Continuous Improvement Manager

• Location Ho Chi Minh, Hồ Chí Minh, Vietnam

• Job ID 0000014960

• Category Quality Management

Job Description

Are you passionate about creating innovative solutions and bringing dreams to life?

Join the LEGO Continuous Improvement (LCI) team to play an important role in support The LEGO Group in its strategic priorities by building a sustainable continuous improvement mindset across the company and help us build the iconic LEGO® bricks loved by millions worldwide!

The foremost critical success factor for implementing a Continuous Improvement mindset is leadership commitment. LCI is one of The LEGO Group’s core capabilities and for this reason; we need to ensure that structure, processes, people and culture supporting LCI is in place.

LCI builds capabilities in the organization to align, simplify and improve processes, to increase problem-solving skills and to increase change readiness.

Core responsibilities:

• Lead continuous improvement initiatives making employees feel empowered to continuously improve and drive changes themselves.

• Coach managers in implementing LCI tools, processes, behaviors and mindset.

• Drive LCI implementation and major improvement activities on site successfully without need for technical support.

• Arrange and conduct LCI trainings.

• Analyze and interpret data to unearth weaknesses and problems, and comprehend the causes.

• Formulate recommendations and solutions to achieve productivity gains.

• Follow-up and support employees in the implementation of the recommendations

• Create, implement and continuously use global LCI standards and feedback with improvement points.

• Work independently with Corporate Management Leadership Teams (L2 LTs)

Play your part in our team succeeding!

Reporting to the LCI Director, this position’s responsibility is to influence, coach, be sparring-partner and challenge the business leaders and specialists to adopt and implement the LEGO Continuous Improvement (LCI) mindset and ways of working.

Focus will be to implement LCI tools, processes, behaviors and mindset with the aim of building organizational capabilities and driving major improvement activities. Driving major improvement activities with many stakeholders will require a high degree of change and stakeholder management.

This position will be part of the local LCI network and you will support the global LCI agenda.

Do you have what it takes?

• Graduated in industrial management or similar will be an advantage.BSc/BA/ Master in relevant field such as Engineering or business administration.

• Preferably 5 years of Lean/OPEX/CI implementation experience.

• Hands on experience in transitioning from traditional processes to Lean/OPEX/CI processes.

• Experience as in Lean/Daily management system deployment phases of manufacturing environment would be an advantage.

• Experience of coaching/working with Management to secure mandate and support for initiatives.

• Experience with participating and succeeding through teamwork, local networks and global networks.

• Strong experience in facilitation and communication.

• Have experience that demonstrates proven results in terms of lead-time reduction, quality improvement, cost reduction etc…

• Experience as internal/external consultant would be an advantage.

•Proficient in English at an advanced level.

• Ability to work and influence at leadership level.

• Ability to initiate and drive change and innovation.

• Able to provide feedback to leaders directly and in a team environment.

• Excellent interpersonal and communications skills with ability to communicate and build rapport with colleagues from and out of the team.

• Ability to actively listen to, and understand diverse, sometimes opposing needs from various parts of the organization and balance them to the overall good of the company.

• Embrace and live the LEGO values and consciously act as a role model for a collaborative behavior.

• Disciplined and forward thinking.

• Knowledge of MS Offices.

• Willing to travel.

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What’s in it for you?

Here are some of what to expect:

• Family Care Leave – We offer enhanced paid leave options for those important times.

• Insurances – All colleagues are covered by our life and disability insurance which provides protection and peace of mind.

• Wellness – We want you to be your best self, so you'll have access to the Headspace App and lots of wellbeing initiatives and programmes run by local teams where you are based.

• Colleague Discount – We know you'll love to build so from day 1 you will qualify for our generous colleague discount.

• Bonus – We do our best work to succeed together. When goals are reached and if eligible, you'll be rewarded through our bonus scheme.

• Your workplace –When you join the team you'll be assigned a primary workplace location i.e. one of our Offices, stores or factories. Our hybrid work policy means an average of 3 days per week in the office. The hiring team will discuss the policy and role eligibility with you during the recruitment process.

Children are our role models. Their curiosity, creativity and imagination inspire everything we do. We strive to create a diverse, dynamic and inclusive culture of play at the LEGO Group, where everyone feels safe, valued and they belong.

The LEGO Group is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity and equal pay regardless of e.g. race, colour, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability or gender identity.

The LEGO Group is fully committed to Children’s Rights and Child Wellbeing across the globe. Candidates offered positions with high engagement with children are required to take part in Child Safeguarding Background Screening, as a condition of the offer.

Thank you for sharing our global commitment to Children’s Rights.

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Join the LEGO ® team today.