Our Client, a growing Electric Vehicle brand, is seeking to strengthen its Manufacturing Operations function. This role is a full-time, hybrid role based in Fatmawati, Jakarta Selatan.
The Role
The Head of Manufacturing Operations will be responsible for ensuring that Aerion can reliably build, launch, and scale a production-ready motorcycle. This is not a traditional corporate operations role. You will lead the operational system connecting engineering, suppliers, tooling, validation, quality, production, logistics, and after-sales readiness. You will work closely with Aerion's engineering and product teams while directly managing execution across external manufacturing partners.
The immediate priority is to take the current vehicle program through validation, production readiness, pilot builds, SOP, and the first phase of customer production. You should be equally comfortable reviewing a production-readiness tracker with the CEO, challenging a supplier on a process failure, and spending several days on a factory floor resolving a launch issue.
Key Responsibilities
Own the master production-readiness plan from design freeze through SOP.
Coordinate vehicle validation, tooling, supplier readiness, homologation, pilot builds, and production ramp.
Establish clear build-readiness gates and release criteria.
Identify critical-path risks and drive recovery plans across internal and external teams.
Ensure production vehicles reflect validated, production-intent specifications.
Lead operational execution across Aerion's engineering, component, battery, electronics, assembly, and logistics partners.
Ensure suppliers meet timing, quality, cost, and capacity requirements.
Establish appropriate supplier APQP / PPAP processes for Aerion's stage and production volumes.
Drive tooling readiness, process validation, capacity planning, and production launch activities.
Lead supplier escalation and corrective-action processes when performance falls below requirement.
Quality
Build a practical quality-management system appropriate for an early-stage motorcycle OEM.
Define critical-to-quality characteristics and production inspection requirements.
Establish incoming inspection, in-process quality control, end-of-line testing, and final vehicle release processes.
Implement production traceability across vehicles, batteries, controllers, and other critical components.
Lead containment, root-cause analysis, 8D / corrective action, and supplier-quality improvement.
Ensure engineering changes are properly controlled and validated before production implementation.
Program Management
Maintain a source of truth for production readiness, dependencies, risks, owners, and deadlines.
Drive cross-functional decision-making when engineering, supplier, commercial, and timing requirements conflict.
Escalate risks early and present clear options, trade-offs, and recommendations.
Build a disciplined operating cadence across Aerion, suppliers, and manufacturing partners.
Cost, Supply Chain & Working Capital
Own operational cost visibility from supplier pricing through landed vehicle cost.
Manage component lead times, MOQs, inventory requirements, logistics, and production planning.
Improve supplier commercial terms, payment terms, and working-capital efficiency.
Track scrap, rework, logistics, tooling amortization, warranty, and other manufacturing-related costs.
Support achievement of vehicle gross-margin targets without compromising product quality.
Service & Launch Readiness
Ensure spare parts, service tooling, diagnostic processes, service documentation, and warranty procedures are ready before customer deliveries.
Establish an effective feedback loop between field failures, engineering, production, and suppliers.
Build the operational foundations required to scale from initial production into higher volumes.
What Success Looks Like
Within the first 12 months, you will have:
Taken the vehicle program through a controlled production launch.
Established a clear production-readiness and risk-management system.
Created effective supplier-quality and manufacturing-quality processes.
Implemented traceability and change-control processes for critical components.
Improved supplier accountability on timing, quality, and cost.
Established stable pilot and early production processes.
Built visibility over BOM cost, inventory, lead times, and working-capital requirements.
Ensured service, spare-parts, warranty, and diagnostic readiness before customer deliveries.
Built an operations organization capable of…
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