Manager, Manufacturing APP

FashionUnited; Lahore; On-site; PKR 2,000,000 - 4,200,000; Full time

Job summary

adidas Group in Lahore seeks a senior Production/Quality Operations professional to independently manage production, quality, availability and manufacturing efficiency. The role requires escalation of critical issues and driving problem-solving discussions to mitigate impacts.

You will manage factory relationships to apply resources, processes, and adidas guidance for operation excellence, rollout best practices, and influence mid-management to meet objectives.

Qualifications

• University degree in engineering or related areas.
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience.
• Strong analytical reasoning and problem-solving skills.
• Fluent in English (written and spoken), with strong communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Independently manage all production, quality, production availability, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Escalate critical issues and drive problem-solving discussions to solve or mitigate impacts.
• Manage relationships with factory management to apply resources, processes, tools and strategies for operation excellence.
• Roll out and implement adidas best practices and directions to factories.
• Influence factory production/quality middle management and drive change to achieve objectives.
• Make day-to-day decisions within defined scope through exception-management by evaluating risks.
• Validate and confirm T1 capacity offers and follow up on availability when constraints exist.

Skills

Production

Continuous Improvement

Root cause analysis

Influencing

Presentation

English fluency

MS Office

Education

University degree in engineering

Job description

Purpose

• A key player in Sourcing in driving Sourcing’s vision to be the Most Agile, Most Competitive, Most Digitalized & Cleanest Supply Base in the industry.
• Drive achievement of quality and production goals in supply partners’ facilities while supporting other functions to reach adidas’ goals in areas such as manufacturing efficiency targets, Social & Environmental Affairs (SEA).

Key Responsibilities

• Independently manage all production, quality, production availability, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Escalate critical issues and drive problem-solving discussions to solve or mitigate the potential impacts.
• Manage relationships with factory management in applying the right resources, processes, tools, strategies to achieve operation excellence.
• Rollout and implement adidas best practices and directions to the responsible factories.
• Influence factory production/quality middle management and drive change to achieve production objectives.
• Make day-to-day decisions within defined scope through exception-management by evaluating and balancing risks and seeking support on complex issues.
• Validate and confirm T1 capacity offers and follow up on availability performance when constraints exist
• Role model leadership to foster a culture of Diversity Equity & Inclusion that strives for an inclusive workplace.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

• Strong understanding of production and continuous improvement (CI) processes/methods
• Ability to provide effective input into projects
• “Quality-first” mindset, strong analytical reasoning, and problem-solving skills to help others find/solve “root cause issues”
• Strong influencing, people, presentation and communication skills
• Fluent in English (written and spoken)
• Strong Microsoft office skills

Requisite Education and Experience

• University degree in engineering or related areas.
• Minimum 5+ years of relevant experience

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