Location:

Samut Prakan, Samut Prakan, Thailand

Job ID:

R0134336

Date Posted:

Company Name:

HITACHI ENERGY (THAILAND) LIMITED

Profession (Job Category):

Production & Skilled Trades

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote:

No

Job Description:

The opportunity:

The Production and Application Engagement Engineer are responsible for managing and supporting production-related applications, ensuring system stability, user adoption, and alignment with business requirements.

This role acts as a key coordinator between business users, IT teams, and external partners to drive efficient operations and continuous improvement in manufacturing applications.

How you'll make an impact:

SAP Application Engagement Engineer. (50%)

• Act as the main point of contact providing support for production applications (e.g., SAP S/4HANA, MES) to ensure smooth operations.
• Ensure system availability, reliability, and continuity of production processes through effective issue resolution and escalation.
• Monitor system performance and ensure data accuracy in SAP S/4HANA, with all transactions completed correctly and on time.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (Production, Planning, Logistics, Maintenance, IT, BPO, and Developers) to support daily operations and system improvements.
• Identify improvement opportunities and drive optimization initiatives for production systems and shopfloor operations.
• Support system implementations, digital transformation initiatives, change/request management, and participate in testing activities (UAT, regression).
• Define and track KPIs, ensure compliance with internal controls, and facilitate user training and adoption of new systems.

Packing Production Management (50%)

• Plan and control production packing activities to ensure completion according to production schedules and delivery timelines.
• Monitor daily packing output and performance, ensuring targets are achieved with optimal resource utilization.
• Identify and resolve production bottlenecks, minimizing delays and improving overall packing efficiency.
• Ensure compliance with quality standards and operational procedures in all packing processes.
• Analyze packing performance and implement continuous improvements to enhance productivity, reduce costs, and improve delivery reliability.

Your background:

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, IT, Supply Chain, or a related field.

• Minimum 5–10 years of experience in production planning, shop-floor control, SAP support, and/or production and process improvement in a manufacturing environment.

• Strong hands-on experience in SAP S/4HANA (mandatory), especially:

• SAP PP (Production Planning) – mandatory
• SAP MM (Materials Management) – mandatory
• SAP PS (Project System) – preferred
• Good understanding of ERP, MRP, and MES systems.
• Solid knowledge of SAP master data, including BOM, routing, work centers, and production versions.
• Strong analytical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of manufacturing and operational business processes.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both IT and business users, and to act as a key coordinator between functions.
• Demonstrated ability to drive improvement initiatives and support system implementation projects.
• Proactive mindset with a continuous improvement approach.
• Good command of Thai and English (written and spoken).
• Able to communicate and work effectively with foreign colleagues and participate in new project implementations.
• Experience in transformer manufacturing will be an advantage.

More about us:

We offer

At Hitachi Energy Thailand, we offer a suite of employee benefits to complement our pay offering, supporting employees' financial, physical and mental wellbeing:

• 1 month of guaranteed bonus (Fix bonus) plus Performance Bonus. (Depending on employee's performance result and Business performance).

• 10 days annual leave (Service year 0-5), 15 days annual leave (Service year 6-10), flexible working policy, Flexibility working time.

• Benefit according to local standards: Heath-care insurance benefits to employees and their dependents, annual health checkup, Provident Funds (employees can contribute up to 15%).

• Growth possibility: Learning and development platform, career movement opportunity within organization.

• Possibility to gain experience in international environment.

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