CI Manager Asia Pacific

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platts overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives by delivering quality products offering empowering and rewarding careers and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platts inventive heritage and leadership span more than 130 years. Leggett & Platt has divisions that design manufacture and sell a variety of products for all areas of life. Our reliable product development and launch capability coupled with our global footprint make us a trusted partner for customers in the automotive furniture hydraulic cylinders flooring textile and geo components industries.

Learn more about the history of Leggett & Platt: & Platt Automotive is a global provider of wire forms mechanical control cables wireless charging as well as seat lumbar suspension bolster actuator and motor addition to these award-winning category-leading products we offer tailored goods due to our expertise in product development and attention to market trends. Our unique competitive advantages give us unmatched insight into the demands of the consumer.

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Major Actions and Support Actions

Cost Opportunity Identification & Pipeline Management (40%)
Develop and own the regional CI/VAVE cost-saving pipeline with the support of plant CI managers. Systematically identify screen and prioritize cost-reduction opportunities across all AP plants
Conduct deep-dive analyses into manufacturing processes overhead structures and product BOMs to uncover hidden cost drivers and savings potentials.
Employ advanced analytical and benchmarking techniques including cost breakdown analysis should-cost modeling and process mining to quantify opportunities.
Collaborate closely with Finance to establish robust tracking mechanisms and ensure all projects are tied to clear P&L impact

CI Leadership & Target Delivery (40%)

Personally lead and mentor high-value projects to secure the annual CI/VAVE savings commitment. Focus on two main streams:
- Operational CI: Drive projects in waste elimination productivity improvement energy efficiency and overhead optimization using Lean Six Sigma tools.
- VAVE / Material Cost: drive cross-functional teams (R&D Purchasing Quality) in design optimization material substitution part standardization and specification refinement to achieve BOM cost reductions.
Serve as the central point of accountability for reporting savings progress to regional and global leadership ensuring 100% transparency and credibility of reported figures.

Capability Building & Cultural Promotion (20%)

Build VAVE and cost-engineering competency within the regional CI network and engineering teams through targeted training and workshops.

Coach and mentor plant CI leaders engineers and buyers on effective cost-identification techniques and project execution.

Champion a culture of cost innovation by organizing challenge workshops success story sharing and excellence Award process

Experience:

8-10 years of combined experience in continuous improvement cost engineering or manufacturing engineering within automotive component manufacturing.

track records are mandatory: Must demonstrate a history of personally identifying leading and delivering significant annual cost savings (both operational and BOM) in a multinational setting.

least 3-5 years in a regional or multi-site role with responsibility for achieving quantified financial targets

hands-on experience with Lean 6 Sigma VAVE/Value Engineering methodologies and their practical application in a product development and sourcing environment

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• Put People First reflects our commitment to safety and care of each other learning and development and creating an environment of mutual respect empathy and belonging.
• Do the Right Thing focuses us on acting with honesty and integrity delivering the results the right way taking pride in our work and speaking the truth good or bad.
• Do Great WorkTogether occurs when we engage without hierarchy collaborate as a team embrace challenges and work for the good of all of us.
• Take Ownership and Raise the Bar demonstrates our responsibility to add value and make a difference challenge the status quo and biases to make things better foster innovative and creative solutions to drive impact and explore new perspectives and embrace change.

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