LEAN Manager

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Lean System & Standards

• Develop the factory's Lean standards (5S, visual management, standard work) and audit all areas against them.
• Give Production Managers and supervisors the tools and support to meet these standards.
• Run Lean training and certification for supervisors.

2. Factory SOPs & Audits

• Develop factory SOPs (production, quality, warehouse, maintenance and others) and keep them up to date.
• Train department heads and staff on new or revised SOPs.
• Audit SOP compliance across all areas regularly, report findings and follow up corrective actions with the owners.

3. Flow, Lead Time & WIP

• Lead projects to cut production lead time and WIP across cutting, sewing and finishing.
• Map value streams to find and remove waste across the factory.

4. DMAIC Projects & Capability

• Work plan: Review the critical improvement projects initiated by the FMD VP or the Factory Director, and identify the internal and external resources needed to deliver and sustain them.
• Training materials: Develop DMAIC training materials and keep them updated.
• Training: Train project teams in DMAIC (Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control) or PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act) tools, and work with HR to add these tools to the training curriculum.
• Facilitation: Review each project team's progress regularly and give further training and guidance as needed.

• Review progress and status regularly with project owners.
• Support project teams with root cause analysis, data analysis, benefit calculation, control procedures and project reporting.
• Push project teams to meet their objectives, timelines and expected benefits.
• Report projects that miss their objectives, timelines or benefits to the Factory Director.

5. Kaizen & Idea Program

• Encourage employees at all levels to submit and implement improvement ideas.
• Evaluate ideas, support project owners and recognize successful ones.

6. Best Practice Sharing

• Document successful improvements and share them with the company's other factories.
• Bring proven practices from other company factories into the Pilot Factory.

7. Improvement Mindset & Sustainability

• Promote the mindset that all work can be improved and that improvement is everyone's job.
• Monitor completed improvements and act when results do not hold.
• Restart projects that lapsed without good reason.

8. Other Duties

• Other duties as assigned by the direct manager.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Industrial Engineering, Engineering, Business or a related field.
• 7+ years in garment manufacturing, preferably in outerwear and high-technical products (welding, seam sealing, bonding), including 3+ years leading Lean or continuous improvement programs as Manager or Assistant Manager.
• Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt; experience setting up Lean systems in a new factory.
• Lean tools (5S, value stream mapping, kaizen, standard work, visual management).
• DMAIC and PDCA; root cause analysis; data analysis; training design.
• English: intermediate level or above.
• MS Office with strong Excel; data visualization tools (e.g. Power BI) are a plus; ERP and MES experience is a plus.

Benefits

• Competitive salary, 13th-month salary, and annual performance bonus.
• Clear career path for every level, salary review 1 time/year.
• Company teambuilding, and engagement activities (events/parties, annual healthcare, etc).
• Support working equipment & dormitory for all levels.
• Working Hours: 07:30 - 16:30, Mon – Saturday.