Job Description Summary

Job Description

Primary Responsibilities:

Lean strategy planning

• Work in close cooperation with the plant & functional leader to define then rolling out the implementation of a Lean Enterprise system for supply chain manufacture ensuring that critical success factors are incorporated within the transformation model.
• Establish plant level Lean mechanism and rhythm.
• Drive strategy execution and improvement result link Lean initiatives closely to plant KPIs pursuing operation excellence.

Lean people development

• Provide leadership coaching and training in leading plant culture change that is inherent in Lean transformations.
• Define Lean people development plan spanning multi-levels.
• Provide objective assessments of our capability to lead significant change and work with plant leader to reconcile any issues or obstacles.

Lean project implementation

• Identify continuous improvement opportunities which covered productivity quality safety utilization inventory lead time etc. focus on end-to-end improvement facilitate Kaizen Promotion Office (KPO) member build up Lean projects conduct shop floor observation drive team on Lean implementation and follow up provide periodically coaching instruct KPO member hit the target by Lean methodologies.

Simplify operation process

• Drive manufacturing process changing eliminate process waste simplification optimize end-to-end information flow.

Lean activities and events

• Plan Lean activity and event to support key Lean initiatives and promote Lean culture organize internal Lean events e.g. Lean Action Work Out Lean day to enhance bottom to up engagement build up external benchmark partnership to leverage industrial best practice.

Advanced manufacturing technology application

• Closely follow brilliant factory trend familiar industry 4.0 and Internet of Thing application collaborate Lean and digital using automation/manufacturing system driving breakthrough on waste reduction.

New product introduction

• Support engineering team on new product introduction using Lean tools on layout design production preparation resource planning to reduction unnecessary waste

Lean at the Suppliers

• Support Supply Chain and Sourcing to improve the performance at the key suppliers (Focus on Process Lead Time and Quality).

Qualifications Required:

• Bachelors Degree in engineering preferably Industrial Engineering.
• More than 5 working years working as a Lean Leader or Continuous Improvement Manager. Desired Six Sigma experience (Black Belt Degree) and Automotive Supply Chain experience.
• Excellent problem-solving skills sound judgment initiative and creativity.
• Ability to initiate lead and sustain change.
• Excellent interpersonal communication influencing and organizational integration skills.
• Demonstrated ability to pay close attention to detail.
• Good English Skills.

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