LOCATION: Vietnam
Here are some of the EXCITING things you'll get to do:
Key Responsibilities:
1. Strategic Leadership & Partner Engagement:
- Direct Operations: Manage dedicated OEM operations in required region.
- Executive Relationships: Build and maintain good relationships with partner organizations. Serve as SN primary contact for operational execution, escalation, and issue resolution.
- Stakeholder Management: Coordinate cross-functional teams within SN and with external partners to ensure seamless delivery aligned with business needs.
2. Operational Excellence, Initiative & KPI Management:
- Performance Oversight: Oversee end-to-end factory performance, focusing on ramping up production volume, stabilizing the output to meet the request.
- KPI Definition: Define and manage day to day operational KPIs, including CRD compliance, OEE, PPA, Lead time and others required.
- Continuous Improvement: Develop a culture of continuous improvement using world-class methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma, 5S, Kaizen, Hoshin Kanri) to reduce waste and optimize processes.
- Problem Solving: Strong in problem solving with result driven.
3. Risk, Assessment & Factory Management:
- Risk Management: Proactively identify and mitigate risks arising from production/materials/labors.
- Doing Assessment or audit to identify the gap of NPD to ensure OEM making rectification & Follow Up.
- Crisis Response: Lead the operational response for critical escalations, escalation if needed.
- Analytical skills: Proficient using tools to review and analysis based on big data.
- Communication skills: Able to speak effectively at different levels of people in manufacturing.
4. Training & Workshop (Lesson Learnt):
- Training - To act as consultant to lead training which is relevant to OEM growth.
- Workshop - To call up any necessary workshop between X-function or X-OEM to deliver lesson sharing.
Skills:
- Open minded thinking and global exposure.
- Strong problem solving and analytical skills.
- Strong communication/coordination skills.
- Keen Problem seeker and solver (Smoke Spotter).
You are Expected:
- 10+ years Production, Materials planning, Quality, Operations but Supply Chian experience is a must.
- A versatile background in manufacturing or supply chain in SC consulting is highest preferred.
- Must be bilingual (Mandarin & English)
- Good understanding of manufacturing methodologies (Lean, Six Sigma Black Belt certified) and DFX (Design for Excellence).
- Can work under ambiguity, high pressure and less supervision.
- Bilingual (Mandarin & English) speaking & familiar with Chinese supplier environments.
- Proven experience managing/coordinating both OEM and internal functional team.
- Expatriate is welcome
- Experience of household appliances is preferred.
Travel Requirements
- Be flexible for domestic and international travel in short notice.
