capacity & Capability.

After a year in Production, I was moved to a new role as Product Manager. My main responsibilities included: Prospecting for new customer leads, close follow up on repeat orders and achieving high levels of customer satisfaction for my key accounts. Liaising with cross functional internal teams on all aspects related to the product, including technical design, production planning, logistics and packing etc. Negotiating and closing contracts, Preparing custom proposals for specific RFQ requirements, proposing measures to hedge the company's risk on certain long term contracts.

In my role as Product Engineer, I was initially involved in the installation of 2 new Extrusion Blown Film Lines and 1 new Flexo Printing Line. Working with the installation engineers, I was able to acquire first hand technical knowledge on German blown film machinery and technology. My other responsibilities included assisting Factory Manager with multiple improvement projects, including work instruction updating, packing improvement, process waste reduction, factory layout and workflow improvement, stock take bar code scanning implementation, manpower planning, I also implemented automation of monthly production reports with Excel and SAP ERP system, vastly reducing the amount of time required to generate production monthly reports after stock take.