Associate Value Stream Director
- Mars
- Jiaxing, China
- CNY 500,000 – CNY 700,000
Key Responsibilities
Understand the histories, the practices, assess the strengths and opportunities of the current operation strategies and executions to join strategy definition in site-level and deploy to department goal and plans
Initiate organization activities in line with business strategy to develop simple, efficient capable organization in Mars way
Ensure operations to meet supply demand request.
Work with Safety Committee to ensure safety compliance, promote safety culture and establish safety working environment for all associates
Produce high quality products with guidance of Mars QMP system and local regulations
Deliver on time service with cooperation with cross-functional teams
Embed MSE system and tools to drive continuous productivity improvement.
Drive PDCA improvement cycle for business results and capability grow.
Accountable for MCC (from raw material to finished product), manage the supply operation budget, ensure budget implementation in cost efficiency way
Drive energy saving to realize SiG
Recruit develop associates in Mars ways to build up healthy talent pipeline.
Develop and maintain work atmosphere with trust, innovation, teamwork, high morale associate’s ownership and accountability to cultivate associates engagement.
Operation system/standard build maintain and continuous optimization.
Work with technical team to ensure equipment reliability.
Works with factory management team with effective communication to collaborate with each other to achieve factory goals.
Job Specifications/Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree required in Science or Engineering
- Formal training or certification in 6-sigma (Black Belt), or TPM, or Lean.
- 8+ years of Supply Chain experience in a food or other FMCG manufacturing facility
- Minimum 3 years in factory as manufacturing manager for a large production/manufacturing operation
- Experience of leading a large production operation and being part of the factory leadership team
- Experience with facilitating and training various teams on continuous improvements.
- Preparing and delivering presentations and recommendations to senior management
- Strong business acumen built through cross functional team a factory assignments
- Developing relationships with peers and front-line associates
- Incumbent needs to understand the mechanical operation, industrial safety, the Manufacturing Resource Planning II (MRPII). Good Manufacturing Practices (GMP) and HACCP and WQMS.
Skills
- Operations Management
- Lean Manufacturing
- continuous improvement
- Budget Management
- Supply Chain Management
- Safety Compliance
- Talent Development









