Aloha Consulting Group
LEAN Manager
- Compensation
- Not disclosed
- Location
- Thai Binh (or Hung Yen), Vietnam
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 3+ years
- Category
- Not specified
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 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 o
- 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.
Full description
**ACG_3939_JOB
Our client is a leading manufacturing company who is looking for a qualified candidate to join their firm.**
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.
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 company's other factories.
- Bring proven practices from other company factories into the Pilot Factory.