LEAN Manager

1. Lean System & Standards

• Develop the factorys 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 teams progress regularly and give further training and guidance as needed.
  

DMAIC projects:

• 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 companys 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 everyones 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.
  

• Bachelors 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.
  
  

• 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.