Manager, Manufacturing Excellence (Hanoi)

About the Role

• Assess and analyse vendors’ engineering capability conduct engineering capability development and training plan.

• Maintain and rollout IE metrics - to track, validate, calibrate, measure and establish baseline efficiencies by factory.

• Support to develop and launch product wise playbook to drive automation and automation index audit checklist at factory level.

• Publish and communicate automation index report, monitor and review automation improvement progress.

• Partner, coach and challenge vendors’ engineering team to conduct improvement opportunity assessment with aligned target.

• Guide vendor engineering team to deploy kaizen plan/activities by leveraging lean tools, machines and flow to reduce SMV and increase GAP Inc. production efficiency.

• Confirm vendors’ improvement plan on SMV reduction and production efficiency target to be used for cost excellence.

• Able to work collaboratively and communicate with different internal and external stakeholders to identify, drive, monitor and leverage improvement opportunities with sustainable results.

What You'll Do

Develop, train and coach targeted vendors engineers to continuously improve engineering capability with those skill set defined in engineering capability enhancement program.

Coach, influence, challenge and identify improvement opportunities per collected and analysed fact or data per IE metrics or operational data collected by vendor engineers.

Leverage best-in-class manufacturing engineering know-how and knowledge through develop and maintain best practice, lean, technology and Industrial engineering.

Facilitate improvement plan scoping and timeline, align target with vendors, setup governance to review implementation progress and target.

Overseeing progress of improvement initiatives/kaizens, provide on-the-ground coaching and support with right tools and methodology, leverage knowledge and experience.

Build cross functional partnerships. Communicate effectively with different stakeholders on purpose, requirements, progress update, escalate and report regular update progress and performance.

Industrial Engineering Diploma/Degree required with a min 9-12 years of relevant experience.

Experience in Lean, Manufacturing engineering, Project Management and apparel manufacturing operations.

Knowledge and experience working in apparel industry and GSD certification is a definite advantage.

Ability to influence and challenge status-quo.

Must be detailed oriented, able to multitask and meet deadlines.

Effective communication, project management and analytical skills.

Ability to coach, drive collaboration and achieve results through engaging team and stakeholders.

Be open minded, be curious and continual learning capability.

Must demonstrate the ability to work well under pressure and to keep composure in stressful situations.